The light in the second picture makes it look a lot more yellow than it really is, the first photo is a more accurate depiction of the colouring. When painting I'm usually happiest with big blocks of a single colour but I new I couldn't get away with that for the wood this time. I'll blog about how I actually produced the effect separately but I have to say I'm quite happy with how it has turned out. As I said in the previous post, if you happen to want one I'll happily sell you as many as you want!
This looks perfect. What is the building I spy. That looks even better.
ReplyDeleteThanks Adrian. The building is just a mock up I made as part of the cobble stone experiments I did a few months back. It looks quite good in photographs, although in real life the walls lack any relief so I'm not sure if I'll stick with the approach or not.
DeleteIs it just me or do the couplings look out of scale? Surely not.
ReplyDeleteNo they are definitely out of scale! In reality they would probably be a simple chain and a hook to link these wagons. Couplings are one of those things were you can't easily stick to the right scale as they would just be impossible to operate. In some of the larger scales (O gauge for instance, which is 7mm to the foot) some people do use chains to link wagons but apparently it can be quite tricky to (un)couple. At least these etched couplings are much finer than some of the molded plastic versions.
DeleteCouplings interest me because I believe that it was Uncle Eric who invented the Hornby OO coupling.
DeleteOooh! That I didn't know! Tell me more?
DeleteI know he worked for Meccano, which was created by Frank Hornby, so there is every chance of a connection.
Your photo of the wagon with the Hunslet on the mock-up scene is so fine!
ReplyDeleteI must admit to being rather please with that shot!
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