Weathering Question....

[Greg@mnrr]

Here's a question for modelers who do weathering....do you weather the underside of the rolling stock?

Photo is from an E Bay model that's for sale and I noticed the underside weathering and wonder how standard is this practice.

 

[wheeler1963]

I always do my undersides. First I spray grimy black, then rust. I do them pretty much the same as I do the trucks. An example of a caboose and a flat car.

 

[twforeman]

I haven't really weathered anything yet, but if you don't weather the bottom it's going to look weird when you have a wreck and they are all shiny on the bottom.

 

[flyboy2610]

I weather the underside. Maybe not to the same degree I do the top, but I always at least paint it, maybe some rust as well.

 

[Red Oak & Western]

I, too, weather the underside, pretty much the same as flyboy: a light coating of dirt/dust, then a little rust.

 

[santafewillie]

While I have weathered a few on the bottom, it's not a standard procedure for me. I have mainly done it on old Roundhouse cars with metal floors. I do weather many air brake reservoirs that can be seen from the side.

 

[CambriaArea51]

I weather what can be seen and the rest of the underside I will do lightly.