A couple of Hymeks- these are the second and third BR diesels I’ve managed to complete thus far.
Stock Heljan units, I didn’t even bother to renumber them. The buffer beams were detailed with the Heljan bits, some extra wire for the MU cable, and Smith’s screw links. I did remove the air flask from the truck and glue it up under the body in the correct spot. The wind screen wipers were also relocated on three of the four ends for some variety.
Weathering was just a quick air brushing with some Pollyscale colors- grimy black, oily black, and tie color. The hymeks are supposed to be weathered as well used (~1963) but new enough still that they don’t have crud dripping from the side doors yet.
I did take the time to mask off the wiper pattern on the wind screens on D7017- this was more of a pain than I had anticipated. I also cleaned the doors on D7017. Some Hymeks appear to have had their doors cleaned. Either engine men cleaned them with their bodies in climbing in and out or took the time to do it by hand to keep their clothes clean. The doors on D7017 have had a good wiping down.
I'm using Z5 depth of field software to increase DOF. There are a few strange artifacts in some of the photos- these are the result of the software. I'm still working on fine tuning the Z5 stacking algorithms.
