Recent modelling this week has centred on finishing off the weathering job on the class 25 and detailing/building some wagons. The weathering of the class 25 can wait for another post, as it has been a beast of job. It is loosely based on some of the the class 25s working the tarka line in the very late 1970's/early 1980's but I think for some it is a little over the top.....anyway that is for another day.
Other modelling has focused on detailing three wagons, being a parkside 13t open wagon (diag 1/47). This has been built as per the instructions and will fit into the engineering section on my layout. This is the first of three 13t wagons I aim to build for the layout - the other two kits are lost in the post somewhere.....This one will be finished in overall black, with a lot of rust - typical of these wagons in the 70s/80s. 3 link couplings and steel buffers finish the build, with Modelmaster decals to be added once painted.
The next wagon on the bench is a stripped down Heljan dogfish. I have become a little bit obssessed with superstrip recently, having put through an old Lima class 37 body shell and the Hornby class 121. I also added (for good measure) the hopper from a heljan dogfish - one of several from a bargain buy. This is going to be finished in engineering weathered back, also with a good deal of rust added. A little refinement goes a long way with these wagons, not least getting rid of the coupling and its mounting.
Last but by no means least is the second of the ECC china clay wagons. Fitting 3 link couplings into these is painful. This is only the second one I have done (of about 10!!). This will have some weathering added and be added to the fleet. Although it is only a small change to put the coupling in, relatively it requires a lot of hacking up of the underframe and some araldite! The best investment for these wagons was the dremel, it certainly speeds up the process.
And the eagle eyed readers might also notice some ballast down on Georgeham. Gluing it in place is a job for tomorrow,alongside finishing the class 25.
Nice work thanks for the warning on the China Clay wagons I've got four of the Bachman ones and three Ratio kit's to add 3 link couplings too (The joys) I am looking forward to the 25 did you completely re paint it? I picked one up after seeing your blog post about the re paint. Although I am not sure whether I will re paint it yet.
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Jaymes
Hi Jaymes,
Deletethanks for the comment. Regards the china clay wagons, I cut the hook in half and drilled a new hole in the hook. I cut off the original tension lock mounting and widened the existing hole in the chassis, behind the buffer beam. A lot of hacking and filing - I have a photo on the blog of the ECC coupling on the 13th march 2011.
With the class 25 - great stuff - it is a good locomotive to detail. I did a complete strip of the bachmann paint job and resprayed it all. It took me ages to finish it!! Good luck with yours
best
chris