HO Eine Sekundärbahn

[Tim Hale]

The other Ommi51, same but different, it is still loaded with ballast. Not sure why there is a difference in the colour, both same location, same time, same iPhone.

I suspect that unless an early exKBayStsB vehicle is released in HO, that is the end of buying or even making railway stuff. Instead, I might simply fiddle about with '50-60s road vehicles, especially agricultural stuff.

Tim

 

[Tim Hale]

One of crew's precious Zunzapp has been placed in the lean-to.

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Tim

 

[Tim Hale]

And this is the crew, not the usual specimens but an odd couple from a small supplier of ‘different’ stuff. The best description so far is ‘gallic’




Tim

 

[timbowales]

Go on, Tim, give us a clue to the supplier. They're very nice.

 

[Tim Hale]

Go on, Tim, give us a clue to the supplier. They're very nice.

Artitec from A&H Models, they are SNCF and for those who know, the guy on the left is Papa Boule sans moustache

 

[Tim Hale]

Rather than a 'look at what I got' upload maybe a 'how I did it' is appropriate?

The little barn tucked away in the farmyard is a cheeky repo of one that stands in Traindorf beside the lost arm of the Wiesenttalbahn to Heiligenstadt i.OFr. It is a simple barn with a half-timbered siding above a rendered base of rubble. The Wills SS30 is both a reasonable representation and more importantly cheap/accessible.

Some of the buildings on P'dorf are rendered with much the same stuff as a real building - plaster.

The material

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Normal Polyfilla is used, simply because it is readily available and is easy to use. It is spread onto model with an artist’s palette knife, not particularly small as it needs to carry up to half a teaspoon of filler.

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The method

One consideration is the paint the building before applying the filler, it is easier to remove the wet filler than the paint from the dry filler. If required, use masking tape to protect areas, spread the filler thinly like butter.

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First photo
Once applied, let the filler harden for at least 24hrs

Second photo
Smooth the filler with rough abrasive paper until the necessary finish is achieved. Please note I had forgotten to paint the building…..

Third photo
Apply a wash of a suitable dilute water colour, I use yellow ochre to replicate lime or sandstone. Weather the entire building with a dusting of off-white poster colour powder, WW Scenics offer Desert Yellow.

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[Tim Hale]

Christmas Day, a quiet afternoon in the shed because I haven’t run the layout for ages and was a bit concerned that it wouldn’t work, my concerns were misplaced. Nothing had failed, my choice to stick with ‘old school’ Fleischmann and older Roco was correct.

Tim

 

[Tim Hale]

Despite ‘completing’ Pottendorf, there are still small tasks to be completed, if only to keep busy when the weather prevents outdoor activities.



Currently on the workbench is this rather lovely FS Gm from Rivarossi, acquired because it was so cheap and as good, IMVHO, as Brawa.

Other than a change of couplings, an initial weathering wash of Humbrol dk. earth acrylic applied with a Cotman 12mm chisel resulted in the unfinished vehicle above. Not sure why the roof is patchy, possibly a residue from my fingers however I rather like the odd effects when using a good acrylic.

The next wash will be some lighter shade from Vallejo, again brushed on, I wonder if the patches will disappear, who knows…

Tim

 

[timbowales]

It looks rather weather-beaten like that