"wow", Excellent work of weathering the 9F. Absolutely amazing you made that look so Incredibly easy, thanks for sharing this video with us. Well done. Regards George...
Great, again . . . . Jan & Bob have suggested a way of making the cabside numbers stand out, as if cleaned. Using blu-tack, as on the windows will probably give the same effect. I have vague memories that exLMS locos towards the end of steam had the last four digits cleaned, but not the initial "4". Worth a thought!
Fantastic idea Peter!! That’s interesting about just keeping the LMS numbers. I’ve also seen a photo of a black five with LMS chalked over the tender in the late 60s!
Excellent work you make it all look so easy, I have all the tools and materials to give it a try myself but need to get up the courage to give it a go.
Once you get going you'll smash it I'm sure. Even if you just give an overall weathered black coat a go it makes a big difference I think and you can't really go wrong!
A pleasure to watch and now I am going to tackle an old non runner but with no spray facilities. It will never be as yours but with a little bit of imagination (you can't model if you don't have any) it will look ok. Barry.Devon.
This is *truly beautiful!* You're a real artist! I think I write a similar comment every week but it's always true: I love watching your videos and I really learn a lot from your tutorials. Your weathering is impeccable! I'm gathering up the courage to try my hand at my locos but I'm afraid I might ruin them... oh, well! Thank you very much for sharing this! Cheers!
Thank you very much, you’re too kind! Glad you enjoy the videos so much, I’ll make sure to keep them coming. I feel you on that one, although the only way to get better at it is to give it a go and practise on some cheap old models. To be honest even giving a loco an overall spray of a weathered black makes a big difference... there’s no skill involved in that part at all you just point and spray!
@@MouldyRaspberryI am hoping to get a 9f which do you recommend I am thinking about a dapol or a hornby but mabye a bachmann but which do you think I need a cheap one😔
@@MouldyRaspberry now then, speaking about the sound as I'm watching another of your clips. The idea is unique as I've never come across one before. I have my headphones on and I can hear a genuine chugging sound of the engine and a realistic squeaking of the wheels on the rails. Now dats a novel idea!
This is amazing! I was wondering how some people make trains looks realistic for model railways. I was thinking there was a different Brand with "Old and Dirty" models Lol
Love the disc on the front. I often use the discs supplied but when run out, make them out of plasticard through a hole punch! I like that Bachmann 9F. I've got a hornby green 9F, not evening star (after a renumber to 92215). You can see her in a couple of my videos. Unfortunately shes failed again - I know the problem, the tender connection plastic loop has snapped and the valve gear has kinda deformed. Oh well I'll get round to fixing her one day, I've mended the valve gear before and the connection shouldn't be too hard to construct out of plastic.
I like the route disks as well - they don't fit my location but certainly look interesting! I'll have to get some lamps at some point. Hope you get yours sorting and back on the rails soon!
Yeah I recommend Springside lamps, they're white metal good quaultiy, different regions and eras, different colours available etc. I got some gwr ones and fitted on my hornby 52xx
Great video and superb result for BR period loco. Can you offer any advice for circa 1930 Great Western ones which were kept quite a lot cleaner, and were green.
Thanks very much. I did do a BR green Grange recently that I have a bit of a lighter treatment, but from what I’ve seen in GW days the locos were in amazing condition.
@@MouldyRaspberry I like the way you run your trains at a scale speed of 40mph or less. This lets us see that lovely motion of Walschaert's gear. Hackworth gear is ingenious and simple but it looks like a 'limping dog'! A lot of model railways are run at insane scale speeds of 150MPH+
That always makes me laugh, especially at a show when a beautiful exhibition layout has a Terrier or Pannier cruising along at an comfortable 120 mph! I wish I had a model of one of the Stephenson valve gear Black Fives.
Thanks Andrew. I don’t think the paint is thick enough to gum up the motion. If it’s thin enough to pass through an airbrush, I doubt it would affect the loco. As long as you give the wheels/pickups a good clean after. I turn the loco upside down and use a 9v battery to make the wheels spin whilst holding a cotton bud dipped in Isopropyl alcohol. A quick run round the layout will free everything up anyway.
Cracking video and very informative lesson on how to weather a loco ~ really enjoyed. May I ask does the airbrushing technique using acrylic paints effect the motion work on the locos? I plan to have a go at some point after watching your videos but don't want to seize the motion work on my locos
Thanks Colin, appreciate it. I’ve never experienced that issue, the paint is way too thin to affect the motion I would have thought. As long as the wheels and pickups are cleaned after.
A much simpler way to do weathering is to use a childs water colour paint set but mixed with liquid soap. When dry it is quite robust but if you dont like it you can simply wash it off with water.
Do you use any kind of Matt varnish after you have finished? I assume after each stage it’s left to dry before adding more. I want to do this to a gauge 1 live steam 8F. Would I need to do anything differently?
Recently I’ve started using Halford’s Matt Lacquer, which is really good. I don’t wait for them to dry, but as I’m using acrylics they are already pretty much dry by the time I’ve loaded up the airbrush with another colour. I guess so, the heat might have an effect on the paint, but I imagine if you seal if it should be okay.
www.amazon.co.uk/Am-Tech-S5320-Amtech-Rotary-Platform/dp/B002Z7XKQ2/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1549813504&sr=8-1&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_QL65&keywords=airbrush+turntable&dpPl=1&dpID=51v4HZPFkcL&ref=plSrch Something like this, just make sure to get a suitable size.
Excellent weathering job MR, way beyond my capabilities. Almost tempted to send mine over to you....just kidding. Tell me MR is there any problem with paint getting into the running gear. Cheers Greg
Thank you very much Greg! haven’t found that to cause any problems yet, I guess because the paint is so thin. Especially after giving the wheels and pick ups a clean and giving it a good run.
Do 75053 and 92211 double heading the Pines Express with the headboard on 75033's head and two lamps on each side of its bufferbeam with the 4mt coupled in front of the 9F hauling the crimson and cream colored coach, four maroon coaches, other maroon coach, and four crimson and cream colored coaches, Mouldy Raspberry, pretty please.
It’s an Iwata airbrush. They’re a little on the expensive side, but I think you get what you pay for with these. I had a cheaper one and it just clogged up all the time.
Nice weathering, you could almost work for TMC, I came here for some tips on weathering as I'm weathering my hunslet austerity. I do have an airbrush but it is fairly cheap, it did do quite a good job of a pannier repaint though, but the paint usually beads up on the surface, even after cleaning and priming, do you know how to stop this. Also what sort of airbrush do you have?
Thanks bud. I’ll let you know what the airbrush is, I can’t quite remember - but I know it’s a duel action compression airbrush. The complete kit was £75. Around the same price as having two locos weathered by TMC.... yes your pannier looks fab!
The airbrush kit was about £70, but will last if looked after. The paints and powders cost a few pounds. When you consider that it's £30 to £40 to have a single loco weathered by one of the main sellers like TMC, it's a no brainer!
Your method of weathering is very simple, which proves, Mr Raspberry, as with all the work you do, simple is best. Excellent job. Cheers, Bob
Thanks very much Bob, absolutely right.
That looks amazing really completes the model.
Thank you 👍🏻
I never get tired of watching you weather something. I was hoping we saw this beaut running and we did! Love it. Clint
Thanks Clint. Once the wagons are sorted I’ll get some more running vids up next week.
You are MUCH braver - and infinitely more talented - than me! Fantastic job.
Thanks matey. The airbrush is actually way easier to use than it looks!
Always great to see someone making a nice loco look authentic, super job.
Cheers Paul
Thank you very much Paul.
I've got the same turntable and an airbrush but have never used either. It was good to see a master at work. Good job.
Cool, the turntable sure helps! How come you havn't used them yet? Just not ready to start weathering yet?
Cracking video yet again. I look forward to seeing the wagons !
Thanks Rod :-)
What a transformation, so precise and beautifully done. Such a skill you have.
Thanks very much Richard.
Beautifully done. A typical expert. You make it look easy !! Very well done and thank you. Regards Michael
Thank you Michael. You're too kind! Hope you're well.
"wow", Excellent work of weathering the 9F. Absolutely amazing you made that look so Incredibly easy, thanks for sharing this video with us. Well done. Regards George...
Thank you very much George, much appreciated.
Wow great job. It looks super realistic.
Thanks!
Absolute joy to watch. Look forward to the next one!
Thank you very much Robert!
Hi I have just subscribed to your channel thanks to a good friend of mine. The 9f looks superb excellent work
A pleasure to have you along Denis. Thanks very much!
Great, again . . . .
Jan & Bob have suggested a way of making the cabside numbers stand out, as if cleaned. Using blu-tack, as on the windows will probably give the same effect. I have vague memories that exLMS locos towards the end of steam had the last four digits cleaned, but not the initial "4". Worth a thought!
Fantastic idea Peter!! That’s interesting about just keeping the LMS numbers. I’ve also seen a photo of a black five with LMS chalked over the tender in the late 60s!
Excellent thanks for sharing this😎🚒🚒
You're welcome mate, thank you for watching!
I really like it. It is a delicate job, everything about taking care of all little details... Great !
Thanks Olivier 😀
Excellent work you make it all look so easy, I have all the tools and materials to give it a try myself but need to get up the courage to give it a go.
Once you get going you'll smash it I'm sure. Even if you just give an overall weathered black coat a go it makes a big difference I think and you can't really go wrong!
Superb job!
Thank you mate!
Great work Mouldy - You're spoiling me with this one! It'll really look the part in charge of a load of mineral wagons.
Thanks matey - I’ve been painting a nice rake this evening!
brilliant video, just brought a spray gun, you have given me great inspiration. Glynn
Thanks very much Glynn. Good choice, they'll last a long long time if you look after them! Let me know how you get on with yours.
Real nice weathering job Lewis 😉
Love this video and admire your fantastic work as always
Great stuff buddy
Garry 👍
Thanks very much Garry. I must say your weathering tutirials have been very helpful!
😉👍
Very nice job and locomotive looks great! I just received my 9F :) so I think wil do similar weathering as well.
Thanks - well good luck with it!
@@MouldyRaspberry Thank you. :)
Absolutely terrific, again you make it look so easy. Top results Lewis, you could teach others a thing or too about weathering on their layouts. Paul
Thank you very much Paul, always appreiciate it.
A pleasure to watch and now I am going to tackle an old non runner but with no spray facilities. It will never be as yours but with a little bit of imagination (you can't model if you don't have any) it will look ok.
Barry.Devon.
That's absolutly right! I had a few goes on non-runners as well - certainly gave me a confidence boost!
This is *truly beautiful!* You're a real artist! I think I write a similar comment every week but it's always true: I love watching your videos and I really learn a lot from your tutorials. Your weathering is impeccable! I'm gathering up the courage to try my hand at my locos but I'm afraid I might ruin them... oh, well! Thank you very much for sharing this! Cheers!
Thank you very much, you’re too kind! Glad you enjoy the videos so much, I’ll make sure to keep them coming. I feel you on that one, although the only way to get better at it is to give it a go and practise on some cheap old models. To be honest even giving a loco an overall spray of a weathered black makes a big difference... there’s no skill involved in that part at all you just point and spray!
Not at all! The praise is well deserved! 👏
@@MouldyRaspberryI am hoping to get a 9f which do you recommend I am thinking about a dapol or a hornby but mabye a bachmann but which do you think I need a cheap one😔
Looks superb :) crying out for a crew to be fitted, cracking useful video though :)
Thanks Matt. Can't belive I forgot that, rest assure it is now crewed!
Looks good !
Thanks 👍🏻
Awesome work! :-)
Thanks matey :-)
Oh mannnn!...this is insane! You have a new subscriber by the way.
Thanks, appreciate it 😀
@@MouldyRaspberry now then, speaking about the sound as I'm watching another of your clips. The idea is unique as I've never come across one before. I have my headphones on and I can hear a genuine chugging sound of the engine and a realistic squeaking of the wheels on the rails. Now dats a novel idea!
This is amazing! I was wondering how some people make trains looks realistic for model railways. I was thinking there was a different Brand with "Old and Dirty" models Lol
Thank you! I guess some brands do ‘dirty’ models, but more fun to try and do it yourself I think. Thanks again 👍🏻
Very nice 👍
Thanks mate 😀
Love the disc on the front. I often use the discs supplied but when run out, make them out of plasticard through a hole punch! I like that Bachmann 9F. I've got a hornby green 9F, not evening star (after a renumber to 92215). You can see her in a couple of my videos. Unfortunately shes failed again - I know the problem, the tender connection plastic loop has snapped and the valve gear has kinda deformed. Oh well I'll get round to fixing her one day, I've mended the valve gear before and the connection shouldn't be too hard to construct out of plastic.
I like the route disks as well - they don't fit my location but certainly look interesting! I'll have to get some lamps at some point. Hope you get yours sorting and back on the rails soon!
Yeah I recommend Springside lamps, they're white metal good quaultiy, different regions and eras, different colours available etc. I got some gwr ones and fitted on my hornby 52xx
A rake of Mk 1 maroons and we could almost be in the Mendips on the dear old S&D.
Absolutely they look the part the the maroons as well I reckon. Luckily there’s some lovely old footage of the S&D on TH-cam.
Great video and superb result for BR period loco. Can you offer any advice for circa 1930 Great Western ones which were kept quite a lot cleaner, and were green.
Thanks very much. I did do a BR green Grange recently that I have a bit of a lighter treatment, but from what I’ve seen in GW days the locos were in amazing condition.
very good
Thanks
Really good job. Where are the bridge rails on the viaduct? You've got them on the underbridge! Lol.
Thank you! I'll have to get round to that at some point, I'm just putting off working with that fiddly wire!
Love 9fs.
Me too!
@@MouldyRaspberry I like the way you run your trains at a scale speed of 40mph or less. This lets us see that lovely motion of Walschaert's gear. Hackworth gear is ingenious and simple but it looks like a 'limping dog'! A lot of model railways are run at insane scale speeds of 150MPH+
That always makes me laugh, especially at a show when a beautiful exhibition layout has a Terrier or Pannier cruising along at an comfortable 120 mph! I wish I had a model of one of the Stephenson valve gear Black Fives.
@@MouldyRaspberry Stephenson's gear looks so different. ( Joy valve gear is an odd looking motion)
That is superbly effective, but I would not be brave enough to do that to my £200 9F !!
Yep they’re very expensive! I’ve got a new Hornby one preordered.
Lovely job, but I always wonder why the paint doesn't gum-up the motion. Could you explain please before I ruin my collection!
Thanks Andrew. I don’t think the paint is thick enough to gum up the motion. If it’s thin enough to pass through an airbrush, I doubt it would affect the loco. As long as you give the wheels/pickups a good clean after. I turn the loco upside down and use a 9v battery to make the wheels spin whilst holding a cotton bud dipped in Isopropyl alcohol. A quick run round the layout will free everything up anyway.
Cracking video and very informative lesson on how to weather a loco ~ really enjoyed. May I ask does the airbrushing technique using acrylic paints effect the motion work on the locos? I plan to have a go at some point after watching your videos but don't want to seize the motion work on my locos
Thanks Colin, appreciate it. I’ve never experienced that issue, the paint is way too thin to affect the motion I would have thought. As long as the wheels and pickups are cleaned after.
@@MouldyRaspberry
Thanks for the clarification ~ really enjoy watching all your videos your railway is a credit to you ~ keep up the work
A much simpler way to do weathering is to use a childs water colour paint set but mixed with liquid soap. When dry it is quite robust but if you dont like it you can simply wash it off with water.
Use an ear bud to wipe the paint off the cab number when the paint is still wet, This makes it look like the fireman has rubbed his oily rag over it,,
I'll give that a try, great idea.
Do u use anything to prevent the powders coming off when handled?
No I don’t, just because I like to change the look later and don’t handle them much once they’re on the layout.
Do you use the weathered black straight ir mixed with a matt varnish?
I use a few drops of acrylic thinner or water, but no I don’t use any varnish.
Do you use any kind of
Matt varnish after you have finished?
I assume after each stage it’s left to dry before adding more.
I want to do this to a gauge 1 live steam 8F. Would I need to do anything differently?
Recently I’ve started using Halford’s Matt Lacquer, which is really good. I don’t wait for them to dry, but as I’m using acrylics they are already pretty much dry by the time I’ve loaded up the airbrush with another colour. I guess so, the heat might have an effect on the paint, but I imagine if you seal if it should be okay.
Great thanks for the reply..
Not sure what to do about the motion. Do I varnish or not, don’t want to clog it up?
Yeah I would cover the wheels and motion with masking tape.
Could u tell me some info on the rotating turntable u use to turn model around on for airbrushing thanks defo need to purchase one thanks
www.amazon.co.uk/Am-Tech-S5320-Amtech-Rotary-Platform/dp/B002Z7XKQ2/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1549813504&sr=8-1&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_QL65&keywords=airbrush+turntable&dpPl=1&dpID=51v4HZPFkcL&ref=plSrch
Something like this, just make sure to get a suitable size.
Cheers just ordered 2 👍
Excellent weathering job MR, way beyond my capabilities. Almost tempted to send mine over to you....just kidding. Tell me MR is there any problem with paint getting into the running gear. Cheers Greg
Thank you very much Greg! haven’t found that to cause any problems yet, I guess because the paint is so thin. Especially after giving the wheels and pick ups a clean and giving it a good run.
Cool
Cheers matey.
Do 75053 and 92211 double heading the Pines Express with the headboard on 75033's head and two lamps on each side of its bufferbeam with the 4mt coupled in front of the 9F hauling the crimson and cream colored coach, four maroon coaches, other maroon coach, and four crimson and cream colored coaches, Mouldy Raspberry, pretty please.
A great Video, have you ever weathered Metcalfe type buildings?
Thanks Richard. Not yet but i'm going to try and tone down the metcalf buildings I do have with the airbrush at some point.
That loco needs a good clean now - it's filthy!
It is indeed!
what type of spray gun do you use? i wanna see if i can get myself one
It’s an Iwata airbrush. They’re a little on the expensive side, but I think you get what you pay for with these. I had a cheaper one and it just clogged up all the time.
Nice weathering, you could almost work for TMC, I came here for some tips on weathering as I'm weathering my hunslet austerity. I do have an airbrush but it is fairly cheap, it did do quite a good job of a pannier repaint though, but the paint usually beads up on the surface, even after cleaning and priming, do you know how to stop this. Also what sort of airbrush do you have?
Thanks bud. I’ll let you know what the airbrush is, I can’t quite remember - but I know it’s a duel action compression airbrush. The complete kit was £75. Around the same price as having two locos weathered by TMC.... yes your pannier looks fab!
Maybe your paint is too thin. That’s often the problem.
@@GraemeBT I've got a new airbush now and that's solved the issue
Where do you get you railway crews from?
Bachmann, I’ll link them below.
www.hattons.co.uk/32672/bachmann_branchline_36_407_1950s_train_crew_pack_of_six/stockdetail.aspx
how much would it cost to do something like this?
The airbrush kit was about £70, but will last if looked after. The paints and powders cost a few pounds. When you consider that it's £30 to £40 to have a single loco weathered by one of the main sellers like TMC, it's a no brainer!
The Coal is WAY TO BIG!!!
Fake news!
Music is jarring distracting and unnesasary
Then mute it you wally!