{"id":5608,"date":"2023-08-14T15:47:00","date_gmt":"2023-08-14T05:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?guid=4d681db3337dbc56f942afe154fbba3b"},"modified":"2023-08-14T15:47:00","modified_gmt":"2023-08-14T05:47:00","slug":"weathered-by-philden-showcase-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=5608","title":{"rendered":"Weathered by Philden Showcase 20"},"content":{"rendered":"
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This latest batch of Weathered by Philden models is being listed on eBay this evening. Regular readers of my blog get first notice before they go live, as my last batch of GY wagons were all snapped up immediately by the one person. This time I’ve weathered 2 boxes of Auscision Models NGPF grain hoppers in the modern scheme with ground operated lids and walkways removed. One pack has the white Freight Rail Grain logos while the other has the blue Freightcorp logos.<\/h4>\n

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I’ve copied the weathering pattern on these wagons from real life examples, with a mixture of painted over graffiti patches in various grey shades. The white dots along the top of the wagons resemble the locations where the roof walk supports have had primer painted around them following the removal of the mesh walkway treads. While the journal boxes were painted either orange or lavender as per some prototype examples I had seen.<\/div>\n
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You may have remembered that these grain hoppers were originally bought for my inner-Melbourne Philden Street Yard layout late last year, and I did a short YouTube video when they first arrived.<\/div>\n
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