It’s been a while since I have Posted any updates, so Just to prove I haven’t sold absolutely everything, here’s a few photos from my much reduced layout. I bought several Lionheart 16t mineral wagons a few years back, and a few Dapol wagons and vans on a whim last year. While contemplating my move outdoors, I thought I would give them a quick, light weathering to blend in with my remaining stock.
Three of my 16t wagons remain unopened, but the ones in use urgently needed to take on a nicely used persona. I didn’t fancy the Maskol or hairspray treatment and decided to keep the process simple.
So, bauxite, mat black and varying amounts of orange were mixed and stippled on to the wagons and left to dry. Next, the brake van was stripped down and the ‘concrete’ weights were sprayed with grey primer then washed over with light grey enamel.
Then all of the under frames were washed over with a very thinned mix Hymbrol leather and the axle boxes picked out in metalcote/light grey and polished when dry.
The bodies got treated to a wash of frame dirt, and for the corrugated ends of the vans a mix of track colour, rust mixture and ‘dirty black’ Several applications were made, wiped off and so on. They won’t win any prizes but they fit in with the rest of the remaining stock now.
I’m planning on cutting the first sod in the garden later in the year, so perhaps a few updates could appear as the layout progresses.