Painting a 009 NGG16 Beyer Garratt...For Christmas! Part 2

[@ComengProductions]

The excitement continues to build! I love that red livery

[@GWilliamsonModels]

Cheers, the red will change a bit after I give it a satin varnish, but it looks nice so far

[@hughmccracken7916]

We were there with you and liked it!

[@GWilliamsonModels]

Cheers mate

[@robglysen]

So looking forward to seeing the completed engine, I love these, and I'm tempted to hve a go if I can get one

[@GWilliamsonModels]

They’re actually a really easy build for such a complex engine, really impressive model

[@hughmungas5462]

4:56 i used to use the counterweights mechanics use on car tires. Not a bad way to add weight, and it's not as expensive as some of the other ways I've seen people load their stuff down.

[@GWilliamsonModels]

Yes I’ve heard of that

[@ProfPtarmigan]

​@@GWilliamsonModelsI use these to keep the bogies on my 00 guage locos on the tracks over pointwork.

[@CastleHillLightRailway]

Great video again George - and love the 'live' commentary style - made me chuckle on numerous occasions today!

[@GWilliamsonModels]

Good to hear, it was to save me some time in editing, surprised so many prefer it!

[@XBOXShawn12thman]

I very much enjoyed this video .... Brilliant!!!!

[@GWilliamsonModels]

Cheers!

[@Lynximations]

I saw this on my recommended and exclaimed in excitement

[@GWilliamsonModels]

Good to hear! Enjoy

[@clockwork3494]

Nice to see it progressing along, that shade of red looks superb! I wanted to leave a comment regarding your issues with the liquid poly and how the top of the tender seemed to bend similarly to Tom Rolt, I believe this time it may have been due to the liquid poly itself. The way it works is it melts the plastic in order to form a strong bond between two pieces, typically this is good for applying small seperate details but not so much for things that aren't plastic I believe what happened is that it melted the surrounding resin which caused it to warp, since it wasn't trying to bond plastic together it also ended up creating a goopy mix of liquid gravity and poly rather than setting and drying properly

[@GWilliamsonModels]

Yes that may be true, but the bunker bend was before I had even started anything to the model. I can’t remember using liquid poly on Tom rolt, I think it was superglue, but I’d have to check that!

[@NewController11Productions]

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! Cheers.

[@GWilliamsonModels]

Cheers, and to you

[@BananaArmsMcNess]

Something to consider with Liquid Gravity is that it is half the density of lead so if you are really tight on space, lead shot will give you more weight. Diluted PVA is good to glue either in.

[@GWilliamsonModels]

Good to know, cheers

[@jameswingad9178]

After taking the railing off the bunker, you could have gone with a black livery and had your first Australian locomotive.

[@GWilliamsonModels]

True!

[@kclassproductions]

Nice work so far mate!

[@GWilliamsonModels]

Cheers!

[@T3DSK1]

Hi G as ever really great video this on the fly way of filming is a different way of doing it and for me it works splendidly. watch Ruperts claws they are sharp just like their reflexes. A very Merry Xmas to you and your family regards Ted. Oh btw I am subscribed but I don`t all ways login.

[@GWilliamsonModels]

Cheers mate, and thanks for commenting every week, it means a lot. Have a great christmas

[@T3DSK1]

@@GWilliamsonModels will do and I hope you do too 🙏 just as aside I`m not a great fan of steam locos but funnily the Garratts and the last locos built by British Railways the 9F`s really are awesome Machines

[@MaxwellTheTrainFan]

Can we get some community posts of the garrett on your corrish or talylln layouts . In one whole consist . In a couple photos . Or maybe a short of it running one one or both of your layouts. Cuz I enjoy shorts of models . Your choises tho !

[@GWilliamsonModels]

Maybe one day!

[@TheHoveHeretic]

Hey Ho George! What we did to add weight when I were a nipper doesn't bear thinking about these days. We *all* knew lead was poisonous and I suspect fumes and absorbtion explains some of the more "interesting" views from among those of us "of a certain age"!! In one of my old Merioneth Mercury mags there's a reference to centrifugal lead casting being the best way of shortening hanging curtains. Ever thought about a working 009 weighbridge, or is the missus parucularly atrached to her kitchen scales? Merry 🎄 Crimbo to you and yours and thanks for all the inspiration over the past year. See you on the flipside.

[@GWilliamsonModels]

Working weighbridge from kitchen scales.. I like the sound of that 😅 Cheers

[@rickypeacock659]

👍

[@GWilliamsonModels]

Cheers

[@HarryTurner-s7r]

I too have noticed the increasing price of cheese, so I'm glad our subscribing and views etc help towards that! It's looking great

[@GWilliamsonModels]

Yes, Thankyou for watching my videos, thus enabling me to take in many Camemberts

[@peterharris4215]

Hi George, really enjoying your videos. Was thrilled to see you doing a Garratt. I'd looked at one of these and convinced myself it would be too big. Then your video popped up and I'm hooked all over again. One is on order and I've tried to obtain the other parts from RT Models. I wonder if anyone else has experienced problems with this? My order was refunded without explanation and I can't get a reply from them. It now appears they are out of stock! If anyone knows of an alternative I'd appreciate it. Looking forward to seeing your finished model - cheers!

[@GWilliamsonModels]

They’re no way as difficult as they look, really nice model to work on. With regards to RT - it could be to do with my videos, which tend to cause a spike in sales. Maybe send a message

[@peterharris4215]

@@GWilliamsonModels Sent several - no reply!

[@davidhone2931]

Great video as always. They look magnificent on the WHR and who wouldn’t want one in model form. I’m curious about why you think of the compromises needed to use the 08 chassis. Namely the fake pony wheels, the half missing smokebox door, and the highly visible mechanism.

[@GWilliamsonModels]

Well the compromises aren’t ideal, and I find the fake pony wheels quite distracting, but I guess it’s the best we can do for this price range. I’m still working on hiding the mech though. Even just plain plastikard over it would look better than what it currently is

[@PondersEndModelRailway]

Merry Christmas from all at Ponders End MR

[@GWilliamsonModels]

And to you

[@RG-Models86]

It's looking good, George 👍. Deluxe Materials Liquid Gravity is a great product. I don't think it contains lead, I think that it's supposed to have the weight of lead without the toxicity of lead. 😀

[@GWilliamsonModels]

That would be a sensible move if correct!

[@ExpressRhubarb]

I think I'll try defying Liquid Gravity~ she's coming together a treat =) one tip I picked up from Corbin at railwaymania was using Halfords filler primer and wet and dry sandpaper the get rid of some of the stubborn print lines. Only that might blow tiny 009 models away! :P

[@GWilliamsonModels]

Yes but I felt that wet and dry would be too fiddly around all of the pipe work. I’ve done that in the past with less detailed prints though

[@JulianSaunders]

You could get a ton of lead in the loco boiler?

[@Micycle121]

You can indeed, although in the most recent version I left the boiler cavity open from the underside as it allows much easier installation of DCC. Some weight in the boiler is good, but too much will cause it to lift the power units off the rails at each end as it tries to sink between them

[@GWilliamsonModels]

I am going to do that now so one mentioned it

[@melanierhianna]

The Liquid Poly isn't a glue, its a solvent. It glues plastic together by chemical bonding (melting the plastic so it actually welds) not physical bonding (like traditional glue). I doubt it can actually melt liquid metal. But it probably can melt resin! I always use super glue.

[@GWilliamsonModels]

@@melanierhianna yes, and that’s why it’s done absolutely nothing for it 😅 thanks for that, not sure why I didn’t twig

[@Jacy-dx6dx]

Liquid gravy

[@GWilliamsonModels]

Love a bit of liquid gravy

[@alanjamesknapper]

George self adhesive tyre weights are a good alternative if you have space. They come on strips in 5 and 10 grams pieces.

[@GWilliamsonModels]

Yes that does sound a good idea, I bet that would work really well in larger scales

[@MrPaulhopkins]

Great work. Never use PVA with lead weights- they swell up and deform the model.

[@GWilliamsonModels]

Lesson learnt!

[@davegillman6296]

Yes the price of cheese is a bloody joke,just had to sell a kidney to pay for a couple of chunks, oh by the way great railway video definitely the highlight of my Fridays .

[@davegillman6296]

I forgot,happy Christmas to you and your family.

[@GWilliamsonModels]

Honestly, it’s a scandal how much Brie will set you back

[@MaxwellTheTrainFan]

28:04 Is that a talylln No1 model I see ?

[@GWilliamsonModels]

You won’t see a Bachmann Talyllyn on my bench Thankyou 🤢

[@MaxwellTheTrainFan]

@@GWilliamsonModels soo how you gunna make her when it comes to the layout ? A modified bachmann skarloey Resin print

[@GWilliamsonModels]

@ pretty much. Fourdees make an upgrade kit for skarloey, so that with some body mods should do the trick

[@MaxwellTheTrainFan]

@@GWilliamsonModels wait they have ! When ?

[@MaxwellTheTrainFan]

@@GWilliamsonModels oh … Wait … why didn’t they just go ahead and do what they did for Edward Thomas and make a whole new bodyshell to make our lives so much easyer Why go through the annoyance of ripping it all apart instead of a couple screws and swap . Personally … I would say don’t bother … check the chassis and cylenders there ? Or you do you I won’t stop you since it’s your money … but it still just dosent look correct to me . And I don’t know why .

[@ProfPtarmigan]

Can't find our favourite Christmas cheeses locally this year - Blacksticks Blue and Blue Shropshire.

[@GWilliamsonModels]

Controversial, but I’m a goat cheese fan

[@IanHenderson-g9i]

Loving the build. I wondered why you haven't promoted it on your NGRM Online thread? I know a lot of people on there would be interested. Would it ruin the surprise for someone?😂

[@GWilliamsonModels]

Too be fair, I keep forgetting to add it on to that one! I’ll do it in a bit. Cheers

[@RCFlightReviews]

Best to use rocket card glue, diluted with a few drops of IPA. This makes it less viscous and allows the glue to flow better

[@GWilliamsonModels]

Good tip, thanks

[@MaxwellTheTrainFan]

Now this looks great . Overall I like the maroonish red of the model ! Can’t wait to see her done ! What’s the name of the engine ?

[@GWilliamsonModels]

It won’t be named. Just a number on this one

[@MaxwellTheTrainFan]

@@GWilliamsonModels what number ? I mean whenever i make mine . I have a gameplan Royal purple livery Red bufferbeams Copper cap chimney top The name of “THE GARRATT” and not numbered …. Cuz it’s more simple And since I cannot do lining … I can’t paint THAT small and I don’t know how to do transfers yet … so that’s a no no for me That’s the plan for livery .

[@MaxwellTheTrainFan]

@@GWilliamsonModels oh … what’s the number then ?

[@MaxwellTheTrainFan]

@ oh … what’s the number then?

[@GWilliamsonModels]

@ no.130

[@anthonyfisher-7090]

11:15 28.4g 12:18 ohhh i was close I'm not deleting this.

[@GWilliamsonModels]

Video highlights

[@ronnyskaar3737]

What was that orange pen thing you used? You talked so much about not editing videos and the price of cheese, you kind of didn't mention it. But I agree. Your videos are nice. May you and family have a really fine Christmas.

[@GWilliamsonModels]

Do you mean the fibreglass pencil? They’re good, but watch your fingers!

[@ronnyskaar3737]

@@GWilliamsonModels Maybe... What was it used for?

[@sliverjack0283]

Is it wrong that i was hoping that you’d paint the garret red white and green

[@GWilliamsonModels]

Yes 😂

[@T199Productions]

56 veiws in 26 minutes, 1 veiw a minute plus blah blah I dont know maths. looking great!

[@GWilliamsonModels]

Cheers for watching

[@davidbrewer7844]

if you put weight into the boiler it should add weight on both power units. it is important to make sure the pivot point is over the wheels though before doing that or you improve the traction on the rear drive whilst partly lifting the front off the track...

[@GWilliamsonModels]

Yes that’s a good idea. I’ll do that this weekend