Michaela’s workbench

[Mountain]

You could have a weathering production line going!

[Michaelaface]

You could have a weathering production line going!

that would be the ideal scenario tbh, I'd like to start earning money doing things I enjoy, and there aren't that many things I enjoy more than this hobby

[Bigmet]

It's very different offering a commercial service, as opposed to a hobby. The organisation of what is on offer, timescale, price, and dealing with the customers is not a hobby.

And then there is dealing with the taxman if you decide to go and make a living from it. That's like being dragged around in a large growth of thistles and nettles for most of us...

[Michaelaface]

It's very different offering a commercial service, as opposed to a hobby. The organisation of what is on offer, timescale, price, and dealing with the customers is not a hobby.

And then there is dealing with the taxman if you decide to go and make a living from it. That's like being dragged around in a large growth of thistles and nettles for most of us...

My current workplace (I’m there now, yes at 4am) makes me miserable, I apply for other jobs, but I have the same problem with all of them, I’m just not interested in doing them

What I am interested in doing is offering various model railway services, time scale and pricing will be better defined with more experience, and if being able to make a living means dealing with the taxman then so be it

This isn’t a spur of the moment thought, this is something I’ve been considering for a long time, and I need to start somewhere to work out how I’m going to operate, and some basic weathering services seem like a good place to start

[Michaelaface]

It's very different offering a commercial service, as opposed to a hobby. The organisation of what is on offer, timescale, price, and dealing with the customers is not a hobby.

And then there is dealing with the taxman if you decide to go and make a living from it. That's like being dragged around in a large growth of thistles and nettles for most of us...

My current workplace (I’m there now, yes at 4am) makes me miserable, I apply for other jobs, but I have the same problem with all of them, I’m just not interested in doing them

What I am interested in doing is offering various model railway services, time scale and pricing will be better defined with more experience, and if being able to make a living means dealing with the taxman then so be it

This isn’t a spur of the moment thought, this is something I’ve been considering for a long time, and I need to start somewhere to work out how I’m going to operate, and some basic weathering services seem like a good place to start

[Michaelaface]

Latest weathering (and first commission)

[Mountain]

That looks very nice. Love the way you have done weathering without doing too much. It looks just right.

One thing to remember is if you ever get someone wanting a very dirty/rusty loco from the last days of steam, the locos number would always be seen. They may just clean just that one bit so the loco could be identified. I hope this helps if you need to do any locos which are very dirty.

[Renovater]

I agree with that, just the right amount, looks good...

[Michaelaface]

Hello all, been a while, still doing model railways

here' s some weathering I've done while the loft is too hot to exist in

[Dad-1]

Hi Michaela,

Great to see you're still around.
Are you still doing music ??

Hot loft !! - Too hot in the garden this week.

Geoff T.

[Bigmet]

Neat weathering on the Britannia , one of the eight class members initially allocated to the GE section for the Liverpool Street-Norwich express turns (more came later). All were generally kept very smart, but two return workings in a day on this service in filthy weather would quickly produce this result. 70010 accrued the second highest mileage of the original eight, not afflicted with any of the more serious problems of the class.

[Phred]

Amazing work as usual, Michaela. Good to see you back.

[Michaelaface]

Hi Michaela,

Great to see you're still around.
Are you still doing music ??

Hot loft !! - Too hot in the garden this week.

Geoff T.

I am, new band, no name yet, we just recorded our first single, and sacked our drummer
I'm also a manager at a music venue/night club now so very much involved in music!

Neat weathering on the Britannia , one of the eight class members initially allocated to the GE section for the Liverpool Street-Norwich express turns (more came later). All were generally kept very smart, but two return workings in a day on this service in filthy weather would quickly produce this result. 70010 accrued the second highest mileage of the original eight, not afflicted with any of the more serious problems of the class.

I had a feeling my Brit was for the complete wrong end of the country that I model aha, where do you get this info from out of curiosity?

Amazing work as usual, Michaela. Good to see you back.

thank you

Today's work, a "clean" look for my latest black 5, I saw it listed on ebay with no bids at £60, and I thought the number was funny so I chucked in a bid for £60, and then no-one else bid!

my cheapest 2004 tooling black 5 to date and after today's weathering, potentially my favourite



I also revised the Brit weathering a little, I also posted this pic to a facebook group (realistic railway modelling) and one reply had a really good shot of an in service brit so I tried my best to copy the details exactly, don't think I can post the reference photo but ill link the facebook thread here

https://www.facebook.com/groups/2106015 ... 678459680/

[Dad-1]

Hi Michaela,

Sounds like you're more than just keeping busy !!
Weathering from someone who knows the value of visual performance.

Don't forget us for so long again.

Geoff T.

[Bigmet]

...

Neat weathering on the Britannia , one of the eight class members initially allocated to the GE section for the Liverpool Street-Norwich express turns ...

I had a feeling my Brit was for the complete wrong end of the country that I model aha, where do you get this info from out of curiosity?

Books and online resources in short.
https://www.platform5.com/Catalogue/His ... C-OBRSLCAH
https://www.brdatabase.info/

And for this specific group of locos, the account of D.W. Harvey; 'Bill Harvey's 60 years in Steam.'.
https://www.abebooks.co.uk/978071538712 ... 38712X/plp
You will know the proverb that 'everyone has a good book in them': this is the rarity, while everyone has a good book in them, very few can successfully write that book.