Well this week in between bouts of manic work I have managed to finish a 16t mineral wagon for the engineers yard at Potting Quay. To be honest this wagon required relatively little to finish it off, some bouts of painting and a few transfers before sealing with a satin varnish. The wagon was built and half painted in 2013 - only taking 2 years to finish it off. So apologies for the poor photographic skills - but finally something finished and out of the paint workshops ready for layout.
Finished 16t mineral wagon that has been seconded to the engineers yard at Pottington.
More progress has been made on the 0 gauge grampus wagon. The size of the wagon does mean it seems to take longer to paint - although I suspect that the detail of the wagon is just more apparent allowing a greater degree of subtly in the final finish. The wagon is nowhere near finished - but some of the elements of the livery are starting to come together. It is great fun to work on a wagon of this size -and hope to get this one finished and another 0 gauge build into the paintshop before xmas. I have even purchased a couple of lengths of 0 gauge track and have been contemplating track plans. However all this must stop for a month now, as I am off on some work travels - heading to the Med than Africa - so back in a month!
The 0 gauge grampus continues to make progress - adding in elements of the rust and weathering.
