This weekend I have had some time to really do some modelling, a few undisturbed stints over the weekend. I have to thank my most amazing partner - who is very understanding when I say I am going to disappear for a few hours! Anyhow, enough of that - more about the modelling. I have a few, very long burner projects that have dragged on and on. The first is a Slaters 0 Gauge 13T open wagon. I have no idea how long I have been on this project, but it has been dragging on for probably 4 years. This week I am finally getting around to finishing this off, just needing to add a few etched brass castings. One side of the wagon is almost finished and the second side will be a lot quicker now I have got the measure of what I need to do. Hopefully, I will get an evening this week to finish it off. I am keen to develop my rust weathering skills further. Being a steel open wagon, this is going to serve as a test bed for developing some better rust weathering skills.
My old man has also recently got into 0 gauge. I got him a skill builder etched brass kit the Xmas before last and once built, I offered to paint it for him. I am keen to develop my wood weathering skills, so this wagon is going to be a test bed for some advanced weathering (or at least I hope so). It is shaping up nicely so far, although there is a long way to go yet. I have purchased the AK International wood weathering kit for this and it will serve as a test best for these techniques.
A wagon that has been finally constructed this weekend, is an 00 gauge SR 40T ballast wagon. This complements the 2 recently finished Walrus wagons, all constructed from the Cambrian kits. The SR 40T wagon is not one of my best builds, it is a bit wonky! However, I hope that a good paint job will disguise the building sins! This is a quick build, taking a little over a year!
Last up, is a much quicker fix! It is a Hornby LNER CCT. This is yet another parcels wagon for the layout. I converted this to 3 link couplings and it is now ready for the paintshop, after a wash.
So plenty of progress and it feels very satisfying. I have also sorted out the paint boxes this weekend and a number of models are very close to completion. I am determined to not buy any more stock at the moment. I have lots of kits to build and lots of stock to weather! I also have all the new baseboards for the next layout ordered. So I want to work through everything I have right now, this includes finishing off a DC kits class 119 DMU, sound chipping and detailing a BR blue class 108 DMU, detailing and sound chipping a Hymek, Western, Class 42 and Class 43, and maybe even sorting out my Lima class 37. Hopefully, plenty of more progress over the weeks ahead....although whether I will finish all of these projects before being distracted is open to question!
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