CambriaArea51
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Getting back into the swing of things, one of 18 started. Bottom part and trucks done.
Thank you JamesTomO does fantastic work! I have had a few cars done by him as well...12 of them.
By the way love your handle. Marlin 39A...
I have a collection of Marlins....I also have a model 39AS Golden LIMITED Edition with a gold trigger.
Looks great Tom. What colors are you using on the latches and hinges?Revisiting the grain train making some upgrades and reweathering some of them. The more you weather the better you get and as you look at cars you did a couple of years ago you kinda say to yourself I can do better. One thing is the tops of the cars. looking at a few videos the smooth top hatches are white and the hinges are aluminum looking. Some the trucks are being better rust weathering and overall a bit more grime. Once the hinges and latches are painted (by hand) some light dirt paint is applied to dull them down.View attachment 201722View attachment 201723
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More to come as progress continues.
Nicely done, used !Well these 4785's I'm calling done. Not to many pics out there to reference. A light coat of dirt and dull coat and that will do it.View attachment 201658View attachment 201659
Vajello flat aluminum. Once sprayed a light coat of Vajello light brown it dulls it down nicely.Looks great Tom. What colors are you using on the latches and hinges?
Another to the save for reference folder. Thanks Tom for sharing this.Another reference video for car tops.
I need to experiment more seriously than I have with grain spillage. Not found anything that keeps resembling grain after it dries.My try at grain spillage. The CSX tan makes it tough to see compared to red or gray.View attachment 201909
I think it looks great. I do understand the things you would do differently but I really like the reddish-brown splatter you have shown. I think darker might get lost in the boxcar reddish cars.Getting these B&O single sheathed wood box cars perilously close to the finish line.
Last night I did letter streaking, some random fade/grime streaking, hand grab/ladder grime, and mud splatter.
Letter streaking was with Master’s Touch artist oil Titanium White, applied at the bottom edge of selected lettering/logos with a tiny brush, then drawn down with a flat dry brush. All areas done were a bit too vivid for my taste, and were dry-brushed over with a thickish wash of Mission Models Brown and Mission Models Anthracite, mixed 1:1, and thinned with Vallejo airbrush thinner. (The Anthracite is incredibly thick stuff, and needs thinning to get even to a hand brushing consistency.)
Hand grab/ladder grime was done with the same heavy wash.
Photos:
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End view:
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Roof griming was done with pastel chalks, then the cars were sealed with airbrushed Dullcote:
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The final step was the mud splatter. I usually use Vallejo “Dirt” straight up, but I wanted a darker, more brown/red tone, so I made a mix of eight drops Vellejo Dirt, two drops Mission Models Standard Rust, and four drops of Mission Models Brown:
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I think the splatter is on on the first photos as well, but the above two pictures show it a bit better.
The colors used in this installment:
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This is pretty much the way these are going to look when finished. All that remains is sealing of the mud splatter, and weathering trucks and wheels.
In retrospect, there are two things I would do differently (and will, because I have more boxcar red subjects in hand):
1. A darker, reddish-brown mud splatter
2. A wash that more closely matches my home-brew B&O box car red for subduing the letter streaking. (but keep the existing mix for grime on grab irons/ladders)
I took a tip from Dansrailroad2011 and used ground ginger. I think I need to dry it out some it was a little clumpy.I need to experiment more seriously than I have with grain spillage. Not found anything that keeps resembling grain after it dries.
When in Abilene last week one of the trains was spilling kernels of corn but that was on the ground and more of a scenery item
Good to be back home