O Gauge CCT in Olive Green Livery

Over the last few weeks I have also managed to complete the weathering of an Heljan CCT, which was finished in the olive green engineers livery. This is a lovely model but the factory finish was quite shiny and toy like, so I set about toning this down with some weathering. The dismantling of the CCT was quick and easy, only requiring the removal of four screws and gently pushing out the glazing. The weathering process involved an initial body wash of neutral grey, before using the airbrush to apply a bit of tonal variation in the olive green livery, using some faded olive green colours. Over the top of this I used the airbrush to apply various coats of weathered black, frame dirt and sleeper grime, with some of the detail hand brushed with AK interactive streaking grime. The chassis was weathered separately, using the airbrush to apply various coats of weathered black, frame dirt and sleeper grime. The roof was  weathered using a combination of various shades of roof dirt and weathered black.  When I was happy enough, the weathering was sealed in with a couple of coats of Railmatch matt varnish. 

Finished CCT on the Kimington Quay layout.

Finished CCT coupled up a class 33.

A close up showing some of the underframe detail.

This CCT will run with the olive green BSK, the 12t van and the BY wagon, which form a small rake in the engineers department. The BY wagon is currently (very slowly) being built from the Slaters kit, although it will be a few months until I can get it finished. In the meantime I am concentrating on getting some of the buildings finished for the back of the layout and currently have five shallow relief buildings in various stages of construction on my workbench. There are also various items currently working their way through the paintboxes, such as class 122 DMU, which is making its way to the varnishing stage, alongside various details to add into the layout, such as mileposts, speed signs, station signs, etc. So plenty of modelling tasks on the go at the moment and more to come, not least with the acquisition of some new O gauge diesel locomotives, which have added to the growing pile of modelling projects that I need to start!