Brian Daniels diesel workbench

Ressaldar

Ressaldar

Western Thunderer
Hi Brian,

what is the colour ref (RAL) for the light blue on the Sheerness scrap wagon please - it seems very similar to the Rea Bulk Handling blue for W H Salthouse,


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the Drewry 0-4-0 153hp diesel shunter that Connoisseur have in their catalogue and I am very tempted.............................

regards

Mike
 
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TheSnapper

TheSnapper

Western Thunderer
Brian Daniels said:
Long time no updates from me:( So this is what I have been doing recently, building a Heljan diesel depot kit and back dating a Heljan 50 to original spec. The 50 was done with some etches from Vincento on ebay. I have also been adding a few details to the shed as it's a bit plain as bought.

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Hi Brian
Do you have the link for “etches from Vincento on eBay” please?
Cheers
Tim
 
Brian Daniels

Brian Daniels

Western Thunderer
About time for a little update:)

I got hold of one of these 1:43 Sherpas that comes in grey with a dent in the bonnet and drivers side door as one from "The Spy Who Loved Me" film. I filled the bonnet one and left the door dent which I will put some black marks on later. As you can see I put some nano LED's in it and even I am surprised how bright the headlights have come out. Just need to make up some number plates for it. Forgot to add I still got to make some replacement wing mirrors for it.


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Brian Daniels

Brian Daniels

Western Thunderer
Is it really 4 years since I updated this! I have been modelling in this time, honestly.
I recently bought a Canon Mirrorless camera that does focus stacking so can get a nice depth of field on model pictures. Took this recently and just replaced the loft in the background with last nights Sturgeon Moon, think it's about the right size as it was a bit big as it came up.

The loco's are Heljan, the peak being a pre-production one but these should be available soon I believe. The 31 I added ETH and the grey stripe and also change the front doors for an etch welded up version The rat is just a basic Heljan I painted..
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Jordan

Jordan

Mid-Western Thunderer
Always liked a white-stripe 31. :) :thumbs: I don't think it made them go any faster, though. :D
I chickened out of replacing the nose doors on mine, despite getting the Pete Harvey etch set, as I didn't want the hassle of a total repaint of the yellow ends. :oops:
 
Brian Daniels

Brian Daniels

Western Thunderer
Scale7JB said:
Very nice, does it do focus stacking in camera, or through the software?

JB.
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It's in camera straight away after it takes the required number of pictures so you see how it did straight away which is brilliant. It's a Canon R7 with a kit 18-150mm lens that they do for a complete cheapish setup.
 
Brian Daniels

Brian Daniels

Western Thunderer
Jordan said:
Always liked a white-stripe 31. :) :thumbs: I don't think it made them go any faster, though. :D
I chickened out of replacing the nose doors on mine, despite getting the Pete Harvey etch set, as I didn't want the hassle of a total repaint of the yellow ends. :oops:
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It was with a lot of trepidation that I cut the old doors out Jordan but it just had to look better with them recessed in rather than glued on the front. Thankfully it all went ok. But yes the yellow did need masking off and re-painting. I masked either side of the stripe and brush painted the grey in.

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