{"id":507,"date":"2013-04-21T08:52:24","date_gmt":"2013-04-21T07:52:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/?p=507"},"modified":"2013-04-21T08:52:24","modified_gmt":"2013-04-21T07:52:24","slug":"coaches-on-the-horizon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/?p=507","title":{"rendered":"Coaches on the Horizon"},"content":{"rendered":"

All the while, I have been building locos and rolling stock. But it’s only recently that I realised that I only have one coach (that’s built at any rate). My very first 7mm scale kit was a CRT LMS 50′ Full Brake coach that Chris bought me for Christmas a few years ago. In the shelf queen pile I have a Slaters Midland coach that is well on it’s way to being complete (it just needs the bogies and a few underframe details. The un-started stash holds quite a variety- A couple of JLRT Gresley’s, a Newbold Models Gresley Buffet, a couple of Sidelines LMS Period III gangways and a couple of Inspection Saloons (an LMS kit again from Sidelines and a Midland diagram that I believe is\u00a0originally\u00a0a Janick kit). Some time ago I have a look in the JLRT boxes and noticed that one of the coach sides was damaged so I got a replacement from JLRT. At the time they sent a pair so I let a friend have the damaged one to practice painting on and I kept the good one.<\/p>\n

So having covered the preamble I get to the point. I dug out the spare JLRT side and gave it a coat of JLRT spray away teak under coat and four coats of Ronseal Teak varnish (the water based variety).<\/p>\n

Which gave me this:<\/p>\n

\"JLRT<\/a><\/p>\n

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I also made some samples up from plasticard and painted them with various layers of varnish using both the JLRT base coat and some peach acrylic that I have had success with in the past on 4mm scale teak coaches.<\/p>\n

\"Coach<\/a><\/p>\n

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I also tried adding some lining to some of the samples<\/p>\n

\"Coach<\/a><\/p>\n

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At the same time I lined the coach side itself using a Peter Spoorer lining pen which is a poor man’s version of a Bob Moore Lining pen and neat enamel straight from the tin with just a good stir.<\/p>\n

\"Coach<\/a> \"Coach<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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