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It took some research to identify what this is. It's not very well maintained as far as needing some fresh paint, but I'm pretty sure it...

Well, I did take this photo: Hope to take front end photos on my layout soon, and not just prototype. I'm getting there.

Yes dull is in order…. And some dirt/grime as well tho my experience is that the crud doesn’t show up too much on the black… More so on...

So you like coal.

Did this for a friend a while back, I used the MIG chipping effects to do this and thought it came out perfect for what I was shooting...

Your first four photos show your goal was well-met. The others seem darker. Lighting, exposure, other side of car?

I’ve got some Vallejo matte clear varnish, as well. Just don’t break it out too often.

My first efforts have been using watered down paint like you described. The first few came out pretty bad ☹️. This one I did a couple of...

Here’s one of my cars! A Rapido box car with a freelance road name for a friend’s railroad. The Wisconsin and Upper Michigan. Started...

Here’s a bulkhead flat car from Atlas that is supposed to be just dirtied. Nothing rust bucket about this one and the client wanted to...

Home built locomotive, named by the Enola Yard Crew.

Thread revival! Triplecrown Roadrailers roll west through Tolono, IL towards the setting sun. In a moment they will be crossing the...

While traveling through Texas last May, cought this three unit lashup in the city of Palestine:

While on the way back from wild west i was on US30 along Union Pacific mainline. This is part of a small foto session in Sidney...

Stumbled onto this little critter, which appears to be made from NS 8808. Tried doing an internet search for more info but came up...