A visit to Back2Bay6 yesterday resulted in me bringing home this little beauty from Steve's second hand cabinet.
Orrible ain't it? Apparently it was made from an American MTC kit. Someone suggested that it looked like a lump of cheese, but it bought to mind my former colleague who was born and bred in the Black Country. One of his favourite sayings was "yow couldn't punch clay uglier". Hence this new loco has been christened CLAY.
Steve sold me the loco on the understanding that it was a non-runner (hence it was cheap as chips), but that was OK as what I had in mind for Clay was that he would sit in my abandoned quarry in a desperately run down condition. You might remember that I actually made a loco for this purpose (Byg), but he has found use shunting loco coal tippers at Gooey loco shed.
Anyhoo, I thought I'd have a look at Clay's workings to see if he could be restored to running condition. Judging by the amount of fluff that fell out of the motor housing, he must have spent his life running on someone's carpet. Also, his gears were absolutely shot to bits, so his motor etc. have gone into the spares box.
Orrible ain't it? Apparently it was made from an American MTC kit. Someone suggested that it looked like a lump of cheese, but it bought to mind my former colleague who was born and bred in the Black Country. One of his favourite sayings was "yow couldn't punch clay uglier". Hence this new loco has been christened CLAY.
Steve sold me the loco on the understanding that it was a non-runner (hence it was cheap as chips), but that was OK as what I had in mind for Clay was that he would sit in my abandoned quarry in a desperately run down condition. You might remember that I actually made a loco for this purpose (Byg), but he has found use shunting loco coal tippers at Gooey loco shed.
Anyhoo, I thought I'd have a look at Clay's workings to see if he could be restored to running condition. Judging by the amount of fluff that fell out of the motor housing, he must have spent his life running on someone's carpet. Also, his gears were absolutely shot to bits, so his motor etc. have gone into the spares box.
), dark grey and finally red brown. Here's how Clay looked on the bench while the paint dried. 
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, but only in the places where I wanted the REALLY cruddy rust (like the panel joins and other places that would gather water). Then the whole lot was sprinkled with Modeltown Rust Dust. It was then sprayed with vinegar using my old £5 airbrush and left for an hour for it to do it's magic. Next came an all-over airbrush with tap water. 
