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John's Methods for Weathering:
Diesels
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John Tidman here shares his experience in the weathering
of various locomotives. We hope you are able to view
the photographs as well as we can, however, let us
know if they appear poor quality.
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Loco Descriptions - Diesel
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Class
02 / D2850 - D2869 - Yorkshire Engine Company / Rolls
Royce 170hp 0-4-0 Diesel Hydraulic Shunter No. D2860
in original green livery with yellow and black
'wasp' striped ends. A DJH 'beginners' kit. Mostly white
metal with a few etched brass fittings and of soldered
construction. A very easy kit to build. This model has
22 wire handrails fitted in addition to the main etched
cab handrail that comes with the kit and the stripes
are hand painted. Glazing is Microscale 'Micro Kristal
Klear'. The model is wired in reverse to the instructions
to stop it running backwards. Paint is Howes' and Humbrol
and transfers are P.C. Pressfix. The class 02s were
introduced in 1960 and were built to replace short wheelbase
steam locomotives such as the Lancashire & Yorkshire
Railway 'Pug' 0-4-0 STs, particularly in the Merseyside
area. This locomotive was withdrawn in 1970, before
it gained an '02-' TOPS number, and is preserved at
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Class
03 / D2000 - D2199, D2370 - D2399 - BR / Gardner 204hp
0-6-0 Diesel Mechanical Shunter No. 03-022 in
BR blue livery with black and yellow 'wasp' ends from
a photograph taken on the 20th April 1979. A detailed
Mainline model. Nine additional wire handrails are fitted.
Turned brass double horns and a conical exhaust from
J & M products are fitted. The safety screens behind
the cab steps have fine square mesh, available in various
grades for winemakers at Boots, at a 45 degree angle
fitted to their rears. Most of the original paintwork
is retained, except for some Howes Railmatch and Humbrol.
Transfers are PC 'Pressfix'. The class 03s were introduced
in 1957, based on the earlier class 04s, as the standard
BR small shunter. The conical exhaust stack on this
locomotive applies to only early locomotives as it was
later found necessary to weigh down the front ends of
these machines with a heavy cast iron 'plant pot' shaped
chimney surround. This locomotive requires weathering.
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Class
03 / D2000 - D2199, D2370 - D2399 - BR / Gardner 204hp
0-6-0 Diesel Mechanical Shunter No. 03-197 in
BR blue livery with black and yellow 'wasp' ends from
a photograph taken on the 27th August 1979 and from
photographs taken by me at Leicester Depot on 13th January
and 27th April 1989. A detailed Bachmann model, converted
to dual air and vacuum brakes. Southern Region high
level brake pipes and 15 wire handrails are fitted in
addition to the shortened standard cab rear handrail.
The air tanks are by J & M Products and the compressor
cupboard is scratchbuilt from plastikard. The original
paint finish is mostly retained. Brake pipes, hoses
and fittings are made from handrail wire and knobs.
Stays for the brake pipes are from very thin wire. The
safety screens behind the cab steps are fitted with
fine mesh. Additions are painted with Howes Railmatch
and Humbrol paints. The prototype for this locomotive
was delivered in 1961 from BR Swindon Works. The Southern
Region modified various classes of locomotive to have
high level brake pipes, allowing them to be coupled
to multiple units from platform level, rather than risking
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Class
04 / D2200 - D2341 - Drewry / Gardner 204hp 0-6-0 Diesel
Mechanical Shunter No. D2210 in BR black livery
with tramway skirts and cowcatchers, circa early 1960s.
This model has 'spare' Vulcan whitemetal 'early' cabsides,
'clipped' oval buffers and etched brass skirts and cowcatchers.
The chassis is by Bachmann and is a very tight fit,
requiring some of the bonnet-top handrail knobs to be
cut back. A J & M Products turned brass conical
exhaust and horn are fitted. All other parts are from
the Airfix / Dapol plastic kit. 37 wire handrails are
fitted. The tension-lock style couplings are soldered
together from nickel silver wire. Steps are scratchbuilt
from plastikard. Paint is by Humbrol, with the 'D' on
each bufferbeam handpainted in Howes' GWR coach cream.
The Vulcan parts are not an easy fit onto the Airfix
ones as the Airfix model is shorter than the Vulcan.
The recesses in the Airfix running plate have been filled
with plastikard and the cab front windows lowered as
the kit was originally modelled on a later locomotive
than D2210. The bufferbeams were given a black wash
before the transfers were applied. The remaining parts
of the Vulcan kit were used to build another class 04.
Paint is by Humbrol and transfers are by PC Pressfix
and Fox. Glazing is Microscale 'Micro Kristal Klear'.
The class 04s, except for a single demonstrator delivered
to the LNER in 1947, were delivered from 1952 and were
based on a 1934 0-4-0 diesel supplied to the LMS. They
were necessary as the large 350hp diesel electric shunters
could not negotiate the tight curves found in some docks
and tramways. The prototype locomotive was used, along
with D2212, on the Yarmouth Quay tramway. The left hand
side and rear of this locomotive is pictured with a
missing skirt on TDS P.84 at Norwich Thorpe in April
1961 and the right hand side and front with a few missing
skirt panels on PRotDS Pl. 72 at Yarmouth North Quay
on 8th September 1962. This model is currently awaiting
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Class
04 / D2200 - D2341 - Drewry / Gardner 204hp 0-6-0 Diesel
Mechanical Shunter No. D2xxx in BR green. This
is the excellent Vulcan whitemetal kit, of soldered
construction, possibly still available from Alan Gibson.
The chassis is of soldered, folded etched brass and
has an Airfix MRRC 5-pole slot car motor and Romford
gears and wheels. The drive shaft cranks are cut out
of the centre of the same size of Romford wheels, with
a Romford axle. The tramway fittings and some other
parts from this kit were used on class 04 number D2210.
There are no fewer than 39 wire handrails fitted and
sprung buffers. This model is currently being painted. |
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Class
09 / D3665 - D3671, D3719 - D3721, D4099 - D4114 - BR
/ English Electric 350hp 0-6-0 Diesel Electric Shunter
No. 09-007 in BR blue livery with black and yellow
'wasp' ends from two photographs taken by me at the
Stewarts Lane depot open day on the 10th April 1988.
A detailed Lima model with 30 wire handrails. Southern
Region high level brake pipes cast in whitemetal from
a conversion kit are fitted as are SR high level marker
lights made from plastikard. 'Cables' are from thin
plastic rod. The original hinges on the bonnet side
doors are replaced with shorter ones. Sprung buffers
are fitted. Howes Railmatch and Humbrol paints were
used. Transfers are PC 'Pressfix'. The class 08s were
delivered from 1952, based on various earlier designs
for the 'big four' railways. This locomotive was delivered
from BR Darlington Works in 1959. The 26 class 09s were
built as standard class 08s from 1955 to 1957 at Darlington
Works. Starting in 1959, they were modified for the
Southern Region and regeared to raise their top speed
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Class
21 / D6100 - D6157 - North British Locomotive Company
/ MAN 1,100hp Type 2 Bo-Bo Diesel Electric No. D6120
in original, unrebuilt condition in green livery with
no yellow warning panels from a photograph taken on
2nd May 1963. A modified and detailed Hornby model.
Lima disc headcodes are fitted as the D6100s only received
headcode boxes when they were rebuilt as Class 29s.
The end lights have been modified from the original
Hornby model. The central side radiator grilles have
been removed and replaced with the large mesh grille
fitted to the production series locomotives. Extra handrails,
grilles and inspection / filler hatches have been added
to the roof. The raised panel edges have been replaced
with scored-in ones and the exaggerated rivet detail
has been removed. The windscreen pillars have been thinned
down and the area of the frames removed has been replaced
with plastic strip. The Hornby glazing is retained.
Weathering is a combination of a black wash, with black
dry-brushing on the roof. Paint is Howes Railmatch and
Humbrol and transfers are PC 'Pressfix'. This class
was one of very few mainline diesel locomotive classes
on BR to have spoked wheels, along with the North British
class 22s and D600 'Warships' the class 22s were based
on. First introduced in 1958, the first 38 of the 58
class 21s were delivered to the Eastern Region and the
last 20 to the Scottish Region. The class proved highly
unreliable and were eventually all transferred to Scotland
to be nearer the manufacturer. In early 1963 D6123 was
sent for rebuilding by Davey Paxman at Colchester and
was fitted with a 1,350hp Paxman 'Ventura' engine. A
further 19 locomotives were rebuilt and all 20 were
painted in two-tone green and reclassified class 29.
The original class 21s were withdrawn in 1968 and the
class 29s in 1971. All the locomotives were broken up
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Class
22 / D6300 - D6357 - North British Locomotive Company
/ MAN 'Baby Warship' 1,100hp Type 2 B-B Diesel Hydraulic
No. D6331 in original green livery with disc
headcodes and no yellow warning panels, from a photo
taken in June 1961. This is a Silver Fox Models resin
body on a scratchbuilt .060" plastikard chassis.
The power bogie is Hornby and the pickup bogie is scratchbuilt
from plastikard with Romford / Jackson 14mm spoked locomotive
wheels modified so that one side is 'live'. Bogie sideframes
are white metal, by Modern Traction Kits as I felt they
were both heavier and slightly more accurate than the
resin ones supplied. Transfers are PC 'Pressfix' and
Paint is Howes Railmatch or Humbrol enamel. Weathering
was done by painting all grilles black, giving the whole
loco body a black wash and very carefully spraying above
the roof with matt black Humbrol spray enamel to give
a diffused, black exhaust effect. D6300s were apparently
prone to 'boiling over' when hot and, accordingly, a
localised, white 'wash' was applied around the radiator
fan grille as per the prototype. Finally, the model
was sprayed with Humbrol matt varnish before the glazing
was fitted. Glazing is from the Silver Fox kit on the
end windows and using Microscale 'Micro Kristal Klear'
on the side windows as those supplied do not seem to
fit very well. The class 22s were introduced from 1959
and were all withdrawn for scrap between 1968 and 1971.
Locomotives from D6335 were fitted with roller blind
headcodes from new, with many earlier locomotives being
fitted later on. This locomotive went into traffic in
July 1960 at Plymouth Laira and was one of the last
of its class withdrawn, from Bristol in March 1971,
still in green livery, but with yellow warning panels
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Class
23 / D5900 - D5909 - English Electric / Napier 'Baby
Deltic' 1,100hp Type 2 Bo-Bo Diesel Electric No. D5901
in rebuilt condition in green livery with headcode boxes
and a small yellow warning panel, from photos from the
sixties and seventies. This is the now unavailable (although
there is a new version) DC Kits white metal body, soldered
together with great difficulty and on a scratchbuilt
.060" plastikard chassis with the supplied white
metal fuel tanks. The power bogie is Hornby and the
pickup bogie is scratchbuilt from plastikard with Lima
wheels. Both bogies have the DC Kits sideframes. Transfers
are PC 'Pressfix'. Paint is Howes Railmatch or Humbrol
enamel. Weathering was done by painting some of the
grilles black and giving the whole loco a black wash.
The underframe was 'dry-brushed' with Humbrol BR freight
bauxite. Glazing is Microscale 'Micro Kristal Klear'.
The class 23s were the least successful of any EE designs,
having a single Deltic engine in a body design scaled
down from the class 40. They were all built at Vulcan
Foundry. The first locomotive had to be modified before
it was delivered in 1959 as it was over the required
weight. When delivered, the locomotives were still overweight
and could not work on all the planned routes. After
engine problems, the whole fleet was taken out of service
by 1963 and sent for rebuilding at Vulcan Foundry. All
the rebuilt locomotives were back in service in mid
1965 and sported a revised green livery with small yellow
ends and new roller blind headcode boxes. All locomotives
were withdrawn from capital stock as non-standard between
September 1968 and March 1971. This locomotive was unusual
in that it outlived its fellow class members as it was
used by BR Research until 1975 in the condition modelled,
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Class
24/1 / D5050 - D5150 - BR / Sulzer 1,160hp Type 2 Bo-Bo
Diesel Electric No. 24-081 in final BR blue livery
with full yellow ends and plated-over end communicating
doors, but original disc headcodes, from photographs
taken on the 4th of March 1978 and in February 1980.
A Silver Fox Models resin body on a lowered Hornby Class
25 chassis and bogies. The lower body skirts are cut
away to represent the locomotive in its final condition.
The lower body ends are remodelled with filler and Cav'n'dish
turned brass buffers are fitted. The fuel tank area
is scratchbuilt from plastikard and modelled without
the steam heating water tank. There are extra hatches
in the roof for the steam heating water fillers and
the bodyside steps are plated over as BR did to prevent
electric shocks to staff from overhead wires. The body
ends have been modified to fit over the redundant body
clips on the Hornby chassis, in order to hold the body
on. The Hornby glazing is retained. Weathering is an
all over black wash with black spray over the roof.
Paint is Howes Railmatch and Humbrol and transfers are
PC 'Pressfix'. The prototype of this locomotive was
built as number D5081 at BR Derby Works in March 1960.
It out-lasted its fellow class members by 18 months,
with the exception of 24-061 which was taken into Departmental
service in 1975, being withdrawn from Crewe depot in
October 1980. This locomotive is currently preserved
at the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway, Toddington. |
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Class
25/1 / D5176 - D5232 - BR / Sulzer 1,250hp Type 2 Bo-Bo
Diesel Electric No. 25-057 in final BR blue livery
with full yellow ends and plated-over end doors, circa
1980s, partly from a photograph taken on 21st August
1980. A detailed and lowered Hornby model. Bodyside
steps are plated over, as are the second largest bodyside
grilles. Cav'n'dish turned brass buffers are fitted.
Weathering is an all over black wash and a black spray
over the roof. The Hornby glazing is retained. Paint
is Howes Railmatch and Humbrol and transfers are PC
'Pressfix'. The class 25s were based on the earlier
class 24s, but with an uprated 'B' series power unit.
The 25/1s had their horns mounted at roof level, rather
than at the buffer beam like the 24s and 25/0s. They
also had a new underframe and roof layout compared to
the 25/0s. The prototype locomotive was delivered from
BR Derby Works in 1963 as D5207, was withdrawn on the
last day of the class, from Crewe Diesel Depot on 15th
March 1987 and is now preserved. |
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Class
25/2 / D5233 - D5299, D7500 - D7567 - BR / Sulzer 1,250hp
Type 2 Bo-Bo Diesel Electric No. 25-173 in final
BR blue livery with full yellow ends, circa 1987, from
photographs taken by me after its withdrawal at Vic
Berry's scrapyard in Leicester on the 13th of January
1989 and at Leicester Depot on the 27th of April 1989.
A lowered Hornby model with a Silver Fox Models resin
body. The body and underframe have been detailed, wire
handrails added to the body ends and the steam heating
tank removed. Bodyside steps are plated over with plastikard.
The Hornby glazing is retained unless this locomotive
is being used as a camera loco, as 25/2s have large
central end windows ideal for this purpose. The engine
room windows are glazed with Kristal Klear. The brown
area on the roof, now difficult to see after weathering,
is to emulate the unpainted fibreglass roof panels on
this locomotive. Railwayania turned brass, large-headed
buffers are fitted. Paint is by Howes Railmatch and
Humbrol. The weathering was done by painting small 'rust'
patches on the ends with Howes GWR coach chocolate paint,
an overall black wash and then a matt black spray above
the roof. Transfers are by PC, Replica, Woodhead and
Railmatch. Most of the 25/2s and all the 25/3s had all
3 end windows the same height as a result of not being
fitted with the little-used end communicating doors
of earlier locos. They also had many of the bodyside
louvres moved to shoulder level, tidying up the bodyside
appearance. This was with the exception of 25/2s D7568
- D7597 ( 25-218 to 25-247 ), as produced by Hornby,
which retained the earlier body style as they were built
at BR Darlington Works. The prototype for this model
entered service in 1965 from BR Derby Works as D7523
and, like 25-057, was withdrawn from Crewe Diesel Depot
on 15th March 1987. It is now owned by Dr. John F. Kennedy,
after whom it has been named. There are other photographs
on the
derbysulzers and martinbray
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Class
26 / D5300 - D5346 - Birmingham Railway Carriage &
Wagon / Sulzer 1,160hp Type 2 Bo-Bo Diesel Electric
No. 26-031 in Railfreight grey livery from
a photograph taken on the 11th May 1986. A conversion
from a Lima Class 33. All conversion work was done
with plastikard, Plastruct sections, wire and filler.
This locomotive entered service in 1959. The model
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Class
28 / D5700 - D5719 - Metropolitan Vickers / Crossley
1,200hp Type 2 Co-Bo Diesel Electric No. D57
in green livery. The Q Kits model - white metal with
etched brass sides, soldered together with much difficulty
and quite a lot of filler. The underframe is a reinforced
sheet of .060" plastikard and a combination of
the Q Kits etched battery boxes and scratchbuilding.
The power bogie is from a Lima Class 52 in the 'Co'
end with an extra pickup and the pickup bogie is scratchbuilt
from plastikard with Hornby wheels. Bogie sideframes
are scratchbuilt from plastikard as the etched ones
in the kit were missing the mainframes. Body details
are super-glued on. Paint is Howes Railmatch and Humbrol.
This model is currently being painted. |
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Class
35 / D7000 - D7100 - Beyer Peacock / Maybach 1,740hp
Type 3 B-B Diesel Hydraulic No. 7017 in final
BR blue livery with full yellow ends, circa 1973.
A Hornby model, lowered and detailed. Extra exhaust
ports are cut into the roof and wire handrails fitted.
The headcode boxes are modified as one used to hold
one end of the body onto the chassis. The original
Hornby 40 gramme steel weight has been replaced with
nearly 150 grammes of roofing lead, carefully fitted
into the centre of the underframe. This locomotive
went into traffic in January 1962 at Bristol and was
one of the last of its type to be withdrawn, in March
1975 from Old Oak Common Depot in London, and is preserved
by the Diesel Traction Group at the West Somerset
Railway. This model is currently being painted.
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Class
40 / D200 - D399 - English Electric 2,000hp Type 4
1Co-Co1 Diesel Electric No. 97-408 (formerly D318
and 40-118) in final BR blue livery from photographs
I took at the Birmingham Railway Museum on the 18th
December 1988. A detailed Lima model with wire handrails.
The original Lima paint is mostly undisturbed, but
weathering is a heavy black wash, a black spray over
the roof and a dry-brush of BR bauxite over the underframe
area. Front and rear lights are fitted in the direction
of travel. Transfers are PC 'Pressfix'. The numbers
are deliberately applied 'badly' to mimic the real
locomotive. The prototype for this locomotive is preserved
at the Birmingham Railway Museum, Tyseley and was
used in the famous 1967 film 'Robbery' to deputise
for the class 40 involved in the 'Great Train Robbery'.
During 1984 - 1985, several temporarily reprieved
Class 40s, including 40-118, were used on engineers'
trains for Crewe remodelling work, numbered in the
97/4 series. This locomotive was part of the small
batch ( D305 - D324 ) that was constructed by Robert
Stephenson & Hawthorn of Darlington, all others
were constructed by Vulcan Foundry.
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Class
41 / D600 - D604 - North British / MAN 'Warship' 2,000hp
Type 4 A1A-A1A Diesel Hydraulic No. D602 'BULLDOG'
in BR 'chromatic' blue livery with central BR logos,
roller blind headcodes and small yellow warning panels,
as repainted in 1967. This is the Silver Fox Models
resin body on a scratchbuilt .060" plastikard
'bathtub' chassis with scratchbuilt battery boxes
and 2 Hornby power bogies. Each bogie has one of the
kit's white metal bogie sideframes on one side and
one of the resin ones on the other, on opposite sides
of the locomotive for even weight distribution. The
underframe is sprayed with 2 coats of Humbrol matt
black aerosol. The class 41s were introduced from
January 1958 as the prototype large diesels for the
Western Region and being a small class and rather
unreliable, were all withdrawn from Plymouth on 30th
December 1967. D602 was delivered to Plymouth Laira
Depot in November 1958 and cut up in December 1968.
This locomotive was one of two of the class of five
to receive blue livery, the other being D600 which
was painted in rail blue with full yellow ends and
a BR logo on each cabside. This model is currently
being painted with Howes' BR rail blue paint mixed
with Humbrol satin white, with the engine room roof
being painted with Howes BR diesel roof grey. This
is my best guess of the correct colour scheme as it
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Class
42 / D800 - D832, D866 - D870 - BR Swindon / Maybach
'Warship' 2,200hp Type 4 B-B Diesel Hydraulic No. 825
'INTREPID' in BR blue livery with mostly yellow
ends, from a photograph taken on the 6th June 1971.
This is a modified and repainted Lima model. The underframe
skirt on one side has been changed to match the prototype
as the Lima version has both sides the same. The central
shoulder-level vent in one side has been filled over
as it is also not present on the prototype. An extra
exhaust port has been cut into the roof for (presumably)
the steam heat boiler and the paint around this scraped
away to create the 'scorched' effect present on many
Warships. The nose ends have been detailed and fitted
with wire handrails. Etched brass nameplates are fitted.
Paint is Howes Railmatch and Humbrol and transfers are
PC 'Pressfix'. Weathering is an all-over black wash
with black dry-brushing. There is extra weathering on
the ends and roof as these got particularly dirty on
Warships. One of the main side grilles on each side
has extra weathering to mimic the effect of water and
dirt as this grille houses the water filler for the
train heating boiler. The 'D' prefix is missing from
the number as BR removed 'D' prefixes on diesel locomotives
and 'E' prefixes on electrics as the numbers no longer
clashed after the end of steam in 1968. The Warships
were based on the German V200 class diesel hydraulics
and as such were the first BR-built diesels to have
a stressed steel load-bearing body, rather than a separate
girder chassis. This locomotive was delivered in August
1960 and withdrawn in August 1972. Photo is BRFS2 P.36. |
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Class
44 / D1 - D10 - BR Derby / Sulzer 'Peak' 2,300hp Type
4 1Co-Co1 Diesel Electric No. 44-008 'Penyghent' in
final BR blue livery with yellow ends and sealed end
corridors, but original disc headcodes, circa 1979.
This is a converted Mainline Class 45, using the Craftsman
kit. Bodyside steps are plated over. Both noses have
been raised to match the prototype and the bogies are
modified to incorporate the buffer beams, mostly using
the parts from the kit. Sprung buffers are fitted. The
train air brake tanks have been removed from the underframe
as the class 44s were latterly mainly used on unfitted
goods trains. Etched brass nameplates are fitted. The
ten class 44s were prototypes for the later production
runs of class 45s and 46s, the main external difference
being that the class 44s had disc headcodes. The class
was inroduced from 1959, the last one being withdrawn
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Class
45/0 / D11 - D137 - BR Derby & Crewe / Sulzer 'Peak'
2,500hp Type 4 1Co-Co1 Diesel Electric No. 45-041 (formerly
'Royal Tank Regiment') in final BR blue livery
with plated-over headcodes, yellow ends and marker lights,
from a photograph taken on the 29th August 1985. A Bachmann
Class 46 body on a Mainline Class 45 chassis, simply
because I had the two parts spare. The bufferbeams have
been built onto the bogies with plastikard and sprung
buffers are fitted. An extra hatch is cut into one body
side as per the prototype. The two smaller bodyside
grilles are plated over with thin plastikard, pressed
from the back to simulate bolts. Paint is the original
Bachmann with Howes Railmatch blended in around the
new hatch and Humbrol. Transfers are PC 'Pressfix'.
The class 45s were introduced from 1960, the last one
being withdrawn in 1988. This locomotive entered service
in 1962 and was built at BR Crewe Works. Photo is BRL87
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Class
46 / D138 - D193 - BR Derby / Sulzer 'Peak' 2,500hp
Type 4 1Co-Co1 Diesel Electric No. 46-035 in
final BR blue livery circa early 1980s. A Mainline class
45 modified with filler and plastikard to have its buffer
beams on the bogies and plated over steam heat water
fillers. An extra grille is added to each side, cast
in Milliput. Wire handrails are fitted. Paint is by
Humbrol, including a dubious shade of rail blue. Transfers
are PC 'Pressfix'. The prototype was used by BR Reasearch
for traction experiments after it was withdrawn from
revenue service and has now been brought back into use
on the mainline by its owner, Pete Waterman as D172
'Ixion'. This is an old model in need of some improvement.
The 56 class 46s were almost identical to the class
45s, except that they used Brush generators and traction
motors, rather than Crompton Parkinson. The last 20
of the 76 ordered were never built, their electrical
equipment being built into the first 20 class 47s. The
first class 46 was introduced in 1961 and the last was
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Class 50 / D400 - D449
- English Electric 2,700hp Type 4 Co-Co Diesel Electric
No. 50-015 'Valiant' in BR revised, large-logo
blue livery, circa mid to late 1980s. A detailed Lima
model with wire handrails and etched brass nameplates.
The original Lima paint is retained, but with Humbrol
touch-ups. Small transfers are by Replica Railways.
The main feature of this locomotive is a second power
bogie, giving it 8 wheel drive with 4 traction tyres.
This means it will pull almost any train, but it is
rather noisy and unsophisticated. Two extra pickups
are fitted - an easy job with wire and a soldering iron
on 6 wheel Lima bogies. Headlights are fitted in the
direction of travel and the headcode boxes have been
modified to the plated over version, as per the prototype,
and with clear polystyrene marker lights, allowing lighting
at a later date. The end sandboxes are covered over
and a window on each bodyside has been replaced with
a louvre as on the real locomotives after they were
rebuilt. Etched nickel silver nameplates are fitted.
The 50 class 50s were all built at Vulcan Foundry, Newton-Le-Willows
and were introduced onto the West Coast Mainline from
1967, in blue livery, to help accelerate passenger train
timings while electrification was incomplete, often
running in pairs. Once ousted from the West Coast by
the class 87 electrics, they were transferred to the
Western Region, where they were given 'Warship' names
and helped to replace diesel hydraulics. They underwent
rebuilding as passenger-only locomotives at BR Doncaster
Works in the early 1980s, partly in the hope of improving
their reliability. This locomotive entered service in
1968. The model needs a little improving, especially
some of the paintwork. |
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Class 50 / D400 - D449
- English Electric 2,700hp Type 4 Co-Co Diesel Electric
No. 50-017 'Royal Oak' in early BR Network SouthEast
livery, from photographs taken in 1986 and 1987. Another
Lima model with detailed ends fitted with wire handrails
and the end sandboxes covered over. Most of the original
Lima paint is retained, but with Humbrol and Howes Railmatch
touch-ups. Two extra pickups are fitted and etched nickel
silver nameplates. Headcode boxes are changed to match
the plated over type. Replica Railways 'orange square'
multiple working code transfers are fitted. Lead is
added for ballast. A few items on this locomotive still
need to be finished off. This locomotive was delivered
new as D417 from Vulcan Foundry on 6th April 1968 and
moved to the Western Region in May 1974. It was repainted
into this livery in early June 1986. |
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Class 50 / D400 - D449
- English Electric 2,700hp Type 4 Co-Co Diesel Electric
No. 50-019 'Ramillies' in late BR blue Civil
Engineer's livery, circa early 1990s. Yet another Lima
'50', this model has detailed ends with wire handrails
and the end sandboxes covered up. The cab roofs have
radio domes scratchbuilt from plastikard. Headcode boxes
have been changed to match the plated over type and
have clear polystyrene marker lights to enable future
lighting. Etched nickel silver nameplates and two extra
pickups are fitted. The most obvious thing about this
locomotive is its filthy appearance. This was copied
from photographs of the locomotive after it had presumably
suffered from lack of cleaning and an oil leak or spillage.
The lower body and chassis are airbrushed with thinned
'track colour' paint. The roof is airbrushed with thinned
matt black paint. The oil spillage on one side is carefully
brushed, thinned matt black, with a similar treatment
given to the fuel tank. The ends have a black wash.
Paint is Howes Railmatch and Humbrol. Lead is added
for ballast. Transfers are PC 'Pressfix', Replica Railways
and FMR for the cantrail level orange stripe, except
for the cab gutters which are handpainted with Humbrol
paint. This locomotive entered service in 1968. |
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Class 73/1 / JB / E6007
- E6049 - BR Eastleigh / English Electric 3,150hp (electric)
/ 600hp (diesel) DC Electric / Diesel-Electric (Electro-Diesel)
No. 73-106 in BR Departmental grey livery. A
Detailed Lima model. Grilles are painted black, a light
black wash is applied and there is black dry-brushing
around the exhaust. Radio aerials are fitted. The underframe
was lightly drybrushed with BR bauxite. Cav'n'dish turned
brass buffers and DC Kits headlights are fitted. Paint
is Howes Railmatch and Humbrol. Transfers are PC 'Pressfix'
with FMR orange overhead wire warning lines. This locomotive
was built at Vulcan Foundry, Newton-Le-Willows in 1966. |
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Class 81 / AL1 / E3001
- E3022, E3096 / E3097 - Birmingham Railway Carriage
And Wagon 4,800hp AC Electric No. 81-002 in its
final BR blue livery, circa late 1980s. A Lilliput body
bought for a few pounds several years ago from Dapol.
It has a scratchbuilt plastikard chassis with the Hornby
Class 86 bogies left over from the conversion of 86-103
( see later – waste not, want not ). The centres
of the Hornby bogie sideframes are cut out to make them
look more like a Class 81's. The original Lilliput model
( no longer available ) had scale length bogies, if
rather basic, but the bogie centres are wrong, so the
cosmetic bodyside bogie hangers were moved. The headcodes
are converted to the later plated-over type with marker
lights. Wire handrails and Cav'n'dish turned brass buffers
are fitted. The bus bars, wiring and insulators on the
roof are soldered up from scratch using various sizes
of brass tube cut into thin sections and wire. The roof-mounted
tanks are unpainted aluminium tube with Milliput filler
to create the rounded ends. The pantograph is Hornby.
Etched nickel silver 'double arrow' logos are fitted.
Transfers are PC 'Pressfix' with Glasgow Shields depot's
'salmon' emblems by Replica Railways. Paint is by Howes
Railmatch and Humbrol. The model is unweathered. The
Class 81s were one of the first 5 AC electric designs
for the West Coast and lasted the second longest after
the 85s (or AL5s). This locomotive was built by BRC
& W Co. in Smethwick in 1960. |
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Class 86/1 / E3191, E3150
& E3143 - English Electric / BR 7,860hp AC Electric
No. 86-103 'André Chapelon' in its final
BR Inter City 'Swallow' livery, circa late 1990s. A
modified and detailed Hornby model. The underframe has
been modified to match the prototype's similarity with
a class 87, but the major conversion work was to fit
Hornby Class 90 bogies. This involved grinding away
the back of the cast steel cab interiors to get the
extra space required for the longer, scale-length bogies.
The underframe also had to be slightly cut back to fit.
The Hornby Class 86 bogies are a reasonable model of
the originals, but far too short. The ends have been
detailed and fitted with wire handrails. The stripes
on the Time Division Multiplexing ( multiple working
) plugs are handpainted. Etched nickel silver BR 'barbed
wire' ( or 'double arrow' ) logos are fitted and DC
Kits headlights. Etched brass nameplates and Cav'n'dish
turned brass buffers are fitted. Extra cab door handles
are fitted lower down as on the real locomotive. The
model is in near-clean condition, with a light dry-brushing
of BR bauxite over the underframe. The paint is by Howes
Railmatch and Humbrol. The transfers are mostly by FMR,
including the bodyside stripes. The 86s were based on
the very successful Class 85s. The three Class 86/1s
were used as a test bed for the later Class 87s, employing
their control gear and bogies and were all named after
locomotive engineers. In turn, the Class 90s were based
on the solitary Class 87/1 number 87-101 and were originally
going to be designated Class 87/2. This locomotive was
built at Vulcan Foundry, Newton-Le-Willows in 1966 and
rebuilt with class 87 BP9 bogies by BR Crewe Works.
86-103 was the first of the non-standard 86/1 sub-class
to be withdrawn and was broken up around the end of
2003. |
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25YoR
25 Years of Railway Research by Colin J. Marsden - OPC
BRDDH BR Diesels
Double Headed by G. Weekes - Bradford Barton
BRFS2
British Rail Fleet Survey 2: Western Region Diesel Hydraulics
by Brian Haresnape - Ian Allan
BRL87
British Rail Locomotives 1987 edited by Roger Wood -
Ian Allan
BRMLD British
Rail Main Line Diesel Locomotives by Colin J. Marsden
and Graham B. Fenn - OPC
DW
Diesels West by G. F. Gillham - Bradford Barton
MR39
Model Rail Magazine No. 39 - January 2002, edited by
Chris Leigh - Emap Active Ltd
MRP8
Modern Railways Profile 8: The Hymeks by Colin J. Marsden
- Ian Allen
PRotDS
A Pictorial Record of the Diesel Shunter by Colin Marsden
- OPC
TDS
The Diesel Shunter by Colin J. Marsden - OPC
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