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owlpool Feb 27 2009, 03:11 PM
QUOTE(yb281 @ Feb 27 2009, 02:59 PM)
It still ain't pretty, but I hope it looks a bit more military.

The only thing is ..................... now I've camouflaged it ..................... I can't find it .



find what ?
 
owlpool Feb 27 2009, 03:13 PM
lookin good BTW
 
GIZLIZ Feb 27 2009, 05:13 PM
'Orrible little airmen.

No, actually, they look quite good Mel, but I think the Sarge would look better in a No. 1 Jacket, with a belt.
And maybe an Orderley Sgt armband?

Now all you need a flagpole with an RAF ensign flying from it, as well as the OCs pennant....

http://www.fotw.net/flags/gb-raf.html

http://www.fotw.net/flags/gb-rafrk.html
 
George Feb 27 2009, 06:38 PM
Thats looking exellent mel

I may add an Army camp on my railway at some point as the M&GN - in perticullar the section of which is now NNR carried troop trains during the war as there was an Army camp near Weybourne at what is now the Muckleburgh Collection which is the UKs largest privetly owned military Museum
 
musket the dog Feb 27 2009, 08:30 PM



I Like the RAF men Mel They've not not bothered to shine thier shoes though

Theres a brick building at Quorn hall near me that durung the second world war was painted to look like a large stack of hay bails, reminded me of your camoflauged warehouses a bit
 
yb281 Mar 1 2009, 05:21 PM

Had a nice day out in Cheltenham yesterday. Called in to see Andrew at Garden Railway Centres and purchased some Preiser and Bachmann figures together with an LGB van.

The van was in a right state, covered in blobs of paint, both doors missing together with the top door runners, and it looks like it's been kept outside for years. However, it came at the right price. A bit of weathering and a re-paint of the roof covered up all the paint blobs. New doors and runners were made from plastic card.
 
yb281 Mar 1 2009, 05:23 PM

Matching the colour of the new doors was difficult, but a weathered finish helps.
 
yb281 Mar 1 2009, 05:24 PM



This was exactly the colour of van that I had in mind for using at the RAF depot., very close to BR Bauxite.
 
yb281 Mar 1 2009, 05:25 PM



Waiting for a train .
 
Stationjade Mar 1 2009, 05:29 PM



Mel ,it just gets better and better
 
flyingsignalman Mar 1 2009, 05:30 PM



That's a good repair job you've done to the van Mel and the way it's painted is spot-on as well
 
mike Mar 1 2009, 05:32 PM



good job on the repair mell
 
yb281 Mar 4 2009, 10:25 AM



Yesterday I finished the re-paint of the Bachmann Porter in War Department livery. Some modifications have been made including new buffer beams and plated cab sides (instead of wood) all from plastic card with rivetts embossed into it.
 
yb281 Mar 4 2009, 10:27 AM



Still some jobs left to do including a protective coat of varnish and a bit of detailing.
 
yb281 Mar 4 2009, 10:27 AM



Wartime period shot.
 
fnrobinson Mar 4 2009, 10:30 AM



QUOTE(yb281 @ Mar 4 2009, 10:27 AM)
Wartime period shot.


The photographer who took that must have been very brave or foolish, I suspect he risked being shot in those days!
 
yb281 Mar 4 2009, 10:51 AM



QUOTE(fnrobinson @ Mar 4 2009, 10:30 AM)
QUOTE(yb281 @ Mar 4 2009, 10:27 AM)
Wartime period shot.


The photographer who took that must have been very brave or foolish, I suspect he risked being shot in those days!



It's recently been de-classified Neil
 
Bram Mar 4 2009, 01:20 PM



Did you count the rivetts Mel to make sure there are the same both sides
 
Rich Mar 4 2009, 05:36 PM



Looks fantastic Mel, really like it
 
George Mar 4 2009, 05:46 PM



That looks exellent Mel are you going to weather it or keep it clean?
 
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