Weathering Rolling Stock, a Continous thread
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TLOC
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A few things! Marlin39 really liked the cars and the S-2 diesel. That makes me happy, thanks to all who commented during that adventure in Weathering. He’ll be back with more!
Saturday and Sunday have seen very little weathering. But I did test the mainline, the paper mill and transload trackage. This morning I pulled up one of the Saturday trouble spots (the switch)
and finished stripping the coil cover
After the Packer football game I went back to the layout for more testing! All cars and locomotives used are weathered or primed.
Tested the pulp and
Wood chip tracks
Saturday and Sunday have seen very little weathering. But I did test the mainline, the paper mill and transload trackage. This morning I pulled up one of the Saturday trouble spots (the switch)
and finished stripping the coil cover
After the Packer football game I went back to the layout for more testing! All cars and locomotives used are weathered or primed.
Wood chip tracks
C&OMtnMan
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Gotta set priorities, right?
TLOC
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Happy wife happy lifeGotta set priorities, right?
Terry is a born and bred Packer fan, still has 4 outside tickets her Dad started buying in 1957. We had a couple issues when we started dating and she invited me to a Bear/Packer game when we were in college. I grew up a Bear fan and until the invite our NFL allegiance had not been discussed. She learned to love me in spite of that perceived short coming!
TLOC
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The coil covers have been moved aside and the inside of the gondolas were worked on yesterday. The outside has just 1 fade coat and the underside has been faded and spot rusted
This car floor (different from previous car’s pictures and methodology) and inside walls have a base of Tamiya xf-9 hull red with 2 drops of x-1 black added to the 40% paint and 60% thinner mixture. After drying overnight a mop brush of 50/50 Vallejo Air burnt umber 71.040 was dabbed onto the floor and in some spots pulled up onto the walls. After drying I sprayed a VMS matte clear varnish
Then a mix of dark rust and steel pigments from AK Interactives was dabbed onto a damp floor of water. Let dry and then with a dry brush scrubbed to create some peel effects. Again a clear coat was applied
Yes, the coil covers still fit!
I doubt I’ll see the weathering bench today as most of the afternoon I will be at a op session
Then a mix of dark rust and steel pigments from AK Interactives was dabbed onto a damp floor of water. Let dry and then with a dry brush scrubbed to create some peel effects. Again a clear coat was applied
Yes, the coil covers still fit!
I doubt I’ll see the weathering bench today as most of the afternoon I will be at a op session
C&OMtnMan
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Happy wife happy life… ever notice nothing rhymes with happy husband?
Yeah, think the closest thing is “dustpan,” or “dustbin!”
TLOC
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What do I know? Just because I don’t like it doesn’t mean the client doesn’t. He thinks it’s a great contrast. So in a few minutes I will clear coat both cars
I made up a rack and put it in the car and added 120,000#’s of steel coil. The cover still fits. I put pictures of the 2 cars on my weathering page and got an order for 5 cars and some nice comments! Cool…
You never know
I made up a rack and put it in the car and added 120,000#’s of steel coil. The cover still fits. I put pictures of the 2 cars on my weathering page and got an order for 5 cars and some nice comments! Cool…
You never know
C&OMtnMan
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It may not be the look you want, but I’ve seen flat mild steel surfaces look like that: a little standing water for a few days, some structure overhead to drip in areas and flush away fresh rust in the dark spots, and you’ll get that.
Haven’t seen it in railroad gondolas, but on flat mild steel surfaces of similar size.
CambriaArea51
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Left side.
TLOC
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Thanks
ThanksI was thinking the same thing where water sits in the low spots!
It even looks like dents in the floor,
When I sent the pictures to the client, he liked it. His reasoning was some what what Rico and C&O MthMan suggested, pooling water in low spots
I appreciate the comments, compliments and suggestions, both here, my FB page and via Messenger. I can’t believe how 2 gondolas not even finished brought about so much conversation! That’s a good thing
TLOC
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Thank you, I agree!
TLOC
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The client wants more fading on the coil covers!
Abteilung502 Snow White #abt001 is the fading white oil paint I use on my own units. Little dots of white dabbed onto to the covers. In 30 minutes I will dampen a flat brush with odorless mineral spirits and blend the white dots to fade the covers some more
The previous work has been sealed with a clear coat. So adding the oils and mineral spirits should not mess with the previous weathering
Plus a few other units getting the oil dot fade method on the bench!
Because I put out too much paint on my paper towel I thought I’d grab so cars that needed a bit more fading.
Back to the covers as it’s time to blend. This picture is more indicative of my bench when I am weathering
Abteilung502 Snow White #abt001 is the fading white oil paint I use on my own units. Little dots of white dabbed onto to the covers. In 30 minutes I will dampen a flat brush with odorless mineral spirits and blend the white dots to fade the covers some more
The previous work has been sealed with a clear coat. So adding the oils and mineral spirits should not mess with the previous weathering
Plus a few other units getting the oil dot fade method on the bench!
Because I put out too much paint on my paper towel I thought I’d grab so cars that needed a bit more fading.
Back to the covers as it’s time to blend. This picture is more indicative of my bench when I am weathering
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TLOC
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I have done something never done by me before. I was cleaning out my favorite air brush, I was not over my bench and I lost the tip. Crawled on the floor with the spot light looking for it.
It bounced off my apron and not into the apron pockets. I have other air brushes so the end of world is not occurring. Dick Blick has the part in stock at a decent price and $2.95 shipping using the promo code or $11 without! The cheapest shipping anywhere else was at least $15.00.
So I added a few items, used the promo code and spent $55.00.
I rarely have to even clean the air brush let alone disassemble it. But I decided to use Vallejo Air in the air brush and I did not increase the PSI to at least 25 from the 18 it was set at. My fault and then I compound the issue by disassembling the air brush at the spray booth and not the bench! I should have switched air brushes, but I wanted to finish…
Frustrated and wasted time. Switched air brushes and finished
Tomorrow I will find the tip…
It bounced off my apron and not into the apron pockets. I have other air brushes so the end of world is not occurring. Dick Blick has the part in stock at a decent price and $2.95 shipping using the promo code or $11 without! The cheapest shipping anywhere else was at least $15.00.
So I added a few items, used the promo code and spent $55.00.
I rarely have to even clean the air brush let alone disassemble it. But I decided to use Vallejo Air in the air brush and I did not increase the PSI to at least 25 from the 18 it was set at. My fault and then I compound the issue by disassembling the air brush at the spray booth and not the bench! I should have switched air brushes, but I wanted to finish…
Frustrated and wasted time. Switched air brushes and finished
Tomorrow I will find the tip…
CambriaArea51
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You'll find it now that you ordered one.
C&OMtnMan
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Today must be the day for the dropsies… I lost a truck screw for one of my cars earlier this afternoon. N scale. Couldn’t find it. Called the Rescue Team in: My 20-year-old daughter. When she came in the room, I “read her in” on “Special Ops” for finding N scale parts. She found it, and saved the day and much anguish.
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