Seaton Junction

[markS&D]

A few more:

[Phred]

Some very nice locos there.
I like the station building. Is that a kit?

[Peterm]

I like that too.

[markS&D]

The station building is scratch built from mount board, the windows are left over parts from a Metcalfe kit.

[markS&D]

35003 Royal Mail on an up express.

The Seaton Branch train arrives.

The down ACE passes through behind 35016.

30800 waits to depart with loaded milk tanks.

35018 passes with an up van train.

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markS&D wrote:
The station building is scratch built

Lovely work.

[markS&D]

Another addition to my stock, this one was a real bargain, New still in the box complete with unopened detail pack. £90, included postage, I won’t grumble at that!

It runs sweet as a nut in both directions, couldn’t be happier!

This one is destined to be renumbered as I already have 30830, so it might end up being one of the lower number ones from 30823 - 30829, haven’t decided yet

Not sure why the photo is upside down when enlarged?

[markS&D]

30830, has no been renumbered, I chose 30823, the first of the Maunsell modified batch. I have had a go at doing some weathering on the model, let me know what you think?

[Phred]

markS&D wrote:
I have had a go at doing some weathering on the model, let me know what you think?

Looks like a proper working loco now.
I'm often tempted to dab a little bit of black paint on the face of the buffers to simulate grease but I never get around to it.

[aleopardstail]

markS&D wrote:
I have had a go at doing some weathering on the model, let me know what you think?

Looks like a proper working loco now.
I'm often tempted to dab a little bit of black paint on the face of the buffers to simulate grease but I never get around to it.

there is a technique for weathering that shall we say provides an "undo" function, its perfect for spot details like that.

Acrylic gloss varnish, then oil paint thinned a fair bit. apply, and once dry if you don't like it, a cotton bud and white spirit and its gone. I've used this sort of technique a lot on military vehicles. works wonderfully for "streaking" effects too, dot of oil paint, brush damp, not wet, damp with white spirit, pull down and done.

not yet tried it on locomotives, but have used acrylic washes to good effect on N gauge stuff to provide definition

as for the loco in question here, I think the camera is being cruel, it looks a bit speckled up close but from models I have the same I'm better it looks spot on from a bit further back so good job, just takes that "new toy out of the box" look away then the human eye does the rest

[Peterm]

markS&D wrote:
I have had a go at doing some weathering on the model, let me know what you think?

Looks like a proper working loco now.
I'm often tempted to dab a little bit of black paint on the face of the buffers to simulate grease but I never get around to it.

there is a technique for weathering that shall we say provides an "undo" function, its perfect for spot details like that.

Acrylic gloss varnish, then oil paint thinned a fair bit. apply, and once dry if you don't like it, a cotton bud and white spirit and its gone. I've used this sort of technique a lot on military vehicles. works wonderfully for "streaking" effects too, dot of oil paint, brush damp, not wet, damp with white spirit, pull down and done.

not yet tried it on locomotives, but have used acrylic washes to good effect on N gauge stuff to provide definition

as for the loco in question here, I think the camera is being cruel, it looks a bit speckled up close but from models I have the same I'm better it looks spot on from a bit further back so good job, just takes that "new toy out of the box" look away then the human eye does the rest

Thanks for that tip. I might try that.

[markS&D]

Thanks for the replies guys. It certainly helps to have colour photos taken in the chosen time period, although they are quite few and far between.

I think there’s definitely a point of no return with weathering, you can have quite a good effect and then ruin it by adding more paint, as I did previously on a rebuilt West Country, it’s ended up grey all over.

It takes me a lot of courage to weather a lined green passenger locomotive, for fear that I might start regretting it afterwards. Plain black goods loco’s I don’t mind so much, they were mostly ended up filthy anyway!

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Peterm wrote:
Thanks for that tip. I might try that.

+1
Cheers, aleopardstail. Nice to have an 'undo' option.

markS&D wrote:
It takes me a lot of courage to weather a lined green passenger locomotive

Absolutely agree with that!

[GeraldH]

Lovely to see Seaton Jct as it was. Here's a couple of images of it a few weeks ago, rather depressing .

[markS&D]

Excellent photos.

I agree with you, its a ghost of its former glorious self. and like so many areas around the network today, the trees and bushes have been allowed to grow up so they obscure so much of the view.

like so many other lines around the UK that were closed by Beeching, they would have probably been profitable in this day and age, especially with all the chartered trains, and steam specials running on the lines today