Late summer running on the Methley Joint

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Late summer running on the Methley Joint

Post by planty » Sun Aug 21, 2016 9:16 pm

Couple of engine shots, it was the Ragleth doing most of the running with Feanor sat on a branch line with a flat battery!

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Post by JCSteam » Sun Aug 21, 2016 10:34 pm

Nice locos :D what was the weathering done with, (ie rusting effect) was it real rust or just paint?
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Post by planty » Mon Aug 22, 2016 10:25 pm

Used some of the humbrol rust weathering powder and tried matt cote and thinner to get it to run. There are some good video how-tos from humbrol on YouTube that I got the ideas from
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Post by Big Jim » Tue Aug 23, 2016 2:15 am

Little known NG/light railway rule.

You must have something rusting and decrepit looking lying dead in a siding somewhere.
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