4mm West Halton Sidings

[James]

@steve50 I'm very pleased you found my article helpful

You don't need much paint to tint the varnish; just a drop in half a bottle top of thinned varnish is sufficient.

It works on BR blue too, experiment with the varnish and paint mix though. A very tiny bit of Matt Leather helps too. If you're painting the loco I'd consider mixing the BR blue with Rail Grey to create a faded base coat then follow the method as per the article.

 

[Suffolk Dave]

@steve50 I'm very pleased you found my article helpful

You don't need much paint to tint the varnish; just a drop in half a bottle top of thinned varnish is sufficient.

It works on BR blue too, experiment with the varnish and paint mix though. A very tiny bit of Matt Leather helps too. If you're painting the loco I'd consider mixing the BR blue with Rail Grey to create a faded base coat then follow the method as per the article.

This sound rather interesting. Could you let us know which MRJ your article is in? Thank you.

 

[AJC]

This sound rather interesting. Could you let us know which MRJ your article is in? Thank you.

Via the MRJ index, no. 287: Issue 287

Adam

 

[Suffolk Dave]

Via the MRJ index, no. 287: Issue 287

Adam

Many thanks - I'm now reading it!

 

[steve50]

@steve50 I'm very pleased you found my article helpful

You don't need much paint to tint the varnish; just a drop in half a bottle top of thinned varnish is sufficient.

It works on BR blue too, experiment with the varnish and paint mix though. A very tiny bit of Matt Leather helps too. If you're painting the loco I'd consider mixing the BR blue with Rail Grey to create a faded base coat then follow the method as per the article.

Thanks James.

 

[James]

A couple of coats of yellow on the Janus - the bonnets sprayed as they're removable and the rest hand painted.

 

[James]

A little bit of work on this over the last few days.



This is what is what I'm aiming for -

https://flic.kr/p/24cznH1

 

[James]

Just nerds windscreen wipers now.

 

[Dog Star]

The prototype photo shows some interesting distress to the number under the driver's cabside window.

 

[James]

37037, circa 1992. Finally finished!

 

[John57sharp]

Super-duper!

 

[Herb Garden]

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37037, circa 1992. Finally finished!

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That looks class!

 

[James]

37037 has been joined 37514 which I finished in a few years back (see MRJ 253) but have only just got round to chipping.