{"id":1826,"date":"2015-07-27T17:01:38","date_gmt":"2015-07-27T16:01:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/?p=1826"},"modified":"2015-07-27T17:01:38","modified_gmt":"2015-07-27T16:01:38","slug":"another-salty-tale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/?p=1826","title":{"rendered":"Another Salty Tale"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-redactor=\"1\">Over the last few weekends in odd moments in between gardening I have put together and painted another Slaters Salt van.<\/div>\n<div data-redactor=\"1\"><\/div>\n<div data-redactor=\"1\">In contrast to the one I built earlier which was depicted as faded and worn I wanted this one to be in a recently out shopped version of the livery so I started by giving the wagon a good coat of paint (as opposed to the deliberately patch finish on the first one).<\/div>\n<div data-redactor=\"1\">\n<div id=\"attachment_1827\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_8050sm.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1827\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1827\" src=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_8050sm.jpg\" alt=\"Slaters 7mm Scale Salt Van\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_8050sm.jpg 800w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_8050sm-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_8050sm-449x300.jpg 449w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1827\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Slaters 7mm Scale Salt Van<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-redactor=\"1\"><\/div>\n<div data-redactor=\"1\">Next I pondered on how to get over the fact that the transfers which are homemade and printed on clear decal paper have a tendency for the colour to wash out of the yellow when applied over a green base coat.<\/div>\n<div data-redactor=\"1\"><\/div>\n<div data-redactor=\"1\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Mangers-transfer.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-473\" src=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Mangers-transfer.jpg\" alt=\"Mangers transfer\" width=\"628\" height=\"312\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Mangers-transfer.jpg 628w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Mangers-transfer-300x149.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Mangers-transfer-500x248.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 628px) 100vw, 628px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div data-redactor=\"1\"><\/div>\n<div data-redactor=\"1\">While it worked brilliantly for the faded livery it doesn&#8217;t for a newly painted livery so I thought that I would have a go at over painting the yellow bit of the lettering by hand.<\/div>\n<div data-redactor=\"1\"><\/div>\n<div data-redactor=\"1\">I used Vallejo Sunshine yellow but found that it took a few coats to get it to cover on the slippery surface of the transfers. In all it took six sessions over two weekends to do both sides it&#8217;s far from perfect but I am happy with the results and I will use the technique again.<\/div>\n<div data-redactor=\"1\">\n<div id=\"attachment_1831\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/New-Out99999.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1831\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1831\" src=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/New-Out99999.jpg\" alt=\"Slaters 7mm Scale PO Salt vans - Mangers\" width=\"800\" height=\"590\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/New-Out99999.jpg 800w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/New-Out99999-300x221.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/New-Out99999-407x300.jpg 407w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1831\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Slaters 7mm Scale PO Salt vans &#8211; Mangers<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_1830\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/New-Out99998.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1830\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1830\" src=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/New-Out99998.jpg\" alt=\"Slaters 7mm Scale PO Salt vans - Mangers\" width=\"800\" height=\"594\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/New-Out99998.jpg 800w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/New-Out99998-300x223.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/New-Out99998-404x300.jpg 404w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1830\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Slaters 7mm Scale PO Salt vans &#8211; Mangers<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div data-redactor=\"1\">\n<div id=\"attachment_1829\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/New-Out99997.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1829\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1829\" src=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/New-Out99997.jpg\" alt=\"Slaters 7mm Scale PO Salt vans - Mangers\" width=\"800\" height=\"573\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/New-Out99997.jpg 800w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/New-Out99997-300x215.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/New-Out99997-419x300.jpg 419w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1829\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Slaters 7mm Scale PO Salt vans &#8211; Mangers<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Finally a shot of them both together&#8230;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1828\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/New-Out99996.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1828\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1828\" src=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/New-Out99996.jpg\" alt=\"Slaters 7mm Scale PO Salt vans - Mangers\" width=\"800\" height=\"573\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/New-Out99996.jpg 800w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/New-Out99996-300x215.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/New-Out99996-419x300.jpg 419w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1828\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Slaters 7mm Scale PO Salt vans &#8211; Mangers<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-redactor=\"1\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over the last few weekends in odd moments in between gardening I have put together and painted another Slaters Salt van. 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