Stanley in 009: weathering...

Over the past few weeks between various day trips and holidays I've been making progress on my Baldwin. This started out as a 'Hummy' and has been re-worked with some details adjusted and more importantly a new cab...

The model was painted green and left to harden. Whilst this looked a good colour it seemed a little flat, even after gentle buffing with a cotton bud, so I sprayed a little clear lacquer over the tank sides and cab and this has lifted it a little. The model had already had it's buffer beams painted red, and the black parts touched in with matt black, but I also added some brass to the spectacle rims and picked out the safety valve before glazing the rear windows with Clearfix. Then began the weathering.

This followed my usual approach, and the first step is a wash - a mix of Humbrol 98 and 33 was added quite thickly to the tank tops, and watered down elsewhere. It was applied to the rear and base of the cab and wiped off in a vertical motion leaving residue around rivets. Once dry I added a little white around the water file and the tank sides - aping photos of Russell at Norden rather than any of the Baldwins at Ashover - similar water I presume would have left similar staining locally.

Dry brushing with 53 'Gun-metal' brings out the detail and also represents worn edges - so cab footsteps, handrails and a round the smokebox and chimney as well as under the smokebox door on the footplate at the front, and around the tops of the cylinders.

The next stage will be to add the name plates and works plates before some gentle soot and road dirt with an airbrush to tie the finish together.

In the meantime I'm pleased with the result, a unique model despite the common underpinnings, ready for service on my line. More soon...