Weathing attempt

[Davidfd85]

This is the first half of my first attempt at weathering. I'm making a D9T load on two flatcars. This one is the blade and arms on a regular flatcar and the tractor is going to be on a depressed center car. I hope to get the other car done tomorrow.

 

[joed2323]

David, your load looks fantastic

Do you have more pics of your layout?

 

[Davidfd85]

There are some at these links. One is for the main layout and the other is an addition I added not long ago.

http://www.modelrailroadforums.com/forum/showthread.php?t=27098

http://www.modelrailroadforums.com/forum/showthread.php?t=24199

 

[NWP95501]

Love the load. The deck looks really good. The trucks are a little to orange in my eyes.

 

[dave1905]

I applaud your first steps.

The scratching horizontally is too heavy. Things moving created horizontal scratches weathering, such as doors opeinging. Most everything else is rain and weather which runs vertically.

The trucks are too orange, Orange is brand new rust. Dark brown is old rust. Wheels may be rusty but truck side frames are painted. Not that rusty. Those trucks are plain bearings the wheels will be an oily black more than an orangey rust color.

Those must be used parts. If they were new parts from a factory they would be BRIGHT yellow with fresh paint and minimal weathering.

Flat car decks need a variety of greys and browns (wood weathers grey).

Keep up the good work and lok at real cars to see the weathering patterns.

 

[kc5gxl]

Davidfd85;

I think your bucket is spot on as far the shiny bottom parts for a lightly used bucket. I also like the arms and how you have the chrome on the cylinders.

I can see where the scratches might be a bit heavy, but who knows who was around to help load the car, and when or where it got teh scratches. Might have been in a scrap yard or someplace like that.

If this is your first attempt, it is pretty awesome dude! I would be proud to see it run on my layout.

Keep up the good work,

GT Dan

 

[Burlington Bob]

The blade is a very good approximation of used equipment. The push arms should be just about as shiny as the blade because of abrasion from dirt and rocks. If, however, the equipment has sat and been exposed to rain, the shiny parts would now be an orange colored rust.

The push arms and blade should be resting on cribbing made from wood, anywhere from 6x6 to 12x12 material. Steel on steel makes for a very slippery situation, that's the reason for using wood. Framework for supporting a load is made from steel, but the load most often rests on wood. The wood is soft and the parts will bite into it and help keep the load from shifting in transit.

You also might try keeping the chains as straight as possible and applying glue to them to keep them straight and giving the illusion of being under tension.

Overall, a very good job!