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Thanks for the kind comments, much appreciated!

Pinch away Kimbo, just maybe choose a better bogie for the load. The Lima one I used is very chunky.

Matt

 

Hi all,

A recent wagon off the workbench is this Parkside Dundas Grampus. Its the old, original kit. I rebuilt the end planks because the originals were deformed.



I added some whitemetal buffers and a few bits and bobs from plastic sheet.

I've painted and weathered it to represent a rusty example, based on some photos on the Bartlett site.

I'm not really happy with the markings - from Modelmaster - but it's all I had available.



Matt

 

Thanks for the comments, likes and POTW - especially since its been so long since I've posted or done any real modelling! It was a really nice surprise!

What little modelling I did in the second half of 2020 was limited to 1/48 scale aircraft building, but I hope to focus more on railway modelling this year if I can!

Matt

 

Thank you Pete, Andy and Paul for your comments - it is much appreciated!

Matt

 

Here's a nostalgic project I'm working on. Still a fair way to go, but progress is progress!



Still pretty rough and the underframe and roof are as yet untouched!

Matt

 

And so ends a very sentimental and nostalgic project. I bought this kit mid-90's after seeing one on a layout featured in RM. I built it, and then repainted it several times over the years, never particularly well.

About 18ish months ago I found it in a broken and tatty state, stripped it down and rebuilt it. The plastic was pretty brittle, so it's a bit rough in places as a result of being repaired. There are a few gaps here and there, but at the end of the day, it's a pretty old model. I've finally managed to get it repainted and weathered this week.







Matt

 

Thanks @paul_l and @Ruston for your comments - much appreciated!

 

Thank you Andy, that's very kind of you to say.

Last year sometime, I bought a bundle of second hand Parkside wagons on ebay. Included in the bundle was a Parkside Rudd. Now I have zero use for such a wagon, as it's outside of my chosen period, but I fancied giving it a go regardless.



I've replaced the moulded handrail and lamp irons on both ends but otherwise it's built as intended.

Masking the sides is going to be a challenge, and a time consuming task.

A while ago I tweaked a Parkside VEA by replacing the moulded door handles, which made a big difference. I've got a batch of 3 others, all previously built and painted and I've started working on these tonight too. The main task again will be to replace the handles with 0.33 wire. As they're already built, painted and decalled, to save time I'm aiming preserve the finish as much as possible and just patch paint/weather them. I actually really enjoy reworking wagons I've built previously and bringing them up to my current standards.



Matt

 

Here are the first two VEA's off the workbench. As mentioned above, this is just a quick job to bring something first built 2010ish up to date, and breathe new life into an older wagon.

Other than replacing the door handles I've done a quick repaint/reweather on them both while preserving the original markings.

Hope you like them!





The Bauxite one is yet to be started...

Matt

 

Here's the third and final redone Parkside van.