I have done very little on the railway since March as the weather has been very wet.
One job started is the new control panel which I am cutting out the holes for the controllers. The supports for the panel have been glued into the case and I am currently deciding on the layout for the switches.
For my birthday recently I received a couple of trucks from my friends one an open truck and the other a tanker to add to my growing collection.
Hopefully we will get some nice weather so I can get out and run something as well as doing some work on adding sockets to the wiring to make connecting the control panel easier.
I have added a new video about the first runs of the Deltic, the Class 24 and the Princess.
Monday, 23 April 2012
Thursday, 5 April 2012
What a twit!
I admit, I am a twit!
I have finished painting Kestrel and after a nice coat of gloss varnish I aimed to get the decals on the loco today so that I could put the final couple of coats of semi-matt varnish over them to finish the model.
However, whilst putting the decals on I was surprised that they appeared to be far too big which is not like Fox Transfers which are always spot on. A quick search on their website showed me that their decals were dead on, trouble was I had ordered the 'O' gauge ones!
Oh well, luckily they were still wet and came off easily. Now to order the correct ones!
As I said before, What A Twit!
I have finished painting Kestrel and after a nice coat of gloss varnish I aimed to get the decals on the loco today so that I could put the final couple of coats of semi-matt varnish over them to finish the model.
However, whilst putting the decals on I was surprised that they appeared to be far too big which is not like Fox Transfers which are always spot on. A quick search on their website showed me that their decals were dead on, trouble was I had ordered the 'O' gauge ones!
Oh well, luckily they were still wet and came off easily. Now to order the correct ones!
As I said before, What A Twit!
Sunday, 1 April 2012
Playing with the airbrush
I have finally used my new airbrush and have highlighted a few things I need to do.
Most importantly I need to build a spray booth with extractor fan and lights in it as the fumes in the workshop go to nasty levels so that even using a face mask didnt help much. In the end I put a small fan in the window to suck out the fumes.
I also need some more glass jars with tops to allow me to mix up paint and then store it as at the moment any spare has to be cleaned away and its a waste and messy.
The Baby Deltic and Metrovick have both aquired the first coat of paint to their body shells with a couple more to follow plus I have now finished all the painting on Kestrel so tomorrow will see it gain a coat of gloss varnish so that I can apply the decals.
Most importantly I need to build a spray booth with extractor fan and lights in it as the fumes in the workshop go to nasty levels so that even using a face mask didnt help much. In the end I put a small fan in the window to suck out the fumes.
I also need some more glass jars with tops to allow me to mix up paint and then store it as at the moment any spare has to be cleaned away and its a waste and messy.
The Baby Deltic and Metrovick have both aquired the first coat of paint to their body shells with a couple more to follow plus I have now finished all the painting on Kestrel so tomorrow will see it gain a coat of gloss varnish so that I can apply the decals.
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