Take some 30 year old pristine Peco stock and send them to mk1gtstu then get them back looking like this.......... (I hasten to add the layout is not mine)













Many of us are aware of Stu's capabilities but, believe me, wait until you see the results in the flesh. My huge thanks to Stu not only for the weathering but also for allowing me to use his pics (neither of my layouts currently would do them justice )
Stu is happy to take commissions so feel free to drop him a PM if, like me, you're happy for someone else to do what I didn't feel confident enough to.

Outstanding! 

I feel sure he may have a few commisions coming is way after those pics....

Thats some outstanding work and I may well send Stu a PM about some possible work.

Ray

Please don't post any more photos like these - don't you realise how inadequate they make me feel?

I'm just going outside. I may be some time...

Chris

Quote from: Papyrus on January 22, 2015, 05:11:28 PM
Please don't post any more photos like these - don't you realise how inadequate they make me feel?

I'm just going outside. I may be some time...

Chris

Would you mind if I joined you?   

I'm coming too.

 

I came in from the cold. Get your commissions into Stu

Wagons are superbly done... excellent work !

Brake van I felt a touch too much weathering ... but thats just a personal opinon.

Overall I wish i could do as well !

Those wagons are truly stunning - hard to tell them from the real thing!  Well done Stu.

Paddy

A lot of techniques and skills have gone into making each wagon individually weathered; each rust streak, rust patch and repair panel looks amazing. I never saw the real thing running but having done a lot of research before I weathered mine, I can say that these look spot on!

Following on from Newportnobby's comments about Stu's weathering prowess, I took the plunge and sent Stu a motley collection of Peco steel and wood mineral wagons plus a Toad brake van.

I am really impressed with the results, especially the way he has made the wooden plank wagons look so tired, without being able to resort to lots of heavy rust and metal patches as he could with steel wagons.

Will definitely ask him to give the same treatment to some of my Farish 16 ton mineral wagons, just have to save up a few more pennies.

Have downloaded the photos Stu took to the media section but haven't managed to insert them into this post, will continue to try.

Ray

Quote from: REGP on February 15, 2015, 10:22:49 PM

Following on from Newportnobby's comments about Stu's weathering prowess, I took the plunge and sent Stu a motley collection of Peco steel and wood mineral wagons plus a Toad brake van.

I am really impressed with the results, especially the way he has made the wooden plank wagons look so tired, without being able to resort to lots of heavy rust and metal patches as he could with steel wagons.

Will definitely ask him to give the same treatment to some of my Farish 16 ton mineral wagons, just have to save up a few more pennies.

Have downloaded the photos Stu took to the media section but haven't managed to insert them into this post, will continue to try.

Ray

Thank you for the kind comments Ray 

Here are the photos of your wagons..














Cheers, Stu.

Those are truly outstanding

I have always liked Peco wagons, and have a lot of them (I preferred them over Farish in the 1990s, as I thought the black plastic wheels on the Peco wagons looked less intrusive than the metal ones on the Farish). However, Peco wagons have taken a bit of a knocking in recent years because of their generic wheelbases and detailing compared to the correct dimensions and detailing of newer offerings by Farish & Dapol.

What I like about Stu's excellent weathering work is that it literally breathes new life into these aging models. The Peco wagons can now take pride of place on anyone's layout!

Brilliant work. 

George

Very nice weathering... Some seriously good rust effects on the metal-sided coal wagons, and rust colour is not easy to get right... I like the dirty old rust in dark brown with some fresh rust streaks in orangy-brown on top.