{"id":147117,"date":"2024-11-05T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-11-05T02:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?guid=83e52a09720956411be50119740f4dee"},"modified":"2024-11-07T03:09:04","modified_gmt":"2024-11-06T17:09:04","slug":"airfix-mineral-wagon-final","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=147117","title":{"rendered":"Airfix mineral wagon final"},"content":{"rendered":"

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And so to paint. The whole lot was given a coat of Humbrol 62 orange as a base. Then, slightly paler than normal, the body outer, a coat of Citadel Corax White. Photos of 16 tonners often show an almost white finish, so I could dare to be pale.<\/p>\n

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The ‘new’ welded panels were given another wash of 62 to suggest new rust. <\/p>\n

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Transfers were added from the ModelMaster range and varnish applied. The the underframe was hit with Citadel Charonden Granite (sadly  no longer available). Then with a cut down old brush I dabbed around with Typhus Corrosion, followed by more 62 over the top, applied in both thin and gloopy form.<\/p>\n

The final wash of Humbrol 33, to suggest a thin layer of coal dust, was applied with the wagon held upside down and then some wagon works gothic 6″ brush lettering.<\/p>\n

There is a lot wrong with the Airfix 16 tonner, but considering its age it’s still workable into something fun and acceptable. All for two bob.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

 And so to paint. The whole lot was given a coat of Humbrol 62 orange as a base. Then, slightly paler than normal, the body outer, a coat of Citadel Corax White. Photos of 16 tonners often show an almost white finish, so I could dare to be pale.Th…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":1,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14169,2285,2283,2284],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-147117","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-16-tonner","category-airfix","category-rhiw-2","category-wagons"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t