One all steel open, one ex GWR open 5 plank.

I have had an all steel BR iron ore tippler wagon for many years, in fact it is my very first O gauge anything, but I have never felt happy with the finish on it so I decided to bite the bullet and do some thing about it, this is how it looked before attacking it.




First job, distressing the surface and decals.




Next I dappled it with rust paint patches.





I painted the wheels and axles at the same time.

I used Humbrol Maskol on top of the rust patches, it dries very quickly and becomes rubbery.

 





Next up I painted the body with pale grey, leaving the decals un painted.




After the paint had dried I peeled of the maskol which removed the paint leaving the edges crumbly.





Next I gave it an all over wash with modelmates weathering inks, then while it was still damp, I used some weathering powders for texture.






Next up I started on the ex GWR 5 plank.



Although a really nice wagon, it wasn,t suitable for my needs, so out with the fibreglass pen and off with the decals and paint.





I masked of the body and sprayed the chassis matt black.





I painted the body bauxite and picked out the iron work a mucky grey, I left some of the planks unpainted to be painted as new wood.











Thats as far as I have got so far, I need some meths to put some lettering on, once thats done I will do some more weathering.


Cheers for now, Pete.

     

Nice work, Pete.  :thumbs

Agreed - they do look good Pete. :thumbs

I like the idea of the rust on the ore wagon - that peeled paint is exactly what happens in real life.  What colour did you use for the new planks on the 5 plank wagon ? It looks great. 

The new planks are in two different colours, grey for some done a while ago, pale brown/yellow for more recent ones, they are a bit glaring at the moment but with a little dirty wash they should look more realistic.


Pete. 

Nice job on both wagons Pete.Very realistic.

Excellent work mate , need to weather mine up , now you've made it look easy ….. I think lol 😳

Hello Pete,


They look really great very well done indeed. I had someone come up to my layout at a Mansfield show and said these 7mm wagons are models in their own right. Yours amplify that remark perfectly.

Cheers - Jim