Thanks guys.
Excellent work on all three. So many techniques, ideas.
Warren, I do use gloss paint when transfers are required then maybe a satin varnish (as in this case) to seal everything in place, then a dust over with a mixture of Brown and Metalcote Gunmetal (Humbrol 27004) See Geoff Haynes excellent book "painting and lining model locomotives and coaches" A good book for the beginner and the more seasoned modeler. Did you use just grey and red when linning or is there white also? You do seem to have a steady hand.
Yes Michael, on reflection, I should have tried smaller portions with the colour transfers. Hayho!
Best way to go, Dave, when you have straight lines. I made my own on waterslide paper when linning my Duchess of Sunderland.
I had a lot of thought on how I was going to do the cab gauges, namely the gauge face. All the faces I could find didn't do it for me, dull or pixelated.
The ones to the left looks as though they where once fitted to a mini cooper s!!!!
So, I purchased the gauges from Laurie and gave them a polish. Now I did have a couple of goes before I was happy
I sprayed a little Halfords etch primmer into a container, then applied to the face and allowed to dry.
The originals would have been white enameled, so with a tooth pick, I dropped a little Humbrol No 22 white into the gauge.
Now this will take at least 3 days to dry but will still be soft.
I made some tools out of BBQ skewers and one sided razor blades.
Using Humbrol black No 85 On the blade, very gently apply to the white paint, just braking the surface. The longer of the three I used for the arm.
I kept them covered for a week then applied canopy glue for the glass effect.
I decided to use a single double gauge for the pull-push. Two gauges looked somewhat cramped, and as there is only one man in the whole world who can dispute this (Brian) and as there are no pics to prove otherwise, I might get away with it!!!!
A bit of pipe work in the cab.
The little bump you see is a magnet to hold the roof on.
The regulator and the linkage all move
The water on the floor was a little Gorilla epoxy just spread sparingly. The doors also open and close.
A bit of dirtying
I think it works ok. I'm happy.
All the finished pics to follow.