Too bad it’s N: Bronwen the Austerity…
Yesterday a package from Light Railway Stores arrived. A parcel isn’t usually quite so transformative, especially one with just two tiny 1mm tall pieces of etched brass, but blackened and fitted these nameplates complete Bronwen… Posed on Paxton Road I compose a photo and share it with my good friend Chris … It makes me think how the phrase has changed to “Too bad it’s in N”. On my phone I can almost infinitely zoom in to immerse myself deeper into the character of this engines finish — an experience I would be denied or at least challenged to know in person with the model in real life. I love the dry brushed gun metal on the steps. I love the streaked wash softened by airbrushed dirt. I love the layers; these craft steps combined to produce a tiny model with such deep character. Those layers. Yes! A story not only of “worked” but of working and expected to work tomorrow too. And within it not an overall weathering but the artefacts of use such as that highlight of paint wor...
