Quote from: RailGooner on January 15, 2021, 03:59:45 PM
Powders can be fixed with Pigment Fixers. Lacquer or varnish can be used, though they will change the shade of the powders.

Thanks. Think I'll leave it alone for now. Maybe consider a full clean up and start from scratch at some point, if it proves possible to wash it off with water. Not going to risk anything stronger.

Quote from: Only Me on January 15, 2021, 05:25:19 PM

Quote from: mk1gtstu on January 15, 2021, 05:13:44 PM

Quote from: Only Me on January 15, 2021, 04:31:45 PM
Just subtle weathering on my one

Champion does in RTR look better weathered than D1000 though imo

Is that the newly released weathered one? It looks quite clean & glossy (maybe just the photo)

cheers, Stu

Nope my own respray about three years ago i did that and just dug her out!

Aha ok, that's why it looked a bit different, it looks great  . Those photos I'm seeing of those weathered Westerns look very patchy & a bit odd...

The CMC golden ochre Western has brass nameplates/numbers in the pack but not so my weathered Enterprise. Is this the 'norm'?

Quote from: Newportnobby on January 22, 2021, 09:36:32 AM
The CMC golden ochre Western has brass nameplates/numbers in the pack but not so my weathered Enterprise. Is this the 'norm'?

No Mick. try rubbing a finger over the nameplate and you will see the brass nameplate has already been applied.
Worry ye not as we all have a good laff. 

My yellow buffer beam version came with nameplates in the same bag as the route indicator transfers.

Re weathering. I have repainted a western into Golden Ochre myself and have weathered my pristine Desert sand western. In my view wetahering maroon or blue seems much easier than golden ochre or desert sand. Desert sand especially. I think this is because they are fairly light clours in the first place and any weathering will therefore be a big contrast to the base colour. Champion in the photo above looks good to me. Its been used a lot and has been through the wash plant so the sides are clean but the roof is black. This is probably the most common look in photos during the 1960s.

Quote from: Bob G on January 22, 2021, 09:40:42 AM

Quote from: Newportnobby on January 22, 2021, 09:36:32 AM
The CMC golden ochre Western has brass nameplates/numbers in the pack but not so my weathered Enterprise. Is this the 'norm'?

No Mick. try rubbing a finger over the nameplate and you will see the brass nameplate has already been applied.
Worry ye not as we all have a good laff. 

Anyone else had the bogies out of their new westerns yet? My Champion was a little hesitant over points, so out with the bogies and no surprise at all to find enough grease to lubricate the full size loco! Thought I'd have a look at Enterprise while I was at it and whilst not quite as bad, there was still a covering of grease on the electrical contacts.

My CMC Champion was smooth from the box but Enterprise does 'chug' a bit so I'll be having a look.
I thought they'd stopped doing that some time ago.
Thanks

Quote from: Newportnobby on January 28, 2021, 08:25:52 PM
My CMC Champion was smooth from the box but Enterprise does 'chug' a bit so I'll be having a look.
I thought they'd stopped doing that some time ago.
Thanks

If you remember I found the same gunge in my EFE Class 17s.
Automatically that suggested to me that they came from the same factory that Dapol were using.
Bob

Yeah - my class 17 had the same issue, as did many others.

My Champion was a bit hestitant at first in both directions but within a few minutes of running in, it settled down to a nice steady trundling round the test track. After an hour in each direction, the body side was barely warm (I have had the dreaded overheat on one previous occasion).

Very pleased with the finish and performance of the loco.

Never been really happy with the weathering on my Osbornes D1000, so today I finally got around to having a go at it. An hour or so with water and cotton buds, removing a lot of what I presume was weathering powder, resulted in something more pleasing, to my eyes at least.

That does look much better. It looks like they liberally slapped a black wash on them before, which is bizarre given Dapol's usually excellent factory weathering.

Quote from: njee20 on April 17, 2021, 03:34:13 PM
That does look much better. It looks like they liberally slapped a black wash on them before, which is bizarre given Dapol's usually excellent factory weathering.

Thanks. I thought the cab fronts were particularly bad. I'll probably just add a little soot around the exhaust ports and brake dust on the bogies now.