On The Pugsley Workbench
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Pugsley
Western Thunderer
It's time for another infrequent workbench update!
The steel carriers have been given a coat of primer (probably about this time last year
):
I used the Ammo One Shot primer, which is an absolute sod to spray. If you get a reasonable flow going through the airbrush it runs, hence the sanded areas in the pic above. If you dust it on to avoid runs, it clogs the nozzle! To be fair though, it sticks like the proverbial to the surface of the model, so once I've worked out how to use it properly I'll continue to use it. These will need another coat, before spraying the final colours.
Model Engineers Laser (who I'd thoroughly recommend) cut my design of inner frames for the bogies, which I'll use with the frames from the bogie kits that I've already got. Those are going to need milling down, which I plan to do in the next few weeks.
Just got to cut these out now and solder them together!
I've also finished weathering the rest of my Heljan van stash and will put those up in another post shortly. You wait for ages and two come along at once...
The steel carriers have been given a coat of primer (probably about this time last year
):I used the Ammo One Shot primer, which is an absolute sod to spray. If you get a reasonable flow going through the airbrush it runs, hence the sanded areas in the pic above. If you dust it on to avoid runs, it clogs the nozzle! To be fair though, it sticks like the proverbial to the surface of the model, so once I've worked out how to use it properly I'll continue to use it. These will need another coat, before spraying the final colours.
Model Engineers Laser (who I'd thoroughly recommend) cut my design of inner frames for the bogies, which I'll use with the frames from the bogie kits that I've already got. Those are going to need milling down, which I plan to do in the next few weeks.
Just got to cut these out now and solder them together!
I've also finished weathering the rest of my Heljan van stash and will put those up in another post shortly. You wait for ages and two come along at once...
Pugsley
Western Thunderer
The last few weeks have been spent weathering these three Heljan VAA vans. They're nice models, even if the detail on them is a bit chunky and parts have a habit of falling off.
Most of the body weathering is water mixable oils, the underframe airbrushed with Lifecolor Frame Dirt to varying degrees, then washes with Tamiya Flat Earth mixed with black in varying proportions to highlight the details. All are loosely based on pics of the wagons that I've found on the internet.
For the first one, I wanted to capture the reasonably recently repainted but well used look.
The staining under the door mechanisms is a mix of Lifecolor Dirty Grease effect paint, and a grimy black weathering powder. The roof and side are washes of Tamiya Flat Earth.
The next one is a lot more faded - the fade being white oil paint. The roof effect is also the oils, with a mix of various colours with varying quantities of talc brushed on to give the faded/peeling effect.
The last one is a little contrived for my 1991 period, in that I can't find any evidence that any of these wagons made it this late in the maroon. Some VDA's definitely did, so I've used a little 'what if' modelling licence on this one, just to break the red and grey up a bit.
I'm pleased with the way that the running lettering has come out - for some reason the maroon ones seem prone to this, from the pictures I've found. The Railfreight is the original lettering cleaned off with a cocktail stick when I painted the wagon, the data panels are from Railtec Transfers, as are the other two.
Most of the body weathering is water mixable oils, the underframe airbrushed with Lifecolor Frame Dirt to varying degrees, then washes with Tamiya Flat Earth mixed with black in varying proportions to highlight the details. All are loosely based on pics of the wagons that I've found on the internet.
For the first one, I wanted to capture the reasonably recently repainted but well used look.
The staining under the door mechanisms is a mix of Lifecolor Dirty Grease effect paint, and a grimy black weathering powder. The roof and side are washes of Tamiya Flat Earth.
The next one is a lot more faded - the fade being white oil paint. The roof effect is also the oils, with a mix of various colours with varying quantities of talc brushed on to give the faded/peeling effect.
The last one is a little contrived for my 1991 period, in that I can't find any evidence that any of these wagons made it this late in the maroon. Some VDA's definitely did, so I've used a little 'what if' modelling licence on this one, just to break the red and grey up a bit.
I'm pleased with the way that the running lettering has come out - for some reason the maroon ones seem prone to this, from the pictures I've found. The Railfreight is the original lettering cleaned off with a cocktail stick when I painted the wagon, the data panels are from Railtec Transfers, as are the other two.