Weathering kit showed up

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stang_crazy

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YAAAAY.

I think this is gonna be a fun learning experiance. Just did a few minutes of messing around on a box car.

Took a few pics outside in what day light was left. I know the weathering isnt much. Was just seeing what a difference it would make.

So one half is done and one half isnt

and the pics are taken with my old 2.0 mp camera :) lol battery dead on the good one.


Heres a pic with flash on
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Heres a pic with flash off.
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Looks like the powders did a nice fading job without making the car look like a rust bucket. I like it.
 
I like it too. It'd look perfectly at home if that track was ballasted and slightly weathered. But that's not what I'm here to comment about, so I give it a 9/10. I think it could do with a tiny touch of rust.
 


hey thanks guys, i was basicaly just messing around for a lil practice. Ill prolly do the whole thing which ill go back over.

I like the way it looks, im just not sure of the slight shiny streaks that can be seen. This was with dullcoat sprayed on then powdered i may spray a coat over the top when its done.

I tried to find pics of the actual car but no luck.

My first time weathering anything I think im gonna enjoy it.


Also wich pic would ya say looks better? I like things about both.
 
heres a few updated pics. I still consider this a test. So i can get ready for the real 1st attempt. I added more then shot it with a dull coat, which im 50/50 on, so I may just run back over it quick for the highlights ect...

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I think i like the way the left hand side looks better.
 
Yeah, you need to darken up the left side so it matches the more weathered right side. Still, the overall effect looks great. This where Floquil paint pens work great. You can apply a little rust along the door slides and hardware plus some on the roof. Don't forget the trucks an underframe too, since they tend to get the most grime and rust of any part of the car.
 
UP2CSX said:
Yeah, you need to darken up the left side so it matches the more weathered right side. Still, the overall effect looks great. This where Floquil paint pens work great. You can apply a little rust along the door slides and hardware plus some on the roof. Don't forget the trucks an underframe too, since they tend to get the most grime and rust of any part of the car.
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im just using this one as a test bed for now, as ya can see some stirups are broken (easy fix.) so itll end up getting stripped. It was going to be a fix & repaint anyways.
 


Re the difference in color or degree of weathering of one side compared with the other, who says they have to match? We don't see both sides at once and I suggest any difference, even significant, only reinforces the illusion of a bigger model railroad and a different train when it makes its return past the viewer.
 
No reason at all both side have to look the same. I have several cars that are heavily weathered on one side and almost factory new on the other. As long as you have enough view blocks to make the train disappear for a bit, most viewers never know the difference except it looks like a different train. It would look bad if the viewer could see both sides as nearly the same time though, so you have to carefully plan your view blocks to make it work.
 
stang_crazy said:
YAAAAY.

I think this is gonna be a fun learning experiance. Just did a few minutes of messing around on a box car.

Took a few pics outside in what day light was left. I know the weathering isnt much. Was just seeing what a difference it would make.

So one half is done and one half isnt

and the pics are taken with my old 2.0 mp camera :) lol battery dead on the good one.


Heres a pic with flash on
DSC00630.jpg



Heres a pic with flash off.
DSC00631.jpg
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Which Weathering kit?
Thanks
Wayne
 
UP2CSX said:
See post #6. It's Bragdon weathering powders. You can find out more information about it at http://www.bragdonent.com/smpic/item6.htm. It works very well, although I've found I can achieve the same results with much less expensive artist's chalks that you can get at craft stores.
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I will agree with ya there. But figured for me it was more cost efficant to order this rather then drive 1.5+ hours to the nearest place that offers anything worth the darn lol.
 
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