Weathering Rolling Stock, a Continous thread

[TLOC]

Bulkhead flatcar #2. The deck was done a little darker on this one.View attachment 176110View attachment 176111

Very nice

 

[Rico]

Making Decals, I don't have a Laser Jet printer, only an Ink jet.

For simple fonts I use rub on dry transfer lettering, easier than decals in most cases.

 

[Smudge617]

For simple fonts I use rub on dry transfer lettering, easier than decals in most cases.

What size font do you use for HO scale?

 

[Smudge617]

So I've more or less finished with the reefer, gone a little mad with this one, and decided to go with an old, more dusty weather beaten, neglected look, not sure if this works tho' what do you think ?

 

[AirbrushNo5]

I like the Rolling Wheels Paint Track Jig ™….
That keeps the fingers clean…

 

[NorthBrit]

Love the weathering to the models. Excellent work being produced.

Going back in time (way back in time). Just before I left school I wrote to Leeds Headquarters of British Railways for information about working on British Railways. I received a booklet about the jobs new recruits would be doing.
First job of the day - Cleaning of locomotives and rolling stock.

Seeing some of the rolling stock later, the people did not do a good job.

 

[CambriaArea51]

I like the Rolling Wheels Paint Track Jig ™….
That keeps the fingers clean…

Thanks,I add power to that track and get the wheels rolling to paint the wheel faces on engines.

Very nice

Thank you.

 

[Rico]

What size font do you use for HO scale?

I have a few sheets with different sizes and font styles.
I used painters tape to keep a straight line. Not easy to remove however if you have to.

 

[Smudge617]

I have a few sheets with different sizes and font styles.
I used painters tape to keep a straight line. Not easy to remove however if you have to.

Thanks, I may invest in some as well then, I've realised adding decals to HO scale 20' containers is not going to be easy.

 

[Smudge617]

Sister gave me a program over the weekend which allows me to make decals from nearly any image, and as I had two unpainted 20' containers decided to paint, weather and decal them today. And yes, not very straight I admit, but it's not easy adding decals to a ribbed box

Going to try and make decals for the Intermodel car before I weather it.

Realised that Blue may not have been the best choice of colour.

 

[CambriaArea51]

So I've more or less finished with the reefer, gone a little mad with this one, and decided to go with an old, more dusty weather beaten, neglected look, not sure if this works tho' what do you think ?


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Looks good. You could add some grimy black along the bottom to give a little depth to it.

 

[CambriaArea51]

Sister gave me a program over the weekend which allows me to make decals from nearly any image, and as I had two unpainted 20' containers decided to paint, weather and decal them today. And yes, not very straight I admit, but it's not easy adding decals to a ribbed box

Going to try and make decals for the Intermodel car before I weather it.

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Realised that Blue may not have been the best choice of colour.

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Do you have decal solvent. It'll suck the decal into those ribs. Like Walthers solvaset.

 

[Smudge617]

Do you have decal solvent. It'll suck the decal into those ribs. Like Walthers solvaset.

No, but I've ordered some.

 

[TLOC]

Next car up is for me! This arrived on my WRVT RR on 10/10/2023

I love the private free lance rail cars available from HomeShops.net. This is a Tangent Baby High cube boxcar labeled for fellow Wisconsinite, Kenny Ravenscroft and his Pilar Valley Railway.

We model different eras but I wanted this car and heck it’s my railroad, so, time to get dirty…

1st up after cleaning it was time to mess up the lettering. Some Isopropyl Alcohol and a wet 1400 grit sanding stick and we’ve started, a picture of each side

 

[Rico]

Got up way too early this morning so just mucking around in the sacred chamber of the silver rails.
Figured I'd share one of my weathered cars, the Accurail ACF 3 bay hoppers are my favourites.

 

[TLOC]

Got up way too early this morning so just mucking around in the sacred chamber of the silver rails.
Figured I'd share one of my weathered cars, the Accurail ACF 3 bay hoppers are my favourites.

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Decals or hand drawn graffiti?

The car looks super

 

[Rico]

Thanx Tom, and they’re decals.
Ive done some by hand but it always looks thick to me.

 

[TLOC]

Thanx Tom, and they’re decals.
Ive done some by hand but it always looks thick to me.

I do both for graffiti, decals and hand drawn. The decals I use come direct mainly from Circuscitydecals.com and are a great thin water slide decal. The only issue I have with them is they need to be cut out with a Xacto blade. My hands get shaky at times. Matt at Circus City has a good selection but after a couple years of using them I found another maker just for additional variety. Blair Line decals I purchase from Midwestmodelrr. They are already laser trimmed and just need a quick cut from the sheet. I have tried many other graffiti decal makers but keep coming back to CircusCity and now Blair as I believe they are the thinnest decal.

I like to hand draw the tags but I can draw graffiti but I now prefer the decals. I agree it seems thick to me at times for hand drawn. There is a YouTube content provider who says this about graffiti. Not all graffiti artists are good. He’s right, I’m not!

I now use based on suggestions from YouTube content provider Dan at Dansrailroad2011 the Zeyar acrylic paint pens from Amazon. I have tried many brands and these seem best to me.

have fun

 

[TLOC]

This car is going to get beat up so I am not worried at this time about the terrible streaking on the side panels

The Overall grime effect is Vallejo Air’s Hull Red #71.039 thinned with tap water 80% H2O to 20% paint

The edges and door tracks were first painted 100% straight from the bottle after the side panel washes had dried, Vallejo Air Orange Rust #71.130. After using The hair dryer on that I mixed the orange rust with Vallejo Panzer Aces #302 Dark Rust. Maybe 50/50 I mixed till it looked good on the pallet.

Door slide scratches are up next when I return to it. Along with a set of Kato well cars

I put these in the cars in the dehydrator to completely dry for 90 minutes. That will give me time for a quick lunch and a trip to the post office

 

[Smudge617]

Done a little weathering over the last few days, haven't tried to do much, first one I decided on a new but used look, what do you think ?

Seeing as this belongs to a leasing company, I reckon they would keep them clean, so I've only done the trucks.

I've also managed to get the decals done for the Gon I have, just waiting on the Micro sol, I have the Red one (found it too late to be usefull) waiting on the blue one now, then I can decal and weather it.

The Logo and number I've half-inched from, I think, an Athearn Gondola, but need to work out how to make my own, I can do the lettering, it's getting a separate colour surround I can't figure out.