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Accurascale JIA/JUA Wagons

When I received my new Accurascale JIA/JUA wagons in ARC mustard yellow livery I was at first a little disappointed by their ‘yellowness’ that made them look a bit toy-like. However with dolofines loads fitted (go look on eBay, they are very good) and some very subtle weathering with MIG powders they look much much better. I think the main improvement was a fairly dense ‘wash’ on the visible part of the insides with a wet mix of MIG mud and light dirt powders. If you look at photos of the prototypes the insides are always rusty and dusty. Sorting this out and adding the load immediately overcomes the problem with the yellow appearing too light. In traffic in the 80s the outsides and bogies seem generally to have been kept fairly clean.