Johns workbench

[john lewsey]

Hi Mick ill copy it and send It to you I don't remember how I got it in fact I'd forgottenI even had it I was clearing out one of my cupboards when I found it
John

 

[richard carr]

John

I have recently used spray cans for JLTRT BG, it all worked fine. I tend to only use the airbrush for weathering and for spraying I use a small spray gun. It gets a lot of paint on quickly you just need to make sure that you do not thin the paint to much or its very easy to runs.

I like the cans though, but Heather doesn't.

Richard

 

[john lewsey]

To be honest most of my models have been painted with spray cans the paint covers well and is very durable

 

[john lewsey]

As part of the parcels train I want to model a BG so I thought I would practice the painting on some strips of plasticard I've done the blue ill paint in the grey later .When I've painted LNWR coaches in the past they've been brass so if it went wrong I could just strip the paint but the BG is likely to be plastic so I thought I'd do a few practice runs(no pun intended)

 

[Dog Star]

Just need to cut out the windows... add a floor, a roof, some bogies and a bit of weathering, you are nearly there!

 

[john lewsey]

Yep

 

[john lewsey]

Yep

 

[john lewsey]

only transfers and coulplings to go before weathering this is the one piece one a bugger the mask up the body to paint the chasis but amazingly no over spray

 

[john lewsey]

and the second one definitely worth the effort of building the body and chassis separately

 

[Scale7JB]

An approach I may well take in the future..!

JB.

 

[john lewsey]

Ta

 

[Osgood]

John - can you tell me what components were used to make the track which the van is sitting on (4 bolt chairs) at the top of this page please?

Tony

 

[john lewsey]

Hi yes of course the sleepers are walnut obtained from a guy called Fred Phipps whose in the scale severn group and exactoscale four bolt chairs you can see more of it on Hartley Hill the track was blacked and left I didn't wash it off it just goes really rusty
John

 

[Osgood]

Thanks!

 

[john lewsey]

nearly there

 

[john lewsey]

 

[40126]

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Hi John

Have you used photo's for reference for your SPV's ?. Are they based on certain vehicles ?.

Steve

 

[john lewsey]

No I haven't have I done something wrong .Theres still some transfers to do I've used the picture with the instructions

 

[BrushType4]

No I haven't have I done something wrong .Theres still some transfers to do I've used the picture with the instructions

They look fine. I think Steve was wondering like I was if the second van was based on a picture. I guess you've not finished it yet Doh!

 

[Steph Dale]

John,

I like the vans very much and the constructional approach is very neat (I'll certainly be copying it!). Just wonder if you need to get some Decasol/Decaset on those decals though as the film seems very visible. Is it particularly thick?

Steph