James
Western Thunderer
It won't unfortunately as the cabins had some larger windows and various different sizes of windows.
They're lovely buildings though
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4mm West Halton Sidings - Bristol VRT
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It won't unfortunately as the cabins had some larger windows and various different sizes of windows.
They're lovely buildings though
James
Western Thunderer
I've temporarily given up with signal box windows so having a little change. I used to do lots of things with buses but not so much in recent years. Yorkshire Dave's recent post got me thinking.
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I love how buses can tell the observer where and when a layout is set, so this seems like a good subject for North Lincolnshire.
A Series 3 EFE ECW Bristol VRT was stripped down - beneath typical diecast manufacturer paint lies lovely tooling.
In white ready for the green and yellow. Masking has begun.
The plan is to fit new glazing and replacement vents from MH Models but now available here -http://www.paragonkits.com/details.htm
Post in thread 'Yorky D's Küchentisch: Head towards....' Yorky D's Küchentisch: Head towards....
I love how buses can tell the observer where and when a layout is set, so this seems like a good subject for North Lincolnshire.
A Series 3 EFE ECW Bristol VRT was stripped down - beneath typical diecast manufacturer paint lies lovely tooling.
In white ready for the green and yellow. Masking has begun.
The plan is to fit new glazing and replacement vents from MH Models but now available here -http://www.paragonkits.com/details.htm
Yorkshire Dave
Western Thunderer
It'll be interesting to see the VRT progress. I also see you have cut out the destination box.
The only thing I would have also done prior to priming is add the missing panel lines to the lower and upper decks and the central cantrail - which I do with car headlight repair tape cut into thin strips.
The panel lines are missing from a lot of EFE models which to me jars - apart from the recently retooled Routemasters. I suspect it's more than likely to do with fleet name and advertisement printing.
The only thing I would have also done prior to priming is add the missing panel lines to the lower and upper decks and the central cantrail - which I do with car headlight repair tape cut into thin strips.
The panel lines are missing from a lot of EFE models which to me jars - apart from the recently retooled Routemasters. I suspect it's more than likely to do with fleet name and advertisement printing.
James
Western Thunderer
I gave the panel lines some thought but decided to leave everything as it was on this one, mainly in case I couldn't match the appearance of the cast panel lines and beading.
EFE can be quite frustrating with panel lines and trims, especially on 50s and 60s coaches where the elaborate chrome trim is merely printed. I've always liked white metal kits for vehicles like these where you can scrape the paint off the trim and polish it and it gives you a wonderful look of chrome.
The green has now been applied, Humbrol 131 is actually a pretty close match to the green Roadcar used at this time. Somebody on a Lincolnshire Roadcar Facebook group advise me of the ral code for the green and the sample I found was very close to the Humbrol colour - for scale colour I think it's spot on!
I'm going to leave the green to fully hardened for a few days and then I will apply the yellow.
I've been making my own transfers for this and ECW Leyland Olympian which will use a Tower Models/Peco kit as the basis. It'll be one of the dual purpose vehicles which was used on the 350 Scunthorpe to Hull services, the interior is going to be completely replaced along with the glazing.
EFE can be quite frustrating with panel lines and trims, especially on 50s and 60s coaches where the elaborate chrome trim is merely printed. I've always liked white metal kits for vehicles like these where you can scrape the paint off the trim and polish it and it gives you a wonderful look of chrome.
The green has now been applied, Humbrol 131 is actually a pretty close match to the green Roadcar used at this time. Somebody on a Lincolnshire Roadcar Facebook group advise me of the ral code for the green and the sample I found was very close to the Humbrol colour - for scale colour I think it's spot on!
I'm going to leave the green to fully hardened for a few days and then I will apply the yellow.
I've been making my own transfers for this and ECW Leyland Olympian which will use a Tower Models/Peco kit as the basis. It'll be one of the dual purpose vehicles which was used on the 350 Scunthorpe to Hull services, the interior is going to be completely replaced along with the glazing.
Yorkshire Dave
Western Thunderer
I did add panel lines to a United Counties series II VRT.
The main objective of this one was to recreate the distinctive ECW ivory/cream window rubbers.
Which was achieved with an AK Interactive paint brush pen. The silver Sharpie is used for the moulded sliding window and hopper window frames.
The main objective of this one was to recreate the distinctive ECW ivory/cream window rubbers.
Which was achieved with an AK Interactive paint brush pen. The silver Sharpie is used for the moulded sliding window and hopper window frames.
James
Western Thunderer
The panel lines do really add to the appearance - very neatly done. Maybe for the next EFE conversion?
The window rubbers look great - I was wondering about the AK pens for adding the rubbers to models.
Yorkshire Dave
Western Thunderer
I drew the pen around the glazing several times allowing it to kiss the upper outer edge of the panes. Being a water based acrylic, if a mistake is made the paint can easily be removed with a cotton wool bud or fingernail.