Friday Update: Nineteen Twelve Twenty-five…
It’s Friday, but no work to share this week - but that doesn’t mean it has been all quiet here! As well as painting the kitchen, a job I could put off no longer, I’ve been pottering along with a few of my own projects. Grab a coffee, perhaps a mince pie, and let’s take a look… Following the fitting of the DG coupling to my Class 66 - I’ve discovered the small round holes in the front apron (see last Friday) were wrong for the UK models - so have filled these and started the weathering, it’s amazing what a transformation just a little Humbrol enamel can make! There is plenty more work to do on this one, but it was nice to make a start. Another 08 project! This time an 09, this will be 09013, one of Canton’s allocation in the mid 1990s. I have used the Kernow example as the basis and all colours are mixed from Humbrol shades, as I wanted a pre-faded look to sit well under the later wearhering. This model will gain the high level air brake pipework once the bodywork is finished, so I am l...
