Weathering Rolling Stock, a Continous thread

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Yeah, I like this, just right I would say.

Thanks

 

[TLOC]

I am in the back stretch of a weathering commission. I like them and James has approved these 4 of the 9.

Next is a batch of 4 that he has to ok. He either has about 20 photos or 70! I had some issues with the internet while trying to send these to him today. Here though is a group picture he has not seen yet.

one more to go

The granddaughter has her last Miracle League of Dane County Special Needs softball game of the season tonight under the lights in 45f degree weather. Should be fun if the kids don’t all freeze. Afterwards the celebratory dinner that she picked the Hibachi Place as she loves watching the chef prepare the meal and put on the show. Yes, I will get the check! So no more weathering for me today.

TomO

 

[CambriaArea51]

Ten cars left, 8 will go to the grain train and 2 to the phosphate train. The 2 AEX and the Grain Express cars will get gloss coat over the decals then all get a dull coat before weathering.

 

[TLOC]

Here is the 9th 2Bay hopper I weathered for Alcomotive (James). All 9 mailed out this morning with tracking and insurance.

USPS insurance has doubled so far in 2022. But the day I don’t buy it, I’d have trouble. Generally the 1 or 2 cars I do the normal priority mail insurance included will cover. However anything over 2 cars I do the insurance to be safe

This was a fun project.

Now I am into trees!

 

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Ten cars left, 8 will go to the grain train and 2 to the phosphate train. The 2 AEX and the Grain Express cars will get gloss cost over the decals then all get a dull coat before weathering.View attachment 153602View attachment 153603View attachment 153604

Those are nice cars Tom. What clear sprays are you using? For the gloss? For the dull?

thanks

 

[CambriaArea51]

Those are nice cars Tom. What clear sprays are you using? For the gloss? For the dull?

thanks

I'm at the tail end of my Model master gloss and dull. Then I'll be trying Microlux dull coat and Vallejo gloss.

 

[TLOC]

I'm at the tail end of my Model master gloss and dull. Then I'll be trying Microlux dull coat and Vallejo gloss.

Thanks. I will look at the Model Master. I have been using VMS gloss and VMS matte varnishes since August. No issues and much less smell then Testors dull cote that has gotten hard to find in the spray can.

 

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Hey, I am so far into a 48+ hour break from weathering.

I have been today working on 5 trees, deciduous 9” high and dead! Few leaves and those will be brown.

I won’t actually start on the next unexpected group of cars until sometime tomorrow and then just to apply a light matte clear coat. Maybe I can get the wheels and trucks done. That depends how the candle wax sets up for the trunks of the 5 trees. The trees are for the wife of a acquaintance for his birthday present in December.

The rolling stock are for a FB friend who would like to take them to Trainfest in November. He purchased a couple of my Centerbeams this Summer when I was selling them on Facebook. He already has 10 of my pulp cars.

5 Walthers Centerbeam 72’ cars. These cars are done very well for the Mainline series of cars from Walthers. IMO they just a shade below the Atlas Centerbeams. I am hoping the Centerbeams coming from Rapido are a couple steps above the Atlas cars. I have pre-ordered some for myself

There will be some pin washes, oil washes and touches of solid rust spots with streaks. The fade will be different for me. Normally I use Tamiya’s X-21 base but with Centerbeams I found previously there isn’t much surface to fade. I will use the airbrush to fade these cars with a similar body color loaded with some off white.

These will not be rustbuckets as none of the pictures I have been researching the past couple months are heavily weathered. So, I am calling these mostly medium to spots of heavy weathering.

Stay tuned as I work on these over the next few weeks. As always constructive criticism is encouraged

 

[Snowman]

I am in the back stretch of a weathering commission. I like them and James has approved these 4 of the 9.
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Next is a batch of 4 that he has to ok. He either has about 20 photos or 70! I had some issues with the internet while trying to send these to him today. Here though is a group picture he has not seen yet.
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one more to go

The granddaughter has her last Miracle League of Dane County Special Needs softball game of the season tonight under the lights in 45f degree weather. Should be fun if the kids don’t all freeze. Afterwards the celebratory dinner that she picked the Hibachi Place as she loves watching the chef prepare the meal and put on the show. Yes, I will get the check! So no more weathering for me today.

TomO

You have gift. A real eye for it, and a talent for it both. Seriously.

<Applause>

 

[Snowman]

Here is the 9th 2Bay hopper I weathered for Alcomotive (James). All 9 mailed out this morning with tracking and insurance.
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USPS insurance has doubled so far in 2022. But the day I don’t buy it, I’d have trouble. Generally the 1 or 2 cars I do the normal priority mail insurance included will cover. However anything over 2 cars I do the insurance to be safe

This was a fun project.

Now I am into trees!

I've been lucky, and buying up some pricey golf clubs and shafts from ebay. Even got one a week back which was packaged in a VERY strong rolled cardboard tube about 5" dia. When I finally opened it and realized which one it was, I found a note attached to the clubhead itself: "Thanks for buying! Arigato!, which is Japanese for "Thank You!"

I hadn't even noticed it came from Japan. DHL treated me well, as I had not even thought about insuring it.
Of course, when what you really want is the particular item itself, insurance compensation (a consolation prize if it never arrives) still leaves you feeling pretty deflated. Or maybe that's just me.

I have ever...or only once that I remember...paid for something that never arrived. A Herb Alpert LP, and I think I lost all of seven dollars.

That said, had everything I recently ordered NOT arrived (I'm still waiting on a couple of them), and particularly the driver/wood shafts, I'd have been crushed. Really crushed, as they were so hard to find. But they did.

 

[TLOC]

You have gift. A real eye for it, and a talent for it both. Seriously.

<Applause>

Thank you. Learning as I go and getting helpful suggestions along the way.

 

[TLOC]

Trees then weathering, check trees, check weathering. I am on a roll. Dipped the trees into the candle wax, now they dry.

Lets clean some wheels and trucks. Toothbrush and 70% isopropyl aclohol, dip and brush, set aside and do 9 more. Sorry, I don’t do video but image brushing your teeth but instead of your teeth, it a railroad truck with wheels

Set aside to dry, then check the trees. The trees are a good 6 hours (guessing) from being able to be scraped to imitate the bark. (maybe the dehydrator, nope never used the dehydrator on candle wax) Ignoringbthe trees till after supper!

Truck frames. My private secret sauce to painting these

Ok not so secret, 4 drops Vallejo dark rust #302 Panzer Aces line, 1 drop Vallejo chocolate brown #70.872 Model Color line and finally Vallejo German C Black Brown # 70.822 also from the Model Color line. Mixed throughly with a stick in my palette tray! Let dry or if in a rush use the hair dryer on low heat. No rush today

below, it is rustier then the plain shiny black it was out of the box

Below, Vallejo Panzer Aces # 301 light rust will be dry brushed on each truck. After lunch in a couple hours

Finally, while the trucks are drying, over near the paint booth

Tamiya Black #xf-1 mixed 50/50 with Hull Red xf-9 and then 91% Isopropyl Alcohol added to the mix. Nothing too precise.

Then after a quick spin on the handy Vortex Mixer, about 1 minute and then turn over onto the cap and repeat. The 5 cars will have the underside sprayed and set aside to dry till this evening when the whole car with get sprayed with a clear matte finish. I now use VMS finishes, both Matte and Gloss clear. It doesn’t have the now hard to find spray cans of Testors Dull Cote terrible smell.

enjoy the day

 

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Frustration sucks and so is a airbrush that won’t spray. What’s worst? 2 airbrushes that decided not to work at roughly the same time. For 5 years I have used both with no issues.

last week I put clear varnish through both and today they both stopped. That is the only common denominator . One is fixed the other, well it’s still not

 

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Spent the evening mostly in the train room with the Second Section Podcast going. I watch the live show on You Tube but if you are into podcasts they appear at a few other places.

More adventures not relating to any trees.

A slight tragedy at the woodbench! Separation of the side sills from the body of the Centerbeam car.

Dr. Tom, Model Master glue and some clamps to the rescue. All is good now and the patient now has a dirty underside

5 pair of trucks, the picture shows 1 of each pair

I think they look good. The wheels are not painted yet but I will do them tomorrow. BUT, I think the spots of rust maybe too much. Researching for pictures of the cars I could find close prototypes but not the reporting marks on the models. I didn’t locate any pictures with the trucks rusted this obvious. I won’t change this though until I see these mounted back on the cars but keep this in mind. Have a suggestion? I would like to read it!

The above pictures shows 3 of the 5 Centerbeams. The undersides of the 5 did receive a base coat of rust with a darker black underspray to be added. I then played with the blue car and added some shading of rust and grime.

The blue car will be worked on tomorrow. 1st thing in the morning will be a clear matte varnish sprayed on. While that dries in the dehydrator for 2 hours I will work on the 2 TTZX cars (yellow)shown above. A spray of rust and grime, dry and then clear coat.

Both of my airbrushes I was planning to use on this project had issues this afternoon. I have cleaned them out and 1 of the 2 is fine. Airbrush #2, a Badger Renagade Chrome is dead. 3 You Tube videos later and it was back together but the trigger isn’t correct. It doesn’t depress which allows paint into the chamber.

The only common denominator has been that I blew the VMS Matte Varnish through both. I doubt a week or 2 after the fact but… . Tomorrow I will blow the clear varnish via my original Badger (#100, 150 or? not sure anymore) purchased in 1975 and has worked wonderfully all these years. A single action airbrush that suctions the paint/varnish out of an attached bottle. I can disassemble, clean and reassembled this guy in my sleep.


thanks for stopping by

 

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Some prototype pictures

 

[Snowman]

Frustration sucks and so is a airbrush that won’t spray. What’s worst? 2 airbrushes that decided not to work at roughly the same time. For 5 years I have used both with no issues.

last week I put clear varnish through both and today they both stopped. That is the only common denominator . One is fixed the other, well it’s still not

The varnish hardened into a...well...a hard layer. Or something else?

Whatever it was, I would bet it was caused by something you added...or something that was already a part of both paints. It can't be just a coincidence that both failed at the same time.

I know there is a cure for this problem too. Acetone? Paint thinner? Turpentine? Alcohol? Ammonia?............Dish Soap? It's going to one of those, or another one I can't think of at the moment.

I think you will have to take the brush apart, and soak the parts to prep them for a good cleaning.

At which point I could stand on my soap box and say "let this be a lesson to you." Except that I'm a), not entitled to and; b) don't have any more a clue as to which of these...glues...actually effed up your airbrush. If YOU do, then more power to you.

 

[troyphoto]

I've been debating on picking up an ultrasonic cleaning bath for when I get more serious about airbrushing. I spend a chunk of change on a Grex system. Love it, but I know there will come a time when I have to go deeper than just pulling the needle and the front assembly to clean it.

 

[CambriaArea51]

Weathered the BNSF 5831 today with before and after pics. I'm going to have to figure out this new phone. It's weathered a bit darker than it shows.

 

[troyphoto]

good looking loco.

As for the camera on the phone, all cameras "think" in terms of greyscale. The light meter, or whatever passes for one, wants to make everything "middle grey".

the first photo has the loco on a "white" surface, with a white background, and a brighter white light source (the computer monitor). It wanted to make all that white into grey.

The 2nd and 3rd pic came out better balanced because there was less white, and more mid tones or darks in the pics.

There's no real way to correct that on a basic phone camera without changing backgrounds, or getting in closer to cut out more of the light tones.

 

[CambriaArea51]

good looking loco.

As for the camera on the phone, all cameras "think" in terms of greyscale. The light meter, or whatever passes for one, wants to make everything "middle grey".

the first photo has the loco on a "white" surface, with a white background, and a brighter white light source (the computer monitor). It wanted to make all that white into grey.

The 2nd and 3rd pic came out better balanced because there was less white, and more mid tones or darks in the pics.

There's no real way to correct that on a basic phone camera without changing backgrounds, or getting in closer to cut out more of the light tones.

Thanks. I shut off the bright light that was on hoping it would show more of the darker tone in the orange, but I think the camera corrected itself. I'll try your recommendation and see if I can tone the white light down.