welshwizard weathering

34056 was built by a freind and painted , lined and weathered by me.

34056

One for you Alistair.

Weathered this along with the mins for a freind.

And this was the prototype pic i was sent.

A couple more Lionheart Mins.

8053 came to me for weathering from John Kneeshaw the Gauge O Guild editor, John had built it from a David Andrews kit.

6023 belongs to Stephen Fay and is almost definitely green, a Cardiff Canton engine for a time.

Loco built by Paul Hannah and painted and lined by Conrad Cooper.

I have finnished off painted and weathered a JLTRT brake tender that Richard Chapman had started and here is the result !!!.

Brake Tender.

Brake tender.

How to rust concrete !!!!!.

Stephen Fay’s Ivatt mogul.

Put a little colour and life into this today !!

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A couple of Lionheart Mins done to a Turn !!

Pretty Maids in a rowe!

This loco came to me for weathering from John Drago,i believe that it was built for John from DJB and when finished he passed it on to me, i think that the loco was a regular on the Somerset and Dorset which i know is John’s passion, didn’t turn out too bad either !!.

Just like the real thing Grimy !!

Any colour as long as its Grimy !!.

This 8F was constructed by a friend of mine Graham Powell from a David Andrews kit and then passed onto me for weathering, it was requested that the loco be portrayed in a run down condition as that before the end of steam.

Simering nicely

Can you smell the steam oil !!.

Nearlly there.

There we go 8F coulor.

Can you feel the heat.

What a lovely day for making it dirty !.

Ready for the road.

Here's the real thing !

This is a Heljan R-T-R Type 3 which was passed to me for numbering and weathering and also to fit the plough’s, which i must admit is a bit of a botch, i tried the recommended way but so much material had to be taken of the brackets that they became very flimsy and also it would not be possible to take the body off of the chassis again, so in the end i mounted some brass rod in the base of the skirts and glued the plough’s to those i think that the weathering takes your eye’s off of that!.

Heljan !

6742

Even Royalty doesn’t escape the weathering stick, this Dutches was beautifully built  by Ken Payne from a Gladiator kit and then passed over to me for painting lining and of course weathering!.

Coulor on lining in progress

Nice finish cellulose from Chris Wesson.

Before i have my way with her !

Mmmmmm thats better.

Done !.

What is interesting in this picture is that even though the engine seems in a run down state ,closer inspection will show you that the top of the firebox and other areas still have a shine to the paint work ! 

Now that's a challange !.

7841

LNWR Coal Tank.

Webb coal tank.

Coal Tank.

 
Another engine beautifully built by Ken Payne that came to me for weathering. LNWR Coal Tank 7841, the  photo’s showed the loco being used on passenger workings of the day and in a relatively good condition but with the obvious results of a days work before the cleaners could get to it again.

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EX-LNER 3F this was weathered for Mike Marriott who is a keen LNER fan, he wanted the loco in a really run down condition so i promptly complied !!.

These two beautiful loco’s were left with me by Stephen Fay for weathering , the A4 is one of the Golden Age Models R-T-R loco’s with DCC on-board and also sound – very nice indeed, the Castle 5043 was built for Steve by Paul Hannah and is truly a magnificent model and runs as sweetly as a Swiss watch, it is always nice to work on quality and this is a fine example of  Churchwards Best.

Golden Age Models 60022

60022 Mallard.

60022

5043 Beautifully biult by Paul Hannah.

Stephen Fay's 5043.

5043 From a JLTRT kit.

 I finished weathering these two terrific Great Western loco’s last week, they perform as good as they look.It is a real pleasure to work on quality such as this, i think i have now brought them to life .

Tenby Castle

7026

7026

7026

Glastonbury Abbey

Glastonbury Abbey

4061

Had to Schools back on loan for Swindon Demo so took a few more pics, hope you like them.

30915 Brighton

30915

Brighton

I weatherd this one recently for the Railway Artist Eric Bottomly from Much Markle, Std tank 80046.

70019 Lightning for Stephen Fay, built by DJH in their factory, ready to take over the up Dragon at Cardiff, spruced up by the cleaners at Canton.

70019

70019

70019

70019

Lightning !!.

 Kicking up a storm !!.

Been given these two Lionheart panniers to weather,they are DCC fitted with sound and are really very nice , what do you think !!!.

This is the second 64xx from Lionheart Trains, as copied from a photo given to me by Stephen Fay.

6400 at Tavistock.

The wand has been active again this month dealing with some very bright paintwork, well not anymore !!!.

6004.

A little worse for ware.

Binegar Hall

In need of a boiler washout or the firemans had to much water in the boiler and its carried over !!!.

4904

D3021

D3021

D3021

 I got this far today and thought when i uploaded the pic’s whats missing, of course its OHL warning flashes DUHHHHHH !!.

This time with the warning flashes added, having a senior moment !!!

D3021

D3021

D3021

Now i’m going to have a lie down !!!!.

Another loco from the Lionheart range this time in Black.

7427

7427

7427

7427

Recently weathered Beams 0-8-2 .

7892

LMS 7892

7892

7892

Beams 0-8-2

Beams 0-8-2

Rhose Wood Hall 7918

7918

Rhose Wood

7918

7918

I have recently weathered  this 7F after a couple of visits to my workshop and narrow escapes, the loco was also re-numbered to befit the prototype with a small boiler, for John Drago of Westbury.

53801

53801

Chris Nevard has placed a background and a little smoke to this pic of John Drago’s 7F.

7F slips through to Cumbria !!