Would gun blue be useful in acheiving this effect?
Bruce
IVRWCraig Bisgeier was complaining that nobody offered a 4-6-0 that the Housatonic Railroad used, when one of the co-hosts pointed out 'who in this world, aside from you, knows what type of 4-6-0 the Housatonic Railroad made.'
A lot of Housatonic fans, I'd wager.
Your post presents a problem: You want to wax philosophic about "doing what you want," but your example concerns someone who wants to be true to prototype, and was shot down for wanting to do so.
It doesn't matter if the number of people who know what type of 4-6-0 the Houstatonic used is one or one million; this modeler wanted it to be correct.
Raised on the Erie Lackawanna Mainline- Supt. of the Black River Transfer & Terminal R.R.
From one beaver lover to another, nice!
~G4
19 Years old, modeling the Cowlitz, Chehalis, and Cascade Railroad of Western Washington in 1927 in 6X6 feet.
Maybe Micro Engineering's rail weathering solution?
You might try a product called Neolube available from Micromark. From the pictures in the Micromark catalogue it looks like it gives shiny metal a dull grey color.
Joe
I got to messing around at the work bench this week and this was the result. I had this Hudson sitting around for a few years now. Switched it from CNR to CPR. I know CP never ran a hudson that looked like this but what the heck, I like it. Does anyone know a good way to tone down the side rods? I find that normal model paints dont stick to them very well.