Hey, I’m back. After cleaning the painting bench I pulled out the WC cars to be weathered again.
These cars will be done with various Pan Pastels and already today some #71.040 Burnt Umber from Vallejo Air.
Since I had the paint booth rebuilt this area of the shop has driven me nuts. So much so I have stayed away. I reorganized it into my paint prep and weathering station plus electronics as the DCC programing track is still above. The new paint booth is maybe 20’ away but this might work for now.
The 2 cars are WC 84676 and WC 8469 and had been faded a couple weeks ago. All previous attempts of weathering were stripped off and Vallejo Air dark umber #71.040has been used as dark rust. Some Orange Extra Dark #280.1 pan pastel has been applied to #84676.
I don’t have a lot of
Pan Pastels 16 plus 6 duplicates for a total of 22. I have used all 16 but do find myself coming back to 7. These will last as a bit goes a long way.
Vallejo Air, I use for hand brushing and rarely do use it in the air brush. 26 colors plus 8 duplicate. I have used all 26 colors but find my self coming back to 12.
Vallejo Model Color and
Panzer Aces also for hand brushing and I have 5 colors with only 1 duplicate, for a total of 6. The 2 Panzer Aces are light and dark rust and they work great on structures. I constantly use these somewhere on the layout or at the painting bench.
Tamiya, I have 15 paint jars of which 4 are duplicates, so 11 various colors. Constantly in use when I was painting and weathering before vacation. If I use the air brush 98% of the time Tamiya is being blown. I love these and I buy them from
scalehobbyist.com. The best pricing on any brand of paint on the internet that I have been able to find.
I have 2 tubes of oils but just used so far on a test gondola. They are a different beast.
I have a few washes from Tamiya (2), Vallejo (3), AK interactive (2) and Vallejo (2). But, I find mixing my own works fairly well and I will not be replacing these.
Hopefully these cars will work out for me. The bottom by the dump gates and the splatter from road bed grime had me stumped but we shall see…
Have a great day
TomO