The O9 (On18) miniature railway loco has been painted.
It’s quite simple paintwork: Citadel Mephiston Red, with Humbrol dirty black. To add a little light weathering I gave the roof a wash of dark green and dry brushed the smoke box with anthracite grey.
It’s taken several weeks to do this. I’m not the fastest painter. Plus I picked up the loco body before the varnish was dry and I put a big thumb print on to one of the side tanks (Ugh!).
Some modellers date and sign the locos they’ve built but I don’t want to add my fingerprint to this one 🙂
One side of the body had to be sanded down, repainted and revarnished. I left it 24 hours before I touched it this time!
There’s still some work to do:
- Nameplates are required, and these are on order
- The bunker is crying out for some coal
- I’ve cut glazing for the cab and I’ll add it after I varnish the nameplates
- Then there’s lining. Here I’m not sure. Miniature railway locos often have elaborate lining, but I have the feeling that doing a decent lining job on something so small may be beyond my skill level. Or perhaps it’s beyond my courage level….
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Looks great, well done. You’ll have to upload a clip of it running 👍
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Thanks! Yes I’ll do that. I need to ad a DCC chip first though.. now where’s the soldering iron…..
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Nice, but how does the driver/fireman get to the coal in the bunker?
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In some miniature railway locos (like those build by Exmoor) there’s an opening under the seat (roughly in the middle of the cab) and the coal comes out onto the floor. I’m hoping to add a little coal to the floor – to cover up the head of the bolt that holds the rear bogie on 🙂
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Looks amazing!
Really nice xmas red colour for santa to deliver gifts with .. 😀
Henrik
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Thanks Henrik… I’m hoping Santa will deliver me the chance to visit some real railways next year 🙂
Have a great Christmas
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