St James's Station

Maybe it is the angle of the photo and the long shadow that the sun is casting on the figures.

 

I found the finest pins I could at Lincraft. I then used a small cook's blowtorch to heat the pins up so they glowed red then I would push the pin into the leg. Out of 90 I only had issues with 3. I reckon that's a pretty good average.

 

Another productive night in the workshop last night with some weathering and matt varnishing on about 20 vehicles.
I am using Vallejo Acrylics and am very impressed with them.

Most of the vehicles just received a coat of matt varnish to dull them down a bit. A few of the trucks got a bit of weathering to make them look less like toys and more like working trucks.

I also got the dremel out and cut the back doors out of the Castrol van. I tried to make some new doors using some plastic from an ice cream lid and glazing using plastic from an old screw container. When I checked it this morning the two plastics had not stuck together with the Airfix model glue I had used, so it's back to the drawing board on that one.

I will upload photos shortly.

 

Hi Keith, I have the Grey Primer and it's very good. I went for grey beacause it should keep the top coat pigments fairly true. I'm applying the logic that is used with painting colours on feature walls in houses etc.
My Acrylic collection includes the face painting kit and the Weathering kit, then a few other colours.I'd love to buy the big set of 74 colours but can't justify that while I still have so much Humbrol enamel stock.

 

I've been weathering the ebay Q1 bit by bit. There are about 7 different pigments lightly sprayed onto it at the moment. I'm happy with how it is coming along.

 

33 weathered vehicles. Some with light and some with heavy weathering.

 

Thanks Toto. It's amazing how much the look of the vehicles change once that matt varnish is on.
The best thing is that, being waterbased, if I don't like it, it just rub it off with a damp cloth or damp cotton bud. Brilliant! It means you can never over weather anything.
I'm thinking that most of the wagons and carriages could benefit greatly from a coating of this fantastic product. Just to take that shiny trainset look away and give it a more realistic appearance.

 

So now I have sprayed all of the vehicle with Matt varnish and all of the people with it as well. Over the past two weeks I have painted , repainted or touched up over 130 figures and to be honest I am over it! Spraying the matt varnish onto them completes the look and makes sure there are no very shiny shirts and pants.
If I never see another little person again I wouldn't be unhappy!!!

I've also pulled my Southern Vectis coach apart, painted the interior and fitted a driver and some passengers. The big job now is to place all the people back onto the layout and to position all the vehicles as well.

 

Kimbo wrote:

I think you will find I already have!!!!!

 

ianvolvo46 wrote:

Thanks Ian, yes I agree. The results are worth it and many of those figures have been sitting there for years waiting to be painted. It's just finding the time to sit down and do them.

 

So I had the day in Adelaide today and visited what I consider to be the best shop in Australia for scenery supplies. Orient Express Model Railway Supplies.

Here's what I bought. As you can see a lot of MiniNatur products which are just fantastic. I'm planning to do a lot of scenery work on the layout in the next few weeks as the Typhoon will finally be finished and I can devote some serious time to the layout which is much need of attention..

 

The acquisitions

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