Twice in one day

Well, got further along than I expected today ( and behind at work, but that's what Monday is for).


1410 now has decals and weathering. The decals are a real bugger to put on, as they are very long, and its hard to shuffle them into the right place. on the plus side at least they are not brittle. I'm not quite happy with it, but its OK for the moment. It now needs a set of number plates and the headstocks finished once I sort out how to get the height right for the microtrains couplers. I should really buy a height gauge.
I started the weathering with tamiya smoke X19, which is a transparent colour. paint this on the roof and around the dirty bits. then i use a mix of tamiya smoke and water 50:50. wash over the whole model and then use a brush to soak up most of where the paint puddles. several coats of this builds up in the cracks and highlights the shadows, which no one in the larger scale does adequately anyway. its even more important in the smaller scales.

and E.C.M.T. has pointed out "Have a look at the article on NZ120 on page 36 of the April 2000 journal ( that's the issue with April 1999 on the cover !)Scale craft (Paul B ) produced an Ab chassis about 1974."
Wonder if anyone ever brought one?