{"id":24336,"date":"2024-04-02T07:37:00","date_gmt":"2024-04-01T21:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=24336"},"modified":"2024-04-02T07:37:00","modified_gmt":"2024-04-01T21:37:00","slug":"o-gauge-progress-wagons-and-buildings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=24336","title":{"rendered":"O gauge progress – wagons and buildings"},"content":{"rendered":"

I hope everyone had a fantastic Easter weekend. I have been modelling away on a quite a few projects recently and although I have been making some progress, it all feels a little slow and disjointed. In theory I have more time to model nowadays, although in reality progress is somewhat slower than I would like. I currently have a lot of projects on the go and this scattergun process means that attention is somewhat divided between multiple tasks. I spent Easter Monday modelling away on a few projects and I have decided that I need to finish off a set of these current projects before moving onto the next ones. This involves finishing off a number of wagons and buildings that are ‘in progress’ before starting anything else…..<\/p>\n

I currently have a number of locomotives stripped down ready to weather\/ and detail, including a class 33 and a 122 DMU. The class 03 is heading through the paint shop and I reckon that I will be ready to reassemble this in a week or two. The body weathering has been finished and most of the chassis has been done, although there are a couple of bits to finish off with the airbrush before I can reassemble the locomotive. The class 33 on the other hand has been disassembled, with the body about to head into a wash of Superstrip, whilst I weather the bogies and underframe.<\/p>\n

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The class 03 bodyshell has been largely repaired following a fall to the floor and is now finished. A bit more weathering is needed on the chassis.<\/div>\n
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The Heljan class 33 body is ready to head into a bath of Superstrip. You do need quite a lot of paint stripper to cover an O gauge body shell.<\/div>\n

I am also keen to get the microlayout scenery going and to do that I need to build several structures. I have a pub at the end of layout that acts a scenic break. This building is currently being ‘polyfillared’ before scribing. There is also a grounded van body and a goods shed to start building. I also need to build a platform for the microlayout, although the plasticard to do this is not yet ordered. Unfortunately, these tasks all need doing before I start ballasting on the microlayout, so for now I can get as a far as track painting, whilst I build these structures. I am also going to motorise the points on the micro layout, using the excellent DCC concepts point motors and levers. Again, this task has not been started yet.<\/p>\n

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The beginnings of the pub that will act as a scenic break at the end of layout.<\/div>\n

I have made a little progress with some wagon projects. I managed to finish the weathering of a Dapol open wagon. This wagon was weathered using AK Interactive washes and filters, before finishing off with an air brush. I wanted to expand my skills\/techniques in weathering and this wagon was a test bed – it has turned out OK I think. I definitely started to get the hang of using these washes\/filters and although more practice is required, it is not a bad start. I did try to fitting a Geoscenics tarpaulin onto the wagon and have subsequently decided that I was not happy with the look of the taup and it has now been removed.<\/p>\n

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Finished Dapol open wagon, ready for use.<\/div>\n

I also finished the build of the 12T standard van over the wagon, This is the Slaters kit and was a straightforward built. However, it was also one of those projects that for whatever reason was a bit of fight from start to finish. I am not 100% happy with the fit of the roof, however, I am certain that once painted all the little niggles of the build will be forgotten. A good paint job can hide a multitude of sins! This is also the last box van for the fertiliser train on the main layout, so my first rake of O gauge wagons has now been completed!<\/p>\n

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12T standard van ready for painting.<\/div>\n

So that is my progress update, despite a lack of posting there has been a bit going on.\u00a0 The aim is to finish off a couple more wagons right now and get the buildings sorted out for the microlayout. Then I can seriously think about weathering\/detailing more rolling stock.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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