Somewhere SW of London. Somewhen before today

“Water, water everywhere
Nor was a drop to drink”

I can't see the albatross …….. :roll:

Nice scene.  :thumbs

[user=1753]Gwiwer[/user] wrote:

Not too many Peter. The cat is quite partial to spiders and keeps the population under control. 

You should have packed a few Australian ones to take with you when you went back, Rick. Most of them would be able to match a cat, or even carry one off!

:cool wink

A little something to stop the trains hitting the wall 
Peco rail-type and sleeper-type kits suitably painted. 

Details include dry-brushing green paint onto the moulded weeds on the sleeper blocks and patting wet red and white paint with a cotton-wool bud to bring up the grain before dusting the lot with weathering powder. 

A nice "mucky white" there Rick.    :thumbs

Forgive my ignorance but what are the black dots on the left hand buffer in photo 3 ?

[user=6]Petermac[/user] wrote:

A nice "mucky white" there Rick.    :thumbs

Forgive my ignorance but what are the black dots on the left hand buffer in photo 3 ?

Thank you Peter
I think they may just be raised bolts from which the white paint has worn off. 

Ah, I see.  Can you cut them off Rick ?  At close range, they rather detract from an otherwise excellent paint job.

I’ll have a look at a few more prototype pics; another option might be enwhitenment. 

Those are the pins for joining the assemblies together. I have, in the past, cut those off flush myself. As the kits come, the buffer blocks have holes in which those pins come through. They do work in making the assembly more solid, especially as most glues don't seem to work well on the Peco plastic.

Welcome to my new hobby. Fencing. 


There’s now over six feet of this stuff protecting the yard from homes and playing fields. 

Looks great Rick.

Phil - thank you

 More work has brought the yard area to a significantly completed state. 

There’s always more to do of course but more green details have been added, the ground weathering is down and even the yard crane has a new layer of grime and rust. 

Apologies for the sideways views caused by the usual iPhone : site software incompatibility

A grotty looking station indeed  :thumbs

That l,ooks excellent Rick.

The  weathering on the 16t mineral wagons looks brilliant - is it just paint or have you done some witchcraft with salt and the likes ?

Looks very well worked. One skill I need to start at Teasel is to weather the track/stock. I’ve been keeping an eye on your techniques. 

[user=6]Petermac[/user] wrote:

That l,ooks excellent Rick.

The  weathering on the 16t mineral wagons looks brilliant - is it just paint or have you done some witchcraft with salt and the likes ?

Thanks Peter.  No witchcraft and no salt involved.  Just paint, some of it dry-brushed, some applied by airbrushing and some hand-brushed powders.  

I know the salt technique but have yet to use it.  

Another marathon painting session and all the rails are now weathered. Completed the passenger lines today. 

My solitary chocolate / cream carriage is a Hornby model bought solely for use as a weathering demonstration item. It has now been condemned (!!) and sits in the “dead” road bearing the circle-and-cross symbol for no brakes and attached to the departmental shunter. 

Hi Rick.    Terrific job with the wire fence and a good tutorial. Best wishes Kevin 

Fresh from the paint shop (ok straight out of the box) 2EPB 5772 sporting “early blue” livery with high-level logos, smaller carriage numbers and a small yellow panel crosses 2Hal 2603 in the green version of small yellow panel livery.