Weathered locomotives for the M-K & E RR

[Graff]

Hi all, I got this from my wife last year and after some very much needed tuning and so on, I decided to weather it as well . It was marked for NYC, but I erased the markings with a fibre glass pen.
This is how it looks weathered and marked for my freelance RR:

I used a mix of washes, drybrushes, gouaches, pastels and airbrush for this.
All in all, I´m quite satisfied with it.

I have bought some figures for the locomotives:

It was some need for some work crews for the yard duties
"Bob the brakeman", has the switch list at hand..

It looks a bit more "yard like" now I think... []
Here are some more pics of the SW:

 

[ianacole]

Wow! Fantastic job!!

Can you go into details on how you accomplished the weathering on the trucks? Most specifically I would like to know the technique you used for the pot-marking rust in this photo:

Thanks!

Ian

 

[Graff]

Thanks, the trucks are made by priming them with dark grey followed by a coat of dullcote into wich I add pastel powders using a stiff brush.

It is important to use caution, as to much tampering with the powders will eliminate the crusty appearance.

I then add some more dullcote followed by a wash of raw umbre.

 

[ianacole]

Is the dullcote always a spray? Thanks for the info ... I'm going to have to attempt.

 

[Graff]

I use dullcote on a bottle and apply it with my airbrush.

 

[Ray Dunakin]

Very nice! Is that HO?

 

[Graff]

Oh yes, it´s HO. It´s a (BLI Paragon 2) SW7 phase 2.