Weathering Rolling Stock, a Continous thread

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traiNscale said:
howdi everyone

its time, to start! (for me)
So i bought this Walthers Box Car at the convention some weeks ago.

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iam not 100% shure if its this one, but i know its a yellow one :D


so.
what i want to do, is give the whole car a light fade, after that some graffiti rust and dirt.
i have a question now, i first should wash the complete car right?
then ad a clear Matt coat? or just a normal clear coat?

after that i would try to add a fade in a lighter yellow with the airbrush, after that the dirt, rust and stuff i would add with brushes.

why am i asking this?
because i need a help for the absolute first step.

thank you :)

Cheers
marco
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I usually clean freight car models before I weather them. Sometimes there is a mold residue or lubricant that was used in the process. If not that there usually are finger prints. Cleaning in warm water with a drop or 2 of liquid dish soap and a warm water rinse works for me. Rarely should you have to scrub the model.

I used to clean with a soaked sponge of Isopropyl Alcohol but the warm soapy water and rinse seems easier.

Not everyone in the weathering group I belong to clean the cars 1st. They go right to the fade 1st. That works for them

Marco like everything else try something and if it works easily enough for you continue to use that method
 


I think it happened to me last week - I was doing a water thinned roof wash and there were some areas that just refused to take paint. I have been always washing my hands before handling the models, but maybe in between coats I need to be even more careful. Once the last coat is on, fine, bring on the peanut butter sandwich hands.
 
Some Scale trains bulkhead flat cars weathered for sheet steel loads. Two different types of deck.
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TLOC said:
Love them Tom
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Thank you. I was experimenting with some steel gray paint on the wood to give it that aged look. I think I'll add a tad bit of grimy black also. I was looking at some wood deck trailers at work and along with the dirt there was some gray and black in the wood from repeatedly getting wet.
 
CambriaArea51 said:
Thank you. I was experimenting with some steel gray paint on the wood to give it that aged look. I think I'll add a tad bit of grimy black also. I was looking at some wood deck trailers at work and along with the dirt there was some gray and black in the wood from repeatedly getting wet.
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Good observation, my wood decks usually are too black
 
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