Mk 1 coach in G

I love it. I would love to have stuff from 70's and 80's running in my garden!!!
BTW I used to go sailing on OYC(T) ketches and ended up working on one for a while so the north sea, holland and tower bridge all great memories. when my boys are big enough i'll be sending them.

Numbers and face details, the first 2 compartments of the coach have some glazing now too.









John

I wish you would stop posting these pictures. You are making me feel I am an underacheiver!

That is misspelt but I am too tired to correct it.  My mind has gone to mush.

As soon as the coach has dirty windows, it'll look just like the real thing

If you collect together enough scraps of rubber tube, wire and plastic sprues then add in a couple of plastic card offcuts and you have just enough bits to make some buffer beam details



The green is a garden plant tie.

I also have moved the numbers to be on the drivers window at each end as per the discussion with James after the last blog post.

Then add a bit of black, orange and silver paint..





Finally pointing man is devastated it appears the platform is not built to the correct height.



He has taken it hard



But I can report despite at least one of his colleagues looking like he is not offering help he has made a full recovery.

John

Outstanding, from beginning to end.
 
Alec K

Thanks Alec


Two of the last pictures look better in black and white ??





John

You've struck a chord there, all right!

This is D829 Walrus on a down train leaving the Royal Albert Bridge and entering Saltash Station in 1964. B and W - and green diesels, sorry, RJR  - certainly hasd an impact all its own.
 
Kind regards,
 
Alec
 

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Nice picture Alec thanks for sharing.

This afternoon I have been doing some roof colouring, lots of 25 pictures show the roof as being near black with dirt. The coach roof was too light as well.

I also have sprayed some sleeper grime on the bottom of the coach, which still needs a lot of glazing ( I keep putting it off !)

Roof ..




Grime..



In the next one I like how you can see the coach through the cab, one of the benefits of larger scales, this sort of picture is easier !



And my favourite picture of the month !!...........




John

The weathering to the windows in the last pic is amazing. It has the white gubbins along the bottoms and sides of the frames (undercoat?) which was evident on almost every coach after a few years of use. I have never seen that represented before.

KeithT


The weathering to the windows in the last pic is amazing. It has the white gubbins along the bottoms and sides of the frames (undercoat?)  

Glad you like it but to be honest I have been trying to get rid of it !!!!  
When you use a CA (superglue) on clear plastic it always seems to leave a white mist. Having watched CSI I think its a reaction between the superglue fumes and the grease in your fingers, as often the white haze is a fingerprint pattern. Generally the haze wipes off, in this case with a cotton bud (Q tip) the cleaning process like most badly cleaned windows hasn't removed it from the corners and edges. If you think it looks prototypical I wont clean any more off.


John

RJR

KeithT


The weathering to the windows in the last pic is amazing. It has the white gubbins along the bottoms and sides of the frames (undercoat?)  

Glad you like it but to be honest I have been trying to get rid of it !!!!  
When you use a CA (superglue) on clear plastic it always seems to leave a white mist. Having watched CSI I think its a reaction between the superglue fumes and the grease in your fingers, as often the white haze is a fingerprint pattern. Generally the haze wipes off, in this case with a cotton bud (Q tip) the cleaning process like most badly cleaned windows hasn't removed it from the corners and edges. If you think it looks prototypical I wont clean any more off.


John

I got the same effect - unintended , when I used some 35mm slide glass on a caboose - dirty, frosted glazing. I liked it so it stayed!