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I am so excited about the results of this box car that I could not help but post them. As I always say, my cars are no where near as good as cars by Mellow-Mike, MrKluke, or Aggro himself, but I'm still a rookie at this weathering game! So here is my latest: A rusty, rusty, rusty Railbox. Bonus points to the first person who guesses whom it is(Or WAS!)patched for. That is when I will post the "before" picture. It started off as a Roundhouse RailBox, minding its own business. Then I took it into the weathering "chamber" as I call it, and gave it a light alcohol wash. This really faded the lettering down good, so then I went to the rust. Well, actually, it first received a few washes of grimy black and rust, but then it was off to the rusting! I first gave it two coats of rust, the exact Polly Scale color. I used napkins and paper towels to dab the paint, giving it a textured rust look. Then I retired for about two hours upstairs, letting it dry thoroughly, while watching tons of college football. Next process was a couple more light washes of rust. I though I was finished, as shown here: [IMG]http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a246/csxwatcher/P9151118.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a246/csxwatcher/P9151122.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a246/csxwatcher/P9151128.jpg[/IMG] Here's a roof shot, for good measure. [IMG]http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a246/csxwatcher/P9151124.jpg[/IMG] Then today came along. I showed the car to one of my friends, also a railroading guru, and he suggested scrubbing a little Arm & Hammer on there, as I had mentioned I thought it was a little heavy. This was before I decided to turn it into a non-rolling tool car for my siding, based on cars sitting in the local yard. Anyway, I did the Arm & Hammer treatment, which worked well, so I then decided that it needed more and more rust. Well, I got to the "chamber"(I need to put a trademark on this![:D]), and mixed up a couple of different colors of rust. I applied those, still using the "paint and dab" technique, and it turned out very well. I then decided enough was enough, for one side. It is shown here: [IMG]http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a246/csxwatcher/P9161141.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a246/csxwatcher/P9161160.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a246/csxwatcher/P9161152.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a246/csxwatcher/P9161153.jpg[/IMG] Here are a couple of really close-up shots, pretty much just experimenting with the extreme-macro settings of my camera. [IMG]http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a246/csxwatcher/P9161157.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a246/csxwatcher/P9161158.jpg[/IMG] Five total hours for one side. I think I now know about 1/4 of what Mellow-Mike and MrKluke go through! uspscsx
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