Simon, I see what you are aiming at with the metal effect, and you are achieving it. Side rods look great. Also, on the running gears, bearings etc, these were oiled ALL the time, so there will be plenty of oil drips.
Totally out of my comfort zone...Tony Greenlander's Book , the title escapes me at the moment, but it sounds like "Panzers Master Class" has a short explanation how he gives that semi-flat finish to his vehicles. It does give that sheen of metal beneath the paint. I don't know if it will work for you, but it may give you ideas.
Simon, do a google search: color photos 1940's steam engines You'll find a lot of great pictures to help your weathering, including pics of European engines. There was a time when US engineer's had their own engine; they took very, very good care of it. The ball bearing joints would look a little "wet" from the oil and grease, but the crew usually kept the running gear as clean as possible. What I don't know is what the German practice was during the war. For all I know they might have used a pool system and no one cared what the running gear looked like. So yes, color pictures are your best bet. Oh, and I think the wear on the running gear looks spot on for a loco that's been used a LOT, such as was the case. The German railroad could NOT keep up with demands on the Eastern front. The myth that the Germans didn't have winter gear for the first winter grew out of the railroads inability to deliver ammo, food AND new clothing. The gear was ready. They just couldn't get it to the troops.
Hi Simon, try looking pictures of steam locos at the end of steam here in England. Really run down with lots of grime and limescale on them. Goods locos over here in the war weren't cleaned so would imagine it's the same in Germany.
Everything is looking spot on so far Simon and I did remember watching a colour WW2 propaganda film on UA-cam with some nice shots of these locomotives Keep up the great work
Sim... Just copy and paste this "color photos 1940's german steam engine driving wheels" into your search engine. There is all the information you need.
Fantastic. Really enjoying this build, thanks.
Excellent work, i think you are absolutely on track, its looking great!
Your making great progress with this build.Love the big beast the weathering looks fantastic and thanks for the tip about the true metals
Nice work sir ;)
I saw this locomotive at war museum and it really is incredible and huge piece of machinery.
Fantastic job mucka !! Loving watching this ! I've had confirmation that my kit for your build should be here in the next couple of weeks !
Doing just great SI, looks fine to me, keep up the good work. 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
Very nice looking engine
Coming on lovely,great job mate👍👍👍👍👍👍
love it... some work put all ready simon
Simon, I see what you are aiming at with the metal effect, and you are achieving it. Side rods look great. Also, on the running gears, bearings etc, these were oiled ALL the time, so there will be plenty of oil drips.
Great vid,thankyou
Looking good Simon
The train looks fantastic! KUTGW
Totally out of my comfort zone...Tony Greenlander's Book , the title escapes me at the moment, but it sounds like "Panzers Master Class" has a short explanation how he gives that semi-flat finish to his vehicles. It does give that sheen of metal beneath the paint. I don't know if it will work for you, but it may give you ideas.
Simon, do a google search: color photos 1940's steam engines
You'll find a lot of great pictures to help your weathering, including pics of European engines.
There was a time when US engineer's had their own engine; they took very, very good care of it. The ball bearing joints would look a little "wet" from the oil and grease, but the crew usually kept the running gear as clean as possible. What I don't know is what the German practice was during the war. For all I know they might have used a pool system and no one cared what the running gear looked like. So yes, color pictures are your best bet. Oh, and I think the wear on the running gear looks spot on for a loco that's been used a LOT, such as was the case. The German railroad could NOT keep up with demands on the Eastern front. The myth that the Germans didn't have winter gear for the first winter grew out of the railroads inability to deliver ammo, food AND new clothing. The gear was ready. They just couldn't get it to the troops.
Hi Simon, try looking pictures of steam locos at the end of steam here in England. Really run down with lots of grime and limescale on them. Goods locos over here in the war weren't cleaned so would imagine it's the same in Germany.
Everything is looking spot on so far Simon and I did remember watching a colour WW2 propaganda film on UA-cam with some nice shots of these locomotives
Keep up the great work
like how the loco is coming together trouble with locos is there is just so much work to do on them
Sim... Just copy and paste this "color photos 1940's german steam engine driving wheels" into your search engine.
There is all the information you need.