NHY 581

Western Thunderer
Rob, the wooden hut in the background looks great, what colours and weathering did you use on it, powders I assume?
Cheers
Tony

Evening Tony.

The wooden hut is the Bachmann Shillingstone parcels office. I've repainted the green woodwork with Humbrol enamel green (80). I've then used powders to weather the rest. Using Humbrol weathering powders,'Sand' has been applied to individual planks. I've then used 'Dark earth' to provide a bit of shading and also to tone down the white windows and the Green paintwork. The roof has had a light dusting of 'Smoke' and 'Dark earth'.
I've then sprayed the building with matt acrylic varnish to seal the powders.

Once dry, some of the weathering has been removed from the individual planks and slates using a fibre brush. Varying the pressure varies the lightness of the colour of the planks/slates.

Hope this helps.

Rob.
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jonte

Western Thunderer
Smashing stuff, as always, Rob.

I’m quite fond of the resin model buildings but your finish elevates it to another level.

Btw, your Pannier also catches my eye. Very realistic. Did you also employ powders here as well?

Hope you don’t mind my asking.

Regards,

Jonte
 

NHY 581

Western Thunderer
Evening Jonters.

Thank you for your kind words. The resin buildings are a very good starting point with not much required to add a personal touch.

The Pannier is as per Bachmann and is as weathered by the factory.
However, I have a plan. A few bits to add then it will also see a bit of powder.

I shall detail the upgrade on here.


Rob.
 

jonte

Western Thunderer
Evening Rob.

Many thanks.

Bachman indeed make exemplary models, both on and off the track.

Kind of you to offer some enlightenment; I’ll look forward to it.

Bestest,

Jonte
 

3 LINK

Western Thunderer
Morning Rob,

A quick question if I may, how do you apply the Humbrol weathering powders? I ask because I have seen a YouTube clip of them being used by diluting them with water. I have always thought you basically dabbed some on dry and just spread it around a bit and then sealed with varnish.

Martyn.
 

simond

Western Thunderer
That asks more questions than it answers.
Is it wearing a Santa hat?
How did it get the straight line shading across its nose & upper lip?
Has it been sniffing things?
And other questions...?

atb
Simon
 

NHY 581

Western Thunderer
Morning all.

The updates for Bleat have been a little infrequent.

Aside from further detailing, it's pretty much done and is permanently set up at home. That means it is available to be played with, whenever.

Bleat is a S&DJR based layout, ostensibly in the Highbridge area.

However, it can and does see days when I operate it in Southern mode, services run using a variety of small tank engines. One such visitor is a Hattons P class.

I thought I would give it a run and noted a judder when moving backwards or forwards at slow speed. I didn't recall this when it first arrived at Sheep Towers so decided to investigate. The fault was quickly traced to the motor seemingly having come loose from its clip on the chassis. Reseated, performance returned to its original smooth self.

One for a future visit to the weathering bench but for now happy to enjoy as is.


Rob.
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Mick Bonwick

Active Member
Morning all.

However, it can and does see days when I operate it in Southern mode, services run using a variety of small tank engines. One such visitor is a Hattons P class.

One for a future visit to the weathering bench but for now happy to enjoy as is.

Southern AND weathered. I like that!
 

NHY 581

Western Thunderer
Morning all,

Well five years on, Bleat approaches what will probably be it's last exhibition outing at Stafford. I note the last two posts were made by two good friends who are sadly no longer with us.

Fitting then that I post a couple of photos which give a nod to those friendships and the encouragement that both Grahame and Mick provided and the good humour which accompanied that encouragement.

Here then is 7717, a Bachmann 57xx sent to me by Grahame in a typical act of generosity and which will be running at Stafford.

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And this is a Series one LWB Land Rover from Oxford Diecast, weathered by myself and sent to Mick as part of a group of members on Rmweb who each sent Mick their take on a Landy as a thank you for all the help and encouragement he provided. They arrived with him shortly before he unexpectedly passed away. It remains one of the very few things I have weathered for another modeller.

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More updates will follow as Bleat is prepped.

Rob.
 

AdeMoore

Western Thunderer
How poignant those posts are, I never knew Grahame or Mick but followed their work great losses. Just goes to show live every day as if it’s your last! therefore life to the full.
Bleats looking pretty darn good if I may say. Excellent modelling as alway.
 

NHY 581

Western Thunderer
Morning all.

Bleat Wharf was given a through hoovering yesterday. Not particularly dusty but trying to extract the cat fur from the static grass was somewhat time consuming.

I'm also struggling to locate one of the lamps which I removed and popped into 'a place of safety'

One patch of static grass to the rear of the layout looks a bit squashed and will need revitalising. I've also removed some of the additional flock etc as, on closer inspection, it looked a tad busy.

So, a good track cleaning session followed by bolting on the fiddle yard and test running is in order while I think about any minor tweaks to make.

I also need to come up with a better support system to prevent a slight sag at layout/fiddle yard joint which caused s few minor issues at Taunton Railex last year.

Something light and rigid would be handy............

Rob.
 
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