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I was asked to put some loco images online to show what I do with them:
This loco is a Brassmasters kit with a few added details - opening hatches on the front footplate area, working reverser, working lamps, working smokebox door etc. The kit is an exceptional one to build, however its not correct for "legion" as the cab was totally different to all other Scots... So I actually combined a Scot kit with + a Brassmasters Jubilee cab to create this loco which was the first of the converted Scots, and became the prototype for the rebuilt Scots.
Here's a sample picture - the rest are in my gallery here
http://www.modelrailforum.com/forums/index...um&album=59
Added detail also includes all piping and lubrication lines with piping continuous above and below footplate (the "unions" are actually clips so I can take the body off). The tender has all scoop detail plus economiser brackets, with all linkabes correctly there too. valve gear has proper forked joints. The bodys not weathered yet but the running gear and chassis are very much "in service" with a lot of time spent weathering them accurately. Paint is mostly my own mix of Humbrol with some Floquil + citadel colour used for weathering and metallics - Citadel are really super paints to detail, weather and dry brush with - even though they are acrylic they take to an enamel surface well! Lining is mostly Pressfix with a little pen work too.
Overall somewhere between 150 and 200 hours spent on this one - twice s long as any other loco I've built!
The model has won each contest its been entered in so far - In one case both in category and as "best in show", so I'm pretty pleased with it... However I can assure you I have no special skills other than a determination get it right and not compromise so I keep at it until its right, and am very sure that with care and attention to detail many of you could do exactly the same, so have a go! Building loco's is a great part of the hobby many miss out on, ad thats a shame!
So... I hope the "in-build" pictures encourage a few more modellers to take the plunge and have a go at kit building!
Regards
Richard
I was asked to put some loco images online to show what I do with them:
This loco is a Brassmasters kit with a few added details - opening hatches on the front footplate area, working reverser, working lamps, working smokebox door etc. The kit is an exceptional one to build, however its not correct for "legion" as the cab was totally different to all other Scots... So I actually combined a Scot kit with + a Brassmasters Jubilee cab to create this loco which was the first of the converted Scots, and became the prototype for the rebuilt Scots.
Here's a sample picture - the rest are in my gallery here
http://www.modelrailforum.com/forums/index...um&album=59
Added detail also includes all piping and lubrication lines with piping continuous above and below footplate (the "unions" are actually clips so I can take the body off). The tender has all scoop detail plus economiser brackets, with all linkabes correctly there too. valve gear has proper forked joints. The bodys not weathered yet but the running gear and chassis are very much "in service" with a lot of time spent weathering them accurately. Paint is mostly my own mix of Humbrol with some Floquil + citadel colour used for weathering and metallics - Citadel are really super paints to detail, weather and dry brush with - even though they are acrylic they take to an enamel surface well! Lining is mostly Pressfix with a little pen work too.
Overall somewhere between 150 and 200 hours spent on this one - twice s long as any other loco I've built!
The model has won each contest its been entered in so far - In one case both in category and as "best in show", so I'm pretty pleased with it... However I can assure you I have no special skills other than a determination get it right and not compromise so I keep at it until its right, and am very sure that with care and attention to detail many of you could do exactly the same, so have a go! Building loco's is a great part of the hobby many miss out on, ad thats a shame!
So... I hope the "in-build" pictures encourage a few more modellers to take the plunge and have a go at kit building!
Regards
Richard
