Project 27 - The End of Steam #2

 The first locomotive I am 'scrapping' is a Bulleid 2-6-4 pacific. As I searched for photos of locos in scrapyards one Bulleid showed up more often than others, and that was Battle of Britain class Manston 34070. 

Manston was withdrawn from service in 1964 and sent to Woodhams yard in Barry South Wales. There it lingered until 1983 when it was saved for restoration. Photos show it in various stages of decay over the years it was there.

I wanted to depict the locomotive model weathered but virtually intact and for this I opted for the ready assembled model that came with the 'Great British Locomotive Collection' magazine series.

This model lacks detail and is not totally accurate to prototype but it is close enough and with a few extra details added will look the part. It was bought second hand for £4.50 + postage.

The extent of weathering to be applied will be based on this photograph from 1967 (click to view) and a couple of others from about the same period. Colour hue/saturation in photographs may not be accurate, especially old photos, but by average sampling of colours in several photographs from the same period and by different photographers then it is the best we can do.

The Finished Model

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Changes to reflect the scrapped prototype of 1967

Note that a full load of coal in the tender is retained. Some photos of locos at scrapyard show this to be true.

Amendments (A) :-

• Cylinder body cut free from chassis and realigned to body as it was twisted and drooping (both sides)
• Existing vacuum pipe cut free from buffer beam (loco & tender) and realigned as it was too high on the beam

Deletions (D) :-

• Two window frame bars removed (both sides)
• Some copper pipes removed, as per the prototype at the scrapyard in 1967
• 'Southern' ringed plaque grinded off smokebox door
• Front valance removed (both sides) as it belongs to the earlier Southern era
• Inaccurate moulded brake shoes removed from between centre driving wheels
  

Installations (I). 

New parts 3D printed, except vacuum pipes and coupling :-

• Flange missing from centre driving wheels installed
• Full brake running gear installed on loco chassis
• Safety valves installed on roof
• Battery box installed on buffer beam
• Second vacuum pipe fitted (loco and tender)
• Screw link coupling installed (loco and tender) See 'How to' here > screwlink coupling

Livery :-

• Weathered Black Chassis, Wheels and Roof - mixed from black and white matt acrylic paint and air bushed in several layers
• Weathered Brunswick Green Body - Humbrol 65 matt acrylic sprayed in layers to cover existing colour scheme and then mixed with dark green & black and sprayed again until a close match with the prototype photo was achieved
• Lining and Numbers - Outer lines are yellow & white acrylic mix, inner line black & white acrylic mix. I assume the yellow on the prototype is faded orange since the standard was orange in the 1960s. Yellow is pre 1960s.
  
  The lines were drawn with a mapping pen and not as fine or crisp as I would like - acceptable though when viewed at distance.
  
  Numbers (and tender totem) are fox transfers.
  
  
• Rust - Sponge dabbed with Humbol 63 Matt and 70 Matt. Pink is a 63 & white mix.
  
  The lot was then sprayed with matt varnish.

To Part 1.