O Gauge 12t GWR open wagon

 Over the last couple of weeks I have managed to put the finishing touches to another wagon for the layout. This wagon is a GWR 12t open wagon that I finished in BR freight grey, with a fair amount of weathering, befitting a wagon in 1970s condition before withdrawal. The wagon was built from the basic Parkside kit, which was a Xmas project a couple of years ago.

Finished 12t open wagon, in 1970s condition.

Whilst painting the wagon, I attempted to produce a faded base livery, which was applied by Railmatch enamels from an airbrush. Over the top of this I used various AK Interactive washes to pick-out elements of rust and weathering streaks, before applying transfers and sealing up with a couple of coats of Matt varnish. The transfers were Railtec and went on perfectly! The final two varnish coats had a dab of matt black and sleeper grime added respectively, which has really helped to unify the finish.

Ready to roll on the layout!

The interior floor.

So another wagon is ready for the layout, which is fantastic news. The rolling stock is starting to get to a critical mass now, whereby I actually have enough stock to run some trains! This wagon will run with several other open wagons,  ferrying materials up the line of the quay. A future task has to be attempting to fit some removeable tarpaulins to these wagons, although this is for another day (I have already had one disastrous attempt at this!!). 

Hopefully there will be more progress to report soon, although the hot weather is limiting the amount of modelling I can do at the moment. However, several other projects are close to being finished and I really need to get the layout set up soon to push on with the detailing. Fingers crossed I can get to this over the coming weeks.