"NEW" Proto-weathered thread...

[jbaakko]

Some more weathered freight cars for you all weathering type.

 

[jbaakko]

S'more, hope you like!

 

[grande man]

Here's a few hopper ideas. Note the spray painted marks where repairs are needed.

 

[jbaakko]

Nice, never seen that before, although it is unnerving to see a box car with "flammble" placards and a wheel with "Broken" sprayed on it...

 

[jbaakko]

Some from this weekend...

 

[ssw9662]

A bunch of shots I've taken over the last few months...

1: A CN over Conrail boxcar with Penn Central fading through on the top.
2: A white tanker with an overall dirty look to it. I love those two grey "splashes" on the bottom.
3: HPJX over UP.
4: Sabine River & Northern ex-Marinette Tomahawk & Western boxcar. Athearn makes a regular MT&W boxcar that you could start with. I believe a very similar car was the subject of a contest on the Railwire a while back.

 

[ssw9662]

1: I love the stark contrast of the rust on this one.
2: A neat looking airslide hopper painted for GATX but with SOO reporting marks.
3: Southern hopper. You can never have enough of these.
4: A TIMX molten sulphur tankcar with yellow streaks down the side.

 

[JeffShultz]

I'll toss a few in:

And for something unusual outside the PacNW:

The wheels do toss up mud:

 

[JeffShultz]

A closer look at the first one:

Old Veteran:

Odd looking corrosion:

Same car, closer up - label says that "special steels are used in car construction":

 

[uspscsx]

Resurrecting an old, yet useful, thread.

 

[MLW]

Whooooooooooooooo!!

Excellent

This is the exact (Atlas) car I'm working on now!!!

Man! I went wayyy to dark (heavy) on that one! DH'O!