viaEstrecha
Spanish metre gauge in G scale (on the cheap)
Clavey's still selling them via eBay, surely???
Bachmann Baldwin 2-4-2 Battery Conversion
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The Bachman geezer with a bit of surgery and a new paint job can be made a much nicer looking figure, leave one arm as is to be holding the regulator.
JimmyB
Now retired - trains and fishing
Can only find their 16mm stuff which is far to large.
Maybe, but I am after a more British look.
JimmyB
Now retired - trains and fishing
Having already a Clavey fireman, I was now looking for a driver, as mentioned earlier I could not find a Clavey so bought a Narrow Minder Railworks (NMR) figure (via eBay). On receipt it looked okay, but a smite small, and I then noticed Clavey has some G scale back on eBay, and a second figure was bought. In the photos Clavey and the Left, and NMR on the right, I think the Clavey looks better, because the "thin" detail is exaggerated, and to me seems more real.
Both figures were provided primed ready to paint, and had no clean up prior to painting, I will post pictures of the painted figure when complete.
Both figures were provided primed ready to paint, and had no clean up prior to painting, I will post pictures of the painted figure when complete.
JimmyB
Now retired - trains and fishing
Figures painted and the Clavely (on the left) wins out:
It is amazing how photos show up the issues in painting, and don't the eyes look scary.
Here he is with his previously purchased cohort in the cab:
The blog will be updated soon, with the (almost) finished model.
It is amazing how photos show up the issues in painting, and don't the eyes look scary.
Here he is with his previously purchased cohort in the cab:
The blog will be updated soon, with the (almost) finished model.
JimmyB
Now retired - trains and fishing
So the blog is now updated with photos and text:
tumble-down-falls.blogspot.com
For those that just want to see the finished article:
Bachmann Baldwin 2-4-2 "Lyn"
I previously owned the early Bachmann Lyn with the plastic valve gear, and was very disappointed with it, but I still wished to ow...
tumble-down-falls.blogspot.com
For those that just want to see the finished article:
I tend not to bother, or if I do it's just couple of pencil dots.Eyes are really difficult to get anything like..
PhilP
That sounds a good plan, another option on my mind was a cocktail stick just dabbed into a small blob of paint in one of those cheepo paint pallets from The Works. Some as cheep as a quid.
JimmyB
Now retired - trains and fishing
Jon, these eyes were with a cocktail stick, but I find with acrylic, you need a reasonable amount of paint otherwise it can be dry before you have had chance to apply it.
viaEstrecha
Spanish metre gauge in G scale (on the cheap)
Fine point Sharpie pen does for me, but not if I've had a drink the night before.
JimmyB
Now retired - trains and fishing
A quick update, for those who have not read the thread I have converted a Baldwin 2-4-2 to look like a Lyn, however it has been missing cowcatchers front and back.
Thanks to @Northsider who has supplied me with a front cowcatcher (well that is where it fits). This is from the early Lyn with the "clamshell" motor block, mine is the later model as can be seen earlier in this thread. Long story short, it seems the early mouldings are on the late chassis, and it fits, minor adjust ment to the 'chopper' couplings:
Thanks to @Northsider who has supplied me with a front cowcatcher (well that is where it fits). This is from the early Lyn with the "clamshell" motor block, mine is the later model as can be seen earlier in this thread. Long story short, it seems the early mouldings are on the late chassis, and it fits, minor adjust ment to the 'chopper' couplings: