Somewhere in Yorkshire

[Walkingthedog]

I did some fencing with mdf posts, 4 strands of wire to thread and about 100 posts. I was glad when I had finished.

[Bandit Mick]

It looks great - well done.

[Phil s]

Hi all, been doing a bit of scenery today, just in a small corner. Was trying to recreate land which had tracks but have long since be lifted and nature has re claimed, not sure it's worked. What do you guys think?





Been doing a lot of thinking too about what to do regarding weathering. Everything needs it, it's weather I'm good enough to do it (or have the balls to).



The class 37s are all out work horses and would ever this clean!

[Phil s]

Hello again, long time since I updated this. Not a lot has happened on the layout due to lack of funds and just running trains.that said thought you'd like to see a new arrival...
This arrived today , Accurascale deltic 55 015. Not had time to have a proper play but I think it looks superb.

[Hound Dog]

Looks fab Phil……. Just keep it on the straight track - LOL….. see my posts under “new acquisitions”

Seriously enjoy as it is a great model !

[Phil s]

Agreed, Accurascale should be applauded for going all out on detail. No running issues yet but i've no inclines or 2nd radius curves.
015 was the first Deltic i saw in the flesh, it was at Leeds station and will never forget it. the sound and shear size of the thing to a 11 year old was just incredible.
Happy days!

[Hound Dog]

Yes Phil - I had a similar experience with my first Deltic at Edinburgh…… I was at the far end of the station taking some numbers when I heard this deafening noise and followed it to find my first Deltic at the head of a Kings Cross Express that had just arrived from Aberdeen……. I can’t remember the number but I seem to have a natural draw to “Nimbus”, so that might be the reason.

Didn’t see too many other Deltics living on the West Coast, but once seen and heard, they are certainly never forgotten.

[Phil s]

Hi guys,
Not a lot to report at moment, lost a bit of mojo. Did however have a go at weathering my class 60 with mixed results!
Would be interested in what you all think?

[Mountain Goat]

Looks a bit dirty to me. Have you got a carriage wash?

(Looks great! Only thing to improve further is usually the underneath would be a fair bit more brownish than black as the bodies were cleaned through a carriage wash which did not wash the chassis parts so effectively, so the common look of a washed loco was a clean body but a brown dirty stained chassis, so even clean locos would end up with brown stained chassis to the same brown dirty colour as your locos body is. I see you have weathered the chassis, but don't be afriad to add more chassis weathering as they really did get mucky, even clean examples unless they had recently had a depot repaint.
The cleanest parts on a weathered loco in real life were the front and the back as these areas were railwashed when the loco hit the rain while travelling at speed though the back cab would hit the dirt until one changed ends.... Still got dirty, but the sides would usually look worse than the cab fronts. Though where windscreen wipers wiped was visibly cleaner than surrounding window areas especially on the drivers side (2nd mans side less so as was only occasionally used), and roofs tended to catch the dirt and miss the washing plants ability to wash as washing plants concentrated in washing the sides.. Been through washplants on DMU's such as classes 142, 143, 150, 153, 158, 175 or a class 50 pulling Mk2 coaches etc, though usually recall one of the first four classes as I would be frantically (As a guard) running back to shut all the windows before the train hit the wash as one would usually remember when the front of the train started to hit the brushes and would only just make it all the way down the train in closing the windows before anything got wet. Get it wrong and the last window to shut if open were the back cab windows which one was full on 90 degrees to being washed while closing them! Fun days!
Your loco does look good though and certainly passes as a weathered loco that could do with a good clean! Just to quickly ammend, the yellow sides near the cabroof are the only real body parts I would ever so slightly tone down (Not much. Just a tiny bit). Excuse my very minor suggestions as it really looks great as it is and I am only suggesting very small things to perfect the overall look. It really looks great as it is and you do have quite a tallent!)

[Steve M]

As MG says, the chassis and bogies would have an overall brown dusting that would tend to fade the higher up the loco sides that you look. Also dirt on the roof and sides would tend to form vertical streaks as rain water runs down the sides. Then of course you would also get smoke stains from the exhausts.
The patterns formed by grime tends to be unique to each class of loco - one I did last year had a distinct wavy line down the sides as the airflow formed a 'bow wave' as it passed. Windscreen wiper patterns are also unique - a mask cut from masking tape and a waft of Matt varnish works for that effect.
I have found it useful to get suitable pictures from the internet and print a couple off at a supermarket print kiosk and use those as a guide for any weathering work.