Right, I’m going to take a piss and make a cup of
tea, then I’ll come back…
…back. Hello cruel internet, my only friend. I lie,
not even you are my friend. Bastard.
Hello, anyway.
Yes, I have returned from a random and almost uninteresting
assortment of months where I really lived very much like a boring human being.
That’s all changed, I’ve re-joined my old sketch group (I think they still hate
me and now we’re back to our old selves of not doing anything until the actual
day (keep the energy up on the night).
It was a
bit of a bittersweet weekend in all honesty.
I finally felt that "Fuck Yeah Friday" feeling,
which had promptly turned into "Oh Shit Sunday".
I’ve also managed to successfully act like a 14 year old by
getting irrationally drunk and acting in a behaviour which can only be
described as adolescent.
Also, I got told off
by a Car Park. Yes, I real car park. I don’t even have a car. Maybe that’s why
I was on the receiving end of a verbal reprimand.
It was that moment I have decided to become anti-establishment
again after many years. Not because of any left-wing social connotation, no! It’s
just a bit of a laugh really, you only live once and all that, why do I want to
waste my life by supporting some rubber faced associate to a political entity I
care little about? Or towing the line for some outdated social sensibilities
when in fact I’m not hurting anyone. You know, we are ignorant, I get told off
by a car park and yet not one person was arrested after I caught them trying to
break into my shed!
I mean, there was that but also, the fact that
Russia have just proved what everyone was thinking and suddenly come out the
closet as a big bunch of baldy, muscular, homoerotic homophobes…what’s going on
there. Get a grip Putin, you big scary
phallus.
So yeah, massive social change and acting like a 14
year old in public spaces, I guess the world isn’t as boring a place as I
expected.
I fear we are getting a little off topic as I have
been busy modelling. Modelling I say! Modelling all sorts, well a building. Hey!
It was a new adventure for me.
I had never really painted brick before, I mean, I
tried to restore the old station on the old layout but I eventually came to
nothing. The old layout was stored away, never to be seen again. Until it came
back, and now it just hangs there, watching us like some senile old grandparent
ready to innocently shout out a racist remark in front of the foreign nurse and
send the room into a tirade of red faces and apologetic remarks.
Actually going back to the night I was bollocked by
a car park, I was offer wine by a friend. Actually no, that was afterwards. She
kept topping my glass up. Incredibly tenacious that woman.
So yeah, train stuff.
What we got here was the engine shed, based
loosely (very loosely) on Malton shed for our club layout , "Hartburn Junction".
The mission, if I chose to accept it, was to paint
and weather the bugger. I accepted it, and then promptly regretted having to
take it home to paint it up. But after a few weeks of hiding under my bed,
gathering dust and feeling forgotten, I decided to drag it out and get it a
whack with the old paint brush.
The initial undercoat was Humbrol 187 although, this
happened back in November, so I can’t really remember. It could also be Humbrol
72. Either or, would be a viable option. Sorry I can’t remember it but… sod
off, I’m not the memory man!
Afterwards, a few days maybe, I went over the brick
work with Railmatch Dark Brick. Not quite dry brushing but not soggy enough to
annoy me by filling in the mortar.
It was then dry brushed with Railmatch light
brick.
The roof and supports were painted using Humbrol
paints. The ratio being 6 parts Humbrol 33, 4 parts Humbrol 98 and 2 parts
Humbrol 147. That combination doesn’t have to be an exact match and I’ll
inevitably change it on other projects.
The guttering along with other fittings were painted
a 50:50 mix of Humbrol 98 & 33 and the window frames were given a coat of
Revell 65.
The weathering was generally a mixture of Humbrol
33, Humbro 98 and Humbrol 174. This time with an emphasis on the Humbrol 98.
E.g. 6 parts Humbrol 98, 4 parts Humbrol 33 and 2
parts 174. But, as with before, the ratios are not concrete, be free young brethren,
paint the living shit out of your models. If you ruin it though, not my fault!
Finally the roof received a random assortment of the
base colour, adding darker and lighter highlights streaking down. Plus touching
in some green (Humbrol 226) to give the impression of moss. The corrugated
roofs, smoke vents and other bits of metal work were dry brushed Humbrol 62 and
Humbrol 113 to show weather beaten rust. Finally the blackboard were given some
writing with a white gel pen and the windows were given a light wash of the
weathering mix from inside before being wiped off.
So, there you have it. An engine shed.
In other news, I have seen the six lovely ladies
again at Shildon. When I say ladies, I mean the A4 Locos, and I’m hoping to see
then again on Saturday. Because, I’m a greedy bastard okay, and proud of it!
But hopefully I bought some bits to keep me quiet for the next year.
Also in the post I received a part order for some
Brandbright 16mm Coaches. More on those later.
So, theres ya lot.
FUCK THE SYSTEM!
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