Here are a couple of mine:
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You guys have been doing someGREAT work. Love Aggro's tank car. More please!
Yes we are on time but this is yesterdays train
Waiting patiently!!!!
John
Aggro - you have captured the look of thinning paint and the resulting emergence of rust on that tank car spot-on.
I am brand-new to this forum, so bear with me, guys! I think the weathering on this boxcar is great! In my opinion, it doesn't take much to overdo weathering and make the job look like a toy train with some flat paints splashed on. This car looks just right, to me. I do agree with some of the comments concerning the graffitti - there is so much on so many of the prototype rolling stock these days that a little bit would not have been out of place, but that is up to each individual modeler. I especially liked the way the paint appears to be oxidizing, with just a little bit of a white-ish sheen. I hope that I will be able to achieve that look on some of my stuff, some day. I enjoy building structures and kit-bashing, and I do some weathering on those. Is this the proper forum for structures, or primarily rolling stock? Thanks, for letting me be a part of this discussion. Kentucky Bill
Sweet another tutorial from Aggro. Looking forward to the updates.
AggroJones
Unbelievable! If I didn't know it was a model I'd swear it was the real thing.
Lets take it though an Accurail hopper.
Here we have the out of box kit.
First we take 400 grit sand paper and lightly scuff the lettering in a circular motion. Dry sand. Not wet here. When we're done we go over the areas again with 1000 grit sandpaper to help smooth over inperfections in the surface.
More to come later..
"Being misunderstood is the fate of all true geniuses"
EXPERIMENTATION TO BRING INNOVATION
http://community.webshots.com/album/288541251nntnEK?start=588
Freehand.
Some people draw a line and go back over it. I just eyeball it.
"Rust, whats not to love?"
Robby P. I guess I will add some.
Do you just eyeball your rust streaks so they are perfectly vertical?
I guess I will add some.
2 identical Details West BN boxcars.....
1) air brush diluted white polly scale paint to get the fade (next time floquil oil based for smoother look)
2) alcohol and india ink mixture to darken crevices and smooth fade
3) sophisticated finishes for rust, diluted with water
4) A.I.M. mixed rust colored chalk over sophisticated finishes to blend in rust
5) dark gray, brown chalk to weather car sides...lightly.
6) NO Gouache used at all on this car.
7) Seal with floquil flat finish mixed with 50% thinner
Next boxcar
I could crank these out in my sleep. And I'm sure if you ask Aggro, he'll tell you it looks like I did just that!
2nd boxcar
Driline - I like your cars. They are showing rust stains running down the side of the cars. Your prototype reflecs either a film of rust on the side sheetmetal resulting from the original paint (both finished and prime coats) having worn away, or the finish coat has worn off and we are seeing the primer coat. Either are possible as we were running the Soo cars all during the mid-70s when I worked for ACF. That's a long time for any paint to be around.
AggroJonesThanks you. The paint scheme is actually similar to a group of SRN owned FMC boxcars. I went with FGLK because they own all kinds of weirdo patch job boxcars. I think the overall look fits. Yes its already sold.
Thanks you. The paint scheme is actually similar to a group of SRN owned FMC boxcars. I went with FGLK because they own all kinds of weirdo patch job boxcars. I think the overall look fits.
Yes its already sold.
They sure do have a bunch of weirdo patch job box cars. I think every one they own falls into that class.
Let me know if you do another!!!
Ray Seneca Lake, Ontario, and Western R.R. (S.L.O.&W.) in HO
We'll get there sooner or later!
AggroJonesDrilline although those hoppers don't quite look like that photo I have seen real hoppers that look like the ones you did. BTW a crazy, even more rustastic than the shot you used, Accurail Soo hopper is on my list of things to do. On the back burners.
Drilline although those hoppers don't quite look like that photo I have seen real hoppers that look like the ones you did. BTW a crazy, even more rustastic than the shot you used, Accurail Soo hopper is on my list of things to do. On the back burners.
Lets move that job to the front burner shall we? I wanna see how its SUPPOSED to look.
Ooo, oo, ooo!!! I just happened to wander in here tonight. Lost track after the first page or so and see this! OK Aggro, tell me about that car. How did you come to do that, and is it for sale??? The Finger Lakes Scenic Railway is my local railroad and I don't often see models of any of their cars. Inquiring minds want to know! Another WOW from Aggro BTW!
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Driline: I've seen a few hoppers that had that bottom ledge get a lot of surface rust like the ones you've done. "Fantasy" or not they seem to work here. Which reminds me--I need to bring the camera along so when I go by the 'racetrack'--CN's yards here in London ON--I can take those ferschluggener pix---they do come in handy
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My first attempt at weathering a trio of Soo Line covered hoppers. I think they turned out cheesy. I'm not happy with the results at all. I tried to copy the original picture shown here, but just couldn't get the rust patch to stop short of the bottom of the car. I tried gouache wash, but it ended up everywhere giving the entire car a "rusty" look. Chalk weathering didn't really give me the look I was looking for either as it really wasn't the right color and tended to pile up on the bottom rim of the hopper, also I couldn't tell what the top of the hopper should look like, so I'm sure its wrong too.
So I've decided its a "fantasy" car as nueterino would say.....Must be the term you give a car when you screw it up?
blownout cylinder I'm thinking of trying out that DullCoat myself--how light of a coat do you spray on--and can you do this with 'Rattle Cans'? Are Alcohol washes using brush effective in dulling? They seem to be doing something but-----?
I'm thinking of trying out that DullCoat myself--how light of a coat do you spray on--and can you do this with 'Rattle Cans'?
Are Alcohol washes using brush effective in dulling? They seem to be doing something but-----?
DT&Ifan Aggro, Another fine car.
Aggro,
Another fine car.
Dull Coat comes in spray can and in bottles for use in a air brush. The air brush will give you a thinner coat, but if your careful the spray can will work just as good IMO. A alcohol wash is good for making grime etc, but I don't think its much in the way of dulling, just dirtying up a car.