Show off YOUR weathered ????? Whatever (trains, cars, etc...)

[Anonymous]

Ok, lets see some great pixs of weathered trains, mow, anything Rail related!!!!!!! Come on, even your 1st one would be a start!!!!!

The Master of All Myths - Toad

[Anonymous]

Before:

After:

 

Before:

After:

 

And a couple other cars:

 

okay, the "weathering" is mostly just overspray with 94c primer spray bombs from Wally-Wurld, but it is fast, cheap and easy. 

[S&G Rute of the Silver River]

okay, the "weathering" is mostly just overspray with 94c primer spray bombs from Wally-Wurld, but it is fast, cheap and easy. 

Cheap, Fast, and eazy is an unoffical motto around here. Great job.

[Anonymous]

Remember it is how you want it to look, from the Extreame to Paint Bomb it is how you got there and if YOUr happy!

Looks good to me! Really like the stake post car and how it turned out!!!!

Toadster

[Anonymous]

Thanks for the kind words. The cattle car turned gondola was kind of a happy accident. I was going to chuck the stupid side rails in the trash when I happened to notice how well they fit together when nested.  I guess sometimes it's better to be lucky than good.

[MRH044]

Did you say MOW?? Well, here are some of the cars on my work train. I hope you enjoy!

The tractor is a kit that I built, painted, and weathered. This was my first ever attempt at weathering in G scale.

Some wreck equipment:

One of three tool cars:

Shower Equipment:

And, finally the caboose:

  I hope these will inspire some to try their hand at weathering. I have more pictures (the train is 30+ cars long) if there is interest.      Michael

[altterrain]

-Brian 

 

[Anonymous]

Michael, yeah, MOW is acccepted! There very nice. You run thous?

Toad

[Anonymous]

-Brian 

 

Sweet Brian !!!!

[Mr_Ash]

I did some "okay" weathering when I was into HO many years ago IDK where to start with large scale what kind of stuff do you guys use for basic weathering?

[FJ and G]

weathered and decaying factory

 

 

come to think of it, everything on the layout is weathered, including me 

[Anonymous]

Okay, I think I did a primer on this before, but maybe not here. This is the down and dirty way to weather stuff. It isn't going to make and award winning model, but will help you do a fleet of cars in a hurry.

 

First paint it like it would have looked fresh from shopping: 

Next paint in the rust, lime scale, patches, etc. and add decals Use a brighter color than you want it to end up: 

Mask off whatever you DON'T want weathered....index cards work well for large areas (When there are lots of small window mullions I find it easier to just remove the "glass" and stick the masking tape to the inside):  

Overspray with brown (oxide red) primer:

Overspray with grey primer:  

Then overspray with black primer followed by a VERY light flat tan (the pics didn't come out, sorry), add final details like water bags, tools, figures and lunch boxes, and you get this: 

[vsmith]

Dont remember if I ever posted this over here, Snowplow;

FIts the MOW theme started....

[Anonymous]

Oh come on guys, know others look here, to from, different forums so please post some stuff you have!!!!! Why not? Marty you up for it?

Toad 

[MRH044]

  You asked for it so here are some more pictures - non MOW related for a change!! This is the flagship unit for the MANNM Railroad ( Mike  Ann  Michael).  It is a shay that has been detailed and weathered. It was one of our very first locomotives. I hope you enjoy,   Michael

[MRH044]

And a few more.

Log cars and the caboose.

[kstrong]

I'm not a huge fan of over-weathering equipment. I like my stuff to look used, but fairly well maintained. I use a mixture of dilute paint washes, drybrushing, and weathering powders to achieve most of my weathering. I've used my airbrush on rare occasion, but it's not a usual tool in my weathering arsenal.

Incidentally, the weathering techniques I use will be described in the next issue of GR. (You may recognize the 4-4-0)

Locos:

Heisler






2-8-0








4-4-0








2-6-0




Rolling Stock:

Box Car






Flat Car




Hopper Car




Wood Hopper




Passenger Car






Later,

K

[Anonymous]

Now this is what I am taking about!!!!

Ole Toad

[FJ and G]

unlike Kevin, I'm a huge fan of overweathering. Check out this link. It's not my work but wish it were...

 

http://www.feldbahn-modellbau.ch/ 

[Anonymous]

http://www.feldbahn-modellbau.ch/

Wish I could read the pages!

Toadster

[Great Western]

To weather or not to weather (acknowledgements to W.Shakespeare who was born in the same County as I was ) 

 I am reluctant to weather my lovely looking locos and stock.  Maybe it stems from my childhood when the second world war was taking place and toys were hard to come by.  Those I did get were treasured.

I have seen many examples of weathering: those in this thread are indeed superb and inspirational.  Others that I have seen elsewhere have often looked like they were from a fire damage sale.

I know what to do; but look forward to Kevin's article on weathering in the forthcoming GR where I hope to learn the pitfalls and methods to avoid.

I have been considering what to do with a few items that I no longer like or run.  Three 20ft. Aristo cars, a spare Bachmann J&S combine and flatbed.  Michaels post has kneejerked me into the MOW train of thought.   I have a dead end line which is not often used and a MOW consist would look good and fit well onto it.

[FJ and G]

here's my rusty rails and rusty skip experiments

Stringing wire from Lowe’s through the tubes (4 strand braided 20 gauge wire).

Since the rails are solid, I had to invent a new connector. I used a metal tie, flattened the prongs, sliced it in half, flipped it upside down, then using the pliers, I bent together the edges of the tie so the rails are secure. Solder is optional.



Here’s my escape I constructed for 32mm and 45mm. I’m 99% done with the escape at the other end. The reason for multigauge is to get both gauge tracks across a 30+ foot concrete arch bridge



Here’s a tipper I did a while back. To get the rusty effect, I tore the edges to make them jagged and spray painted black and rust together so the colors merged. This one is resin-cast.



on Saturday I made a new tipper using a completely different technique. Instead of resin in the squish mold (2 RTV molds forced together), I squired PL construction adhesive into the mold and pressed together.

I developed an additional painting technique for this bucket (which will be part of a skip like 1st photo). I did the same paint technique then waited 10 minutes. While the skip was still tacky, I dribbled dried clay (red and yellow) that I got from my backyard (which is mostly rocks and clay). The tiny particles embedded into the tacky paint. I rubbed them in different directions with my finger to get patterns



construction adhesive used to make the skip and used to squirt inside the 027 rail (where the braided wire was inserted). The rails are now sturdy enough to step on without collapsing!



Here’s what an 027 rail looks like after 3 years, nasty, ugly, horrible; just the effect I’m looking for as I lay rails that rust.



the flowers are bloomin



BB definitely has that up to no good look in her eyes



while the ribs are cooking beside the railroad tracks, the hound’s tongue is hanging out with dribbles of drool. Shorty after walking inside the house to get a cold one, one rack of ribs disappears

[EMPIRE II LINE]

Well Dave,

That does look interesting there, Just curious, where do you find all the time to do these projects ?

Also, what exactly is 7/8 scale, is it about like "O" scale. Give me something to compare to.

Byron 

[FJ and G]

Hi

 

7/8 or SE is 7/8" represents 1 foot. THere's standard gauge 7/8, which is large enough to ride on, and the more common 7/8n2 and 7/8n18. 

7/8n2 uses 45 mm track (commonly used by US garden railroaders) and represents 2' gauge (like the 2' gauge in Maine and many railways around the world).

7/8n18 uses 32mm track (O gauge) and represents 18" gauge (there are a number of 18" gauge railways, mostly industrial, all over the world. Some were construction in US). 

[altterrain]

Well Dave,

That does look interesting there, Just curious, where do you find all the time to do these projects ?

Also, what exactly is 7/8 scale, is it about like "O" scale. Give me something to compare to.

Byron 

Byron,

I posted this pic in the thread on my rail truck over in the scratch n bash section.

7/8n2 rail truck on left               1:24 truck on right

http://www.grblogs.com/index.php/7-8n2projects/?blog=25 

-Brian 

[tangerine-jack]

Ok you asked for it.

Related or not you asked for it.  This is the infamous rocket car from the Great Forum Build Off in mid-weathering.

[tangerine-jack]

I did some "okay" weathering when I was into HO many years ago IDK where to start with large scale what kind of stuff do you guys use for basic weathering?

 

Same stuff as the smaller scales only in lager quantities.  I don't think there is any special trick to the large scale weathering except that it is larger and therfore you should be more prototype minded when laying down the dirt and rust.  Be attentive to color and location as it will have the magic "looks right/ wrong" perceptions the larger the model becomes.  Less is more so don't overdo it.

[Mr_Ash]

Very nice job with that D&RGW reefer

Okay this isnt exactly weathering more of just detailing but whatever I wanna post somthing in here too

Before : D&S 4-6-0 179 from Bachmann Durango & Silverton freight set

 After... I painted all of the brass railings black, added the plow, added Ozark marker lights, smoke stack (with homemade spark arrestor) headlight visor and Rectangular number plate. Swapped the silver tender trucks out for a black pair, repositioned the tender light (that got a visor too) the coal load I removed and painted flat black then while the paint was still wet I dumped a cup of ground up coal on it reinstalled it on the tender and then dumped a couple cups of that ground up coal on it again so the whole tender is dusty looking now... I guess thats sorta weathered lol if anything it makes the rivits stand out more

[Anonymous]

http://clcotrains.embarqspace.com/stuffpage

Not G scale, but...

My first weathered loco.  The 2 pics to the right of the conrail loco.

[Anonymous]

Santa Fe,

WOW, very nice for other scale! Talk about realism, I could not tell if it had any rust on it but it dang sure was dirty (normal looking).

Toad