Rob Pulham
Western Thunderer
With the end in sight for the shelf queens my thoughts have turned to the fact that I only have one coach so far, albeit it that one of the shelf queens is a coach.
With that in mind and prompted by Heather's excellent Mark 2 builds, I dug out a spare side for a JLRT Gresley D114 (I have a D113 BG and the D114 in the stash) with a view to having a go at "teaking" it. I have had some good successes at this in 4mm and wanted to see if using the same methods would work in 7mm.
Previously when "teaking" coaches I have used some peach acrylic as my basecoat which worked well. But when she ordered the D113 kit, Chris bought me a can of the JLRT Spray away teak undercoat too, so I gave that a whirl.
This is the initial result of a sprayed coat of spray away followed by 4 brush painted coats of Ronseal teak varnish - the water based stuff.
I have also sprayed a couple of pieces of plasticard with both spray away teak and my previous peach base coat and I am currently doing various test sections to try to get a successful combination
With that in mind and prompted by Heather's excellent Mark 2 builds, I dug out a spare side for a JLRT Gresley D114 (I have a D113 BG and the D114 in the stash) with a view to having a go at "teaking" it. I have had some good successes at this in 4mm and wanted to see if using the same methods would work in 7mm.
Previously when "teaking" coaches I have used some peach acrylic as my basecoat which worked well. But when she ordered the D113 kit, Chris bought me a can of the JLRT Spray away teak undercoat too, so I gave that a whirl.
This is the initial result of a sprayed coat of spray away followed by 4 brush painted coats of Ronseal teak varnish - the water based stuff.
I have also sprayed a couple of pieces of plasticard with both spray away teak and my previous peach base coat and I am currently doing various test sections to try to get a successful combination