Williams LNWR D32 Van in Gauge 3

[Traininvain]

Check this out: http://scalerail.phpbbhosts.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=22&t=390

It has been built and detailed by Steve Cook.

[John Candy]

A fantastic 'weathering' job.......wish I had the courage to attack my models in that way!

Pity he hasn't mentioned the Society or, better still, added a weblink!

Regards,
John.

[MikeWilliams]

Thanks Ian - I didn't know that was on the web!  I'm not aware that Steve has joined the Society, but he has bought a second kit and a yard of track.  He lives close to the AGM venue, so if he pops in we'll have to jump on him!

This is exactly the sort af article we want to get into the model press to publicise the scale.  Not because its my kit (blush), but for all the other things it says about Gauge 3 - it would be a great free advert.

Mike

[IanT]

It's certainly a very attractive version of your kit Mike and I've not seen salt used in this way before (but then I've never been a "Weatherman" - at least not until now)

I'll ask Steve for permission to publish a photo or two and a few words in the Newsletter - I think other Members would be interested in this weathering technique.

[Steve Cook]

Afternoon Gents

Thank you very much for the kind words on my wagon, I'm trying not to blush over here....
I'm quite pleased with how well it turned out, especially as it was a first attempt at both Gauge 3 and that particular method of weathering. I've done a little more on the wagon since the last photo on that thread, mainly adding a bit of variety to the colour of the axleboxes and brake lever.

As Mike said, I've bought a yard of track and a second kit (a D1 this time from Mike's range) so I can have a matching pair, although I still haven't made my mind up where I'm headed in Gauge 3 terms. I'm hoping to make the AGM (work permitting), so if you see me or the wagon, please come and say hello, just don't all jump at once!

All the best

Steve

[IanT]

Hi Steve,

Good to meet you in person yesterday - and very nice to see this model 'in the flesh' so to speak.

I was just looking again at the original Finescale post and remembered that I meant to ask you what you used to "chemically blacken" the wheels?

I've always been nervous about using strong chemicals around 'plastic bits', although I suppose they are in reality some form of modern nylon or similarly tough stuff.

Anyway - I'd be interested in what it was you used to do the chemical blackening?

Regards,

IanT

[Steve Cook]

Hi Ian

Was good to meet you and many others at the AGM yesterday.

In terms of the chemical blackening of the wheels, I just used the Carrs Metal Black for Steel solution.

I can't remember whether I used 600 wet and dry or a glass fibre brush to burnish the tyres, but the blackening solution was applied and rubbed / worked in with a cotton bud. A rinse in warm water, left to air dry, then a rub over with a brass bristled brush to finish.

HTH

Steve

[IanT]

Excellent! I shall try it on my D32 (when I get enough courage together to have a go at your techniques!) Steve.

I don't wish to embaress you but I've just been looking again at your D32 materials on the Finescale site and was curious about your other postings there. I had already been interested in your use of the 'diorama' - so was immediately drawn to your "Dungness Siding" post.

http://scalerail.phpbbhosts.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=23&t=11

I really like that Buffer Stop and found the whole story of the diorama fascinating. Not that I normally recommend 'Scaleone32' on this site  but I'm sure others will also find this an interesting read. It's a side of railway modelling I'm not that familiar with but it would apply equally well in Gauge '3' as you have demonstrated so well with your LNWR wagon.

Regards,

IanT

[Steve Cook]

Excellent! I shall try it on my D32 (when I get enough courage together to have a go at your techniques!) Steve.

Go on, give it a go  Fortune favours the brave and all that, but in all honesty, even the worst case scenario is retrievable - should you be really unhappy with the result, just (gently) rub down with a fibreglass pencil, then shoot another coat of primer over the top....back to square one and try again (or be brave and go for the black framing - I chickened out as trying to get a clean paint line between the two adjoining colours drives me mad - but I reckon it would have looked good with the weathering).

Pleased you enjoyed the Dungeness Siding thread Ian, I think the general idea would translate rather well into Gauge 3. An even bigger sense of prescence from the wagon would certainly add 'weight' (in both senses of the word!) to a small diorama.

All the best
Mr Embarrassed

[Andy B]

The topics on the scalerail forum (links in posts above) appear to have been removed - so we've lost the pictures that prompted this discussion and (in my opinion) were such a good advert for G3.

Ian T - do you have copies of the pictures of the D32 van, or contact with Steve to get his permission to post them on here?

Andy

[IanT]

Yes, I have the photos Andy and I had Steves permission to publish them in the Newsletter.

I'll ask him if he objects to them also being published on the Socierty website. He's a very nice guy and I think he will be happy to do so - but of course we must ask him first.

Regards,

IanT

[John Candy]

I have now received the photos from Steve Cook and they are in the "Gallery".

Go to www.gauge3.org.uk/gallery and they currently appear on the "new images" page.

When they are no longer on the "new" page, they can be found by entering D32 in the search box.

John.