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RC Perspective said:
With the mention of Hurricane Helene, an update from me on Hurricane Milton.

We are pretty well inland in west central FL, and still wound up getting the eyewall as it was still a hurricane. Two trees down; one damaged the roof. Hole over the living room, and a few other break throughs. Carport pretty much destroyed. No damage to the layout or rolling stock and motive power. I packed everything securely and stored it in the 135mph rated shed, which was untouched. Just got power back this afternoon after being out, along with the internet, since wednesday night when Milton came through. I took the two dogs and a roadtrip to GA for the storm. Glad I did.

That aside; it's a drop in the bucket compared to what Helene did in NC. Western NC is where my heart is. I lived there for a short while, and have regretted leaving every day since. Almost everything I loved out there is just, gone. :'(

I'll have more weathering related updates soon. Love the posts, keep em coming. A worthy distraction from the reality at hand.

-RC
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The main thing is you are ok. The property eventually will get fixed but going through that must be miserable.
 
I need to go through my final checklist and take photos of the weathering project making sure it’s done. Then off to the client for final approval. A fun project that started off when I felt my worst healthwise. The S-2 diesel weathering really made me concentrate and it helped bring the spirit back. I’m sure forum member Marlin39 will enjoy them. I appreciate Dave your patience as we muddled through your project…

If approved, pictures will post tonight or early tomorrow morning. Here’s 2 teasers shown before:
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As some of you know I like to multi-task but it’s been hard for me, this time around. Those 2 diesels have pretty much just been paper weights during this project but will be tackled when I return from vacation

Even the Gulf &Shrimp Island covered hopper while changed a little from the original posting isn’t closed to being finished
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Well that’s it for me for a few weeks. I’m leaving the IPadPro home and while I can use the phone to message typing on the forum it is slow. Reading and pressing LIKE I can do.

Tomorrow night at this time we will be in Abilene, Kansas. Tuesday we will explore the Eisenhower Presidential Muesum and Abilene. Wednesday night is in Fort Worth then visiting the stockyards on Thursday and exploring many possibilities. After that we head to Bush the younger’s Presidential Library in Dallas, check out the sites and decide before then heading to the son’s place in Austin. How long in Austin? It could be anywhere from 7 to 14 days, we are retired and there are no timetables to follow. Day tripping from Austin always finds us something interesting.

Thoughts for the way home are East via the Carter Presidential Library in Atlanta but really we may head home depending on weather via El Paso and come home via a western route. We do have to be home to vote!

Keep posting away

Be well be safe
 
Revisiting the grain train making some upgrades and reweathering some of them. The more you weather the better you get and as you look at cars you did a couple of years ago you kinda say to yourself I can do better. One thing is the tops of the cars. looking at a few videos the smooth top hatches are white and the hinges are aluminum looking. Some the trucks are being better rust weathering and overall a bit more grime. Once the hinges and latches are painted (by hand) some light dirt paint is applied to dull them down.
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CambriaArea51 said:
Revisiting the grain train making some upgrades and reweathering some of them. The more you weather the better you get and as you look at cars you did a couple of years ago you kinda say to yourself I can do better. One thing is the tops of the cars. looking at a few videos the smooth top hatches are white and the hinges are aluminum looking. Some the trucks are being better rust weathering and overall a bit more grime. Once the hinges and latches are painted (by hand) some light dirt paint is applied to dull them down.View attachment 201722View attachment 201723

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Looks great Tom. What colors are you using on the latches and hinges?
 
Getting these B&O single sheathed wood box cars perilously close to the finish line.

Last night I did letter streaking, some random fade/grime streaking, hand grab/ladder grime, and mud splatter.

Letter streaking was with Master’s Touch artist oil Titanium White, applied at the bottom edge of selected lettering/logos with a tiny brush, then drawn down with a flat dry brush. All areas done were a bit too vivid for my taste, and were dry-brushed over with a thickish wash of Mission Models Brown and Mission Models Anthracite, mixed 1:1, and thinned with Vallejo airbrush thinner. (The Anthracite is incredibly thick stuff, and needs thinning to get even to a hand brushing consistency.)

Hand grab/ladder grime was done with the same heavy wash.

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End view:
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Roof griming was done with pastel chalks, then the cars were sealed with airbrushed Dullcote:

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The final step was the mud splatter. I usually use Vallejo “Dirt” straight up, but I wanted a darker, more brown/red tone, so I made a mix of eight drops Vellejo Dirt, two drops Mission Models Standard Rust, and four drops of Mission Models Brown:

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I think the splatter is on on the first photos as well, but the above two pictures show it a bit better.

The colors used in this installment:

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This is pretty much the way these are going to look when finished. All that remains is sealing of the mud splatter, and weathering trucks and wheels.

In retrospect, there are two things I would do differently (and will, because I have more boxcar red subjects in hand):

1. A darker, reddish-brown mud splatter
2. A wash that more closely matches my home-brew B&O box car red for subduing the letter streaking. (but keep the existing mix for grime on grab irons/ladders)
 
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