7mm Coming soon to a forum near you... Sentinel Diesel

[AJC]

I've used Johnson's Klear with some success simply by running some round the edges using capillary action, but any gloss varnish would do I think. An alternative might be Kristal Kleer (spelling?) PVA: any excess can be removed before it fully cures. This works fine in the smaller scale but I'm not sure what goes on in 7mm.

Adam

 

[Dave]

It's just about finished. I've got to add some door handles and "Powered by Rolls-Royce" badges that I've made on the PC.





Another thing to do, but I only found out after taking these pictures, is to paint the headlight grilles into the bodywork colour. D'oh!

... and to fully close the gap in one of the coupling links. It's surprising how you only notice these things in close-up pictures isn't it?

 

[Stu Fox]

Looks great Dave, such a quick build too (complete jealousy!)... ...there was an article in a 2011 Guild magazine (IIRC) of a scratch build of a similar loco.

Regards

Stu

 

[Dave]

Thanks, Jordan. I got the idea from looking at pics of Sentinels in use. The one in the link isn't the exact one that I based the effect on but it shows it and on an otherwise cared for an relatively new loco, which is what mine is supposed to be. http://www.flickr.com/photos/glevumblues/2254584077/in/pool-1814638@N20/lightbox/