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Just thought I'd post a few pics of recent weathering projects I have carried out:
An EWS MBA:
BYA's:
A DJH WD:
A Webb 2-4-2 tank engine
All done using an airbrush, and Phoenix Precision Paints.
Comments welcome!
Please feel free to have a look at my brothers site which features American stuff taken whilst holidaying and when training as a conductor out there....
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mikeuk-usrailroadphotography/
Thanks
A few shots from my recent visit around Basford Hall and a day out on the Midland Main Line...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/58806173@N08/
Thanks for looking!
Here are some of my images now on Flickr....
200 down, 6,500 to go!!!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/58806173@N08/
Cheers for looking.
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A couple of pictures from the Churnet Valley gala yesterday in not so great weather...
The directions you give relate to getting to Shenton which is the Nuneaton end of the line.
The nearest A road is the A444, and there are various exits from that via small country lanes to either Shenton or Shackerstone itself.
I used to volunteer at the railway to get to Shackerstone (the...
A busy old day today on the WCML:
37069, 409 and 038 heading South:
http://bigtsrailimages.fotopic.net/p69073417.html
37607 and 601 work 1Q27 Southbound 10 minutes later:
http://bigtsrailimages.fotopic.net/p69073418.html
http://bigtsrailimages.fotopic.net/p69073419.html
Quite a few freights use BHM out of PAX hours.
For instance the Colas steels from WWH to Boston runs via BHM on its outward journey.
I know of a few liners that also use BHM.
I recall seeing pairs of 37's on steels and oil trains as a kid.
I have the following 4mm locos for sale that have become surplus to requirements:
1. Bachmann 37429 'Eistedfodd Geneadlaethol' (£50.00 inc P & P)
This loco is straight out of the box and is weathered. It has never run
2. ViTrains 37425 'Sir Robert McAlpine/Concrete Bob' (£50.00 inc P...
I tend to use thinners on a rag, cotton buds, and sometimes a track rubber.
I have heard of the use of toothpaste on Lima pancakes and Hornby Ringfield motors.
I always lightly oil locos after a long tome out of use.
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