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Quick weathering of a Soo line boxcar

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Quick weathering of a Soo line boxcar
Posted by Graffen on Tuesday, March 8, 2016 6:22 AM

Hi all!

I did this quick painting/weathering for a friend of mine.

It was an unpainted Walthers kit.

He had no decals for it, so I painted the logos on.

He only have to install all the handrails and ladders.

I weathered it from a photo.

 

 

 

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Posted by mbinsewi on Tuesday, March 8, 2016 7:04 AM

That looks great, Graff.  Living in Wisconsin, in the USA, I still see one of these every once in a while.

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Posted by kasskaboose on Tuesday, March 8, 2016 8:30 AM

Nice work on the scenery.  The work's a bit much for me, but who am I to judge.  I read that most of the weathering goes from top to down, so the weathering is more pronounced at the top and trickles downward as rain hits with some residue close to the bottom from the track.

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Posted by chutton01 on Tuesday, March 8, 2016 8:31 AM

Graffen
He had no decals for it, so I painted the logos on.

You painted the "SOO" "LINE" wording then, correct? Line-work looks pretty clean, presuming you wanted a faded look. Did you use a stencil, or masking, or some other technique?

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Posted by Steven S on Tuesday, March 8, 2016 8:44 AM

kasskaboose
I read that most of the weathering goes from top to down, so the weathering is more pronounced at the top and trickles downward as rain hits with some residue close to the bottom from the track.

 

It looks like he based it on this photo...

http://kohlin.com/200703/20070307_003_Soo16846_AltoonaWI_1000.jpg

 Inside the boxcar, the lower areas get banged up more than the upper areas, simply because there's more stuff down low.  Dented areas of sheet metal are more likely to start rusting than undamaged areas, hence more rust down low.

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Posted by snjroy on Tuesday, March 8, 2016 10:43 AM

If that is your "quick" weathering, I'd like to see your slow stuff!  Jokes aside, that is excellent work. Could you explain a bit more how you painted the lettering?

 

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Posted by Graffen on Tuesday, March 8, 2016 12:27 PM

chutton01

 

 
Graffen
He had no decals for it, so I painted the logos on.

 

You painted the "SOO" "LINE" wording then, correct? Line-work looks pretty clean, presuming you wanted a faded look. Did you use a stencil, or masking, or some other technique?

Yes, I painted it (as I did the whole car as it was in bare plastic...).

I found a HO scale drawing online that had the Soo line text on it. So I just printed it out and cut out the letters as a mask. 

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Posted by Graffen on Tuesday, March 8, 2016 12:29 PM

Steven S

It looks like he based it on this photo...

http://kohlin.com/200703/20070307_003_Soo16846_AltoonaWI_1000.jpg

Steve S

Yes, that's the one. I know it isn't right for this model, but I liked the way it looked.

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Posted by Graffen on Tuesday, March 8, 2016 12:36 PM

snjroy

If that is your "quick" weathering, I'd like to see your slow stuff!  Jokes aside, that is excellent work. Could you explain a bit more how you painted the lettering?

 

Simon

 

yes, it is my quick weathering. Big Smile

It took roughly 3 hours, including the base painting....

This took a "bit" longer:

 

These two took a day and a half each. I painted AND weathered them on a hobby expo during a weekend.

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Posted by kasskaboose on Tuesday, March 8, 2016 12:39 PM

Graff,

Now that's what I'm talking about for weathering a loco.  Of course my rolling stock gets far more 'love' but I like your work.  Def you need to tell us how you did that.

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Posted by kasskaboose on Tuesday, March 8, 2016 12:46 PM

Steven S
 
kasskaboose
I read that most of the weathering goes from top to down, so the weathering is more pronounced at the top and trickles downward as rain hits with some residue close to the bottom from the track.

It looks like he based it on this photo...

http://kohlin.com/200703/20070307_003_Soo16846_AltoonaWI_1000.jpg

 Inside the boxcar, the lower areas get banged up more than the upper areas, simply because there's more stuff down low.  Dented areas of sheet metal are more likely to start rusting than undamaged areas, hence more rust down low.

Steve S

 

 
Steve,
 
Here's a great book describing how to weather a box car.  The author mentions creating rust streaks by going from top to bottom.  No question that the bottom needs attention, but you have to create faded streaks to depict rain.
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Posted by carl425 on Tuesday, March 8, 2016 4:22 PM

kasskaboose
Here's a great book describing how to weather a box car. 

Did you compare the photo of the model to the photo of the actual box car?  This is an excellent weathering job done by an expert painter.  If you want to offer advice on a model like this, you need to show us what you have DONE, not what you have READ.

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Posted by snjroy on Tuesday, March 8, 2016 4:50 PM

Graffen, those trucks are a piece of art... Care to explain what you did for that? 

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Posted by hon30critter on Tuesday, March 8, 2016 5:23 PM

Nice work Graff!

The box car matches the prototype perfectly IMHO.

The switcher trucks are incredibly well done!

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Posted by ricktrains4824 on Tuesday, March 8, 2016 9:34 PM

Awesome job Graff!

On all counts, very good job, and especially good job on the roof, and those switcher trucks look almost too real!

Very impressive!

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