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Please don't do me for rivet counting !

The left hand side of the boiler in the cab would be the coal hopper and a small hatch to retrive coal. On top of hopper would be a wooden lid that can take a full catering tray of mince pies. The shelf was not on the cab sheet it was a shelf just over the firebox door and the warm steam oil and a billy each end fitted on it just.

jimmytrains_01 wrote: ↑Mon Feb 25, 2019 1:59 pm Please don't do me for rivet counting !

The left hand side of the boiler in the cab would be the coal hopper and a small hatch to retrive coal. On top of hopper would be a wooden lid that can take a full catering tray of mince pies. The shelf was not on the cab sheet it was a shelf just over the firebox door and the warm steam oil and a billy each end fitted on it just.

Love it...The catering tray of mince pies.....

Following on from the aging brass post and not feeling the need to explain that this particular Peckett was modified at some point in it's life to have a shelf for oily rags and sandwiches to be placed and it was welded to the front cab panel

Below are the pictures of the brass before hand and aged brass over about 20 hours. As always, real life looks better than pictures, but here they are.









After....

Well, it's very much getting there now. The only things left to be done it the name plates glued in final place rather than blutac, and the dreaded weathering

I thought I would take some pictures of it as it is prior to me attempting to weather it, simply because it has great potential to go horribly wrong and look like a disaster afterwards, lol

She looks just perfect! Very accomplished for a 'first'!

I can only agree with Peter. Simply superb. Take your time with weathering and less is often more. I used "The Art of Weathering" by Martin Welch" to get me started. Other books are available. Most weathering materials can be washed off these days if you're not happy with the results. Use pictures for reference to see the shades and where rust and dirt accumulate.

What a lovely looking loco. You should be very proud, and personally I'd be tempted to leave it as it is, not weather it.

Wow! What a beaut! Even the lamp brackets have been modelled. Great stuff!

Rik

It’s turned out really well, hasn’t it. Congratulations

It's a very nice build Steve. Take your time with the weathering and it will turn out great just like the loco, your skill in building it is just fantastic.

By the way Steve, you don't need to read or buy any books on weathering. Just look on Youtube and you will get so much more info for free. Weathering is a simple art really, just take you time, there is no rush.

Firstly, let me say a big thank you to everyone on here, you have been a huge influence in this build and more so with keeping up moral and making me feel like it's all worthwhile.

Secondly............it's actually finished!

The weathering I have gone for is very subtle and purposely so. It kinda just looks mucky and a little bit of tiny rust coming through in places, but barely noticeable in the pictures, a little more so when it's in your hand in daylight. To quote a phrase, I am chuffed to bits with it, very very much so. I should also point out that the weathering was my first go with an airbrush (picture below) which my wife bought me 5 years ago now and I had ever grown a pair to use it until now. I pretty much went straight in for it, just using some newspaper as a test before applying. There are actually many layers of dark brown, light brown dirt, red rust and top coated with black and a matt lacquer, the end result is in my opinion quite a believable working loco.

-steves- wrote: ↑Fri Mar 01, 2019 3:07 pm To quote a phrase, I am chuffed to bits with it, very very much so.

As you have every right to be. It looks superb, very many congrats!

Well done, any video of it running?

tom_tom_go wrote: ↑Fri Mar 01, 2019 6:27 pm Well done, any video of it running?

Yes, just a little one.

Now that's just showing off, expecting us to believe that is your first attempt at airbrushing too!......

Peter Butler wrote: ↑Fri Mar 01, 2019 8:17 pm Now that's just showing off, expecting us to believe that is your first attempt at airbrushing too!......

Ha ha, there you go Peter, sometimes you just have to push the limits and see what happens. The backup plan was to respray the entire loco back to black again if it all went wrong. I have worked with Halfords spray paint up till now and used a normal brush for finer work. I could not believe just how easy it made the job. One of the airbrushes I found good for small work, like putting rust on one rivet and putting a fine mist of dirt colours on, the other one was good for the final matt top coat as the finer one would not push the thicker paint through it and gave a pretty rough finish when trying to cover a larger area. This build has probably been my biggest learning curve as it's all been a case of give it a go and see what happens, but I have seriously loved it.

With today's experience taken into account, I doubt I will ever buy a Halfords spray tin again for a loco. The airbrush was so easy to spray, so accurate and used so so little paint, I would say long term this will save me bucket loads, as I was getting through 2 tins of paint per loco, 1/2 a tin of primer, 1/2 tin of lacquer and a tin of the main colour, approximately £15 to £20 per loco!! (ok there may have been bits left in the bottom of each can, but not enough to do another loco that's for sure)

Another first, for you. This loco sure has been a learning experience. The outcome is excellent in many respects, but not least the sense of accomplishment it must give you. You have every right to feel proud of your achievements. My first efforts were certainly nowhere near as good.

Rik
PS why not pen an article for Garden Rail?

Well done. You've every right to be delighted with the result of this project.

I'm glad to see you summoned up the courage to try the airbrush. As you've now found, it can give results that are hard to get with brushes and close to impossible with spray cans.

I noticed you are upgrading your lathe, what are you planning to get?

Regards,
Graeme

GTB wrote: ↑Sat Mar 02, 2019 1:55 pm Well done. You've every right to be delighted with the result of this project.

I'm glad to see you summoned up the courage to try the airbrush. As you've now found, it can give results that are hard to get with brushes and close to impossible with spray cans.

I noticed you are upgrading your lathe, what are you planning to get?

Regards,
Graeme

Thank you Grame

The lathe that I plan to get is from Amadeal, the same as my mini lathe was (which has been sold today, I am now lathe-less until the new ones come into the country) Its called a AMA250AVF-550 Lathe (10x22) Variable Speed - with 2-axis DRO. The link to it is here, but the picture is not the exact one as it has 2 axis DRO on it. It has a separate leadscrew and feed rod, powered cross feed, tail stock can be offset plus a few more extra features.
https://www.amadeal.co.uk/acatalog/AMA2 ... html#SID=5