This weekend I have finally managed to get some time to do some modelling! All of Sunday has so far been spent at the modelling desk, building some wagon kits and doing some painting. After a few hours a lot of projects feel like they are finally moving forwards - great stuff! The class 45 is in the process of receiving its final varnish coats and I also finished the rebuilding of a salmon wagon I stripped the paint from in 2016! Today, I also dropped the wheel sets into the GWR Mink wagon, which has been re-purposed into the engineers fleet. I have no idea what this wagon would do in real life but it is going to form part of a train, with a motley collection of older wagon stock (a python, PMV, CCT, BY and Mk1 coach) all finished in olive green to add a bit of variety to the trains running on my layouts.
As per normal this wagon was finished using Railmatch enamel paints applied from an air brush. The transfers are Modelmaster and it is fitted with metal buffers and three link couplings. I mixed the olive green to have a faded colour, adding a little drop of white into the green paint, trying to replicate a wagon recently rebuilt, but having lived outdoors for a year or two. I am very happy with this wagon and have the GWR python wagon ready for transfers, close on its heels. A Mk1 coach (Bachmann) in olive green is also in the paintshop, so I am hopeful I can finish this rake of rolling pre-xmas. Otherwise, I hope everyone is well and finding time to model.
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