I've recently acquired a Walthers Cornerstone Coal Dock and want to paint the styrene trestle and deck as if weathered creosote timbers. Does anyone have any suggestions, references for an appropriate paint?
Thanks,
Ed
Making Plastic Look Like Weathered Wood
What exactly did you get, the ore dock? the flood loader? There is no Walthers Coal Dock.
Give the Walthers part number, it usually starts with a 9.
Mike.
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Fresh creosote is nearly black. As it ages it gets lighter and lighter gray. It often has streaks of darker material where the material has nnot soaked in as well as other places. If you are modeling an era where it could be a newish trestle, make it darker, if later eras a rather flat, light gray should work well. (Fresh creosote is often shiney.)
Good luck,
Richard
I used Burnt Umber, maybe a wee bit of yellow and gray, in this paint mix.
If this looks realistic, it's a W/S hydrocal portal painted as described above:
Maybe the OP means the coal trestle. This one looks too light to me, we are talking coal and coal dust.
Coal trestle
That is not to say I think you should paint it black. It would look better with brown, gray and back colors rather than a homgenous black, brown or gray.
Henry
COB Potomac & Northern
Shenandoah Valley
I paint almost all plastic with a spray coat of Dr. Ben's Driftwood. After it has dried a couple of days, I use thinned paints (mostly Vallejo) with a tiny drop of Golden airbrush reducer and start building up coats with a brush. This takes some time, but is very forgiving and gives great results.
Mike
selector If this looks realistic, it's a W/S hydrocal portal painted as described above:
Not to say that the trestle isn't (because we are seeing it at some distance), but the portal is really quite fabulously done. I can almost smell it!
cnjman721Does anyone have any suggestions, references for an appropriate paint?
They're a little heavy but I sometimes use the Rustoleum "Camouflage" line of paints for structure and scenery work. They are "high solids" paints so you really have to shake them very well before use, then shake some more.
https://www.rustoleum.com/product-catalog/consumer-brands/specialty/camouflage-spray/
Not perfect but in a pinch they'll do.
The Earth Brown is a good simulation for fresher creosote.
The Khaki can sub for aged concrete.
I like to use a hair dryer on a low setting to speed up the cure of the paint. This especially seems helpful on the Earth Brown color.
I do a lot of the final coloration with Pan-Pastel powdered colors.
Good Luck, Ed
Testors Rubber, the one in the small 1/4 oz bottle, makes a good creosote color. Use it full strength for new wood, or dry brush a grey color over it for more weathered wood
George In Midcoast Maine, 'bout halfway up the Rockland branch
G PaineTestors Rubber, the one in the small 1/4 oz bottle, makes a good creosote color.
Yup!
Dave
I'm just a dude with a bad back having a lot of fun with model trains, and finally building a layout!
Attuvian selector If this looks realistic, it's a W/S hydrocal portal painted as described above: Not to say that the trestle isn't (because we are seeing it at some distance), but the portal is really quite fabulously done. I can almost smell it!
Thank-you. I wish I could be more exact with my memory and tell you more details, but the truth is I surprised myself with this result. It was just one of those things......