G.N.S.R. coaching stock decals

I have just finished printing some decals for a fellow modeller, and I thought it would have been nice to take a picture of the finished result. The subject is the coaching stock letters and numbers of the Great North of Scotland Railway, a complex font with four main colours, gilded, shaded and highlighted. I started from a alphabet sample found in a book and kindly provided by my fellow modeller, redrew all in vector-based SVG format for portability, did the colour separation, the complete layout on the decal page and finally printed the whole stuff on my trusted ALPS MD-5500.

Here is the result.

Each notch in the ruler equals to 1mm. There are a few little scratches, and unfortunately the gold foil used in the printing process turned out a bit dull when photographed. Anyway, I am reasonably happy with the final result.

GM 319-306-7 ‘Bicentenario Argentino’

I just uploaded a couple of pictures of a project I completetd a few months ago for a dear friend, born in La Plata. It is a former RENFE Class 319, exported to Argentina and repainted in the ‘Bicentenario Argentino’ livery.

GM 319-306-7, finished.

Enjoy reading here: http://chippedblade.wordpress.com/index/gm-319-argentina

Lorenzo

A new beginning — and a new article

My relocation is hopefully drawing to an end. The appartment again looks like a normal place, all crates and boxes have disappeared and, most important, a makeshift workbench is in place. I am still a long way from being able to do some serious modeling, but at least the goal is in sight.

BCRail GM EMD GF6C #6005

In the meantime, I managed to complete the article describing the scratchbuilding of the BCRail EMD GF6C electric. You can find it here or directly on http://chippedblade.wordpress.com/index/gf6c/ (both links open in a new page) and I hope you will find it interesting. As always, feel free to leave feedback.

Relocation

When I started this site I hoped to be able to update it with the newest stuff from my workbench. Well, it seems that this will have to wait for a while. My models are currently stored in 10 large IKEA ABS boxes, and soon they will be joined by the tools, the paints and the heavier things: air compressor, vice, watchmaker anvil, bench drill and the likes.

I am relocating, and I do not even know when I will be able to put up my workbench again.

In the meantime, just to remind me that I am still a modeller, I will be putting online a few other projects I never properly documented. Next in line are an American expat in Somerset, and a very large, very high voltage Canadian.

Stay tuned to see what they actually are.

L.M.S. 6115 “Scots Guardsman” article added

Well, it seems I finally made it.

The Roal Scot class L.M.S. 6115 “Scots Guardsman” is finished, and so it is the article describing the project. If you want to know more about it, here is the direct link: http://chippedblade.wordpress.com/index/royal-scot-class/

6115

L.M.S. 6115, circa 1944

My 6115 seems to progress faster than I expected. I happened to find a nice font that mirrors the LMS serif typeface quite nicely. So, courtesy of my wife, which is the builder and owner of the iron truss bridge, and with a private coal wagon in tow, here I present you 6115 “Scots Guardsman” on her first mainline test.

I still have to fix a few details, but most of the job is already behind me.

A quick snapshot from the paint shop.

Let’s begin with what is right now on the workbench: above you see a HO/1:87 L.M.S. “Royal Scot” being given the first coat of black paint. If all goes well, it is going to be 6115 “Scots Guardsman” in wartime black livery.

Now, of course, I have to make the decals.

And before you say it: yes I know the picture is ugly. It is the best one can get when modelling and taking photos between breakfast and leaving home for the office.