Friday 6 September 2013

Armoured train progress 1

Last weekend I finally managed to do more work on my O Gauge armoured train.  The loco, boxcar and brake wagon had already been spray painted a dark gloss grey so I retouched the red paint at each end. 
 The open wagon was 'armoured' with balsa - glued on with PVA.
The armoured wagon was to be lined with sandbags - here they are mounted on a plastic card frame.
The sandbags were then painted.  The two smaller clumps are to be used in the door apertures of the boxcar.

12 comments:

PatG said...

oooh those are rather nice.

The Dancing Cake Tin said...

Rather splendid.

Erhntly said...

very nice job !!!

Al said...

that's a cool project, nice work so far

Steve-the-Wargamer said...

What are the sandbags made from? Miliput? Green stuff?

Milgeek said...

What would the Fat Controller say?! Terrific stuff.

Tim Gow said...

Pat G
Vintage O Gauge by Hornby, abused by me!

Tim Gow said...

Dancing Cake Tin
Trains in this scale have a certain 'presence'.

Tim Gow said...

Erhntly
Thanks - plenty still to do.

Tim Gow said...

Al
It keeps me off the streets.

Tim Gow said...

Steve the Wargamer
Sorry to disappoint - they're Tamiya!

Tim Gow said...

Stephen Beat
Fat Controller? Well, I've been called worse...