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Recopied from other post and edited: Well, not sure if it is the camera or not but I would have used a semi gloss or gloss black (maybe an oil based paint? might have to give that one a try) for oil.  You might also try the Testors Createfx paint pens or paints (I think they have a tar or oil or something like that). Might be a little overdone on the spillage, but thats more of a to taste type of thing.  Edit:  The streaking the paint down as Doughless said should help you out here. You might try using a prototype photo when weathering locomotives and rolling stock.  RR-picturearchives and RR-fallenflags have 100k plus photos between them. There is also a morning sun book or 2 on tank cars; however it is ~$60, so not really a good buy unless you are modeling a lot of tank car served facilities. From an operator stand point, the reporting marks are kind of hard to see.  You may want to dial the overall weathering back a smidge if you are planning on using a car routing system (might also be the photo). Noticed you removed the tank from the rest of the car.  Dont forget to weather the rest of it, wheels included (be careful not to get paint on the axle points, paint there causes the car to roll poorly or not at all). Edit: Weathering light colored cars is somewhat harder than darker colored cars.  You really have do light passes and build up the effect.  Its easy add too much weathering to a light colored car if you are used to doing darker ones.  Also, you may want to consider the era/year(s) you are modeling.  A new car built in December 1949 would probably not have much weathering in summer of 1950.  Also consider the commodity carried in the car.  An acid tank car would not have oil leaking out of it (yours is probably some sort of fuel car (gas, diesel, fuel oil) so you did okay there).  Some cars were captive service cars (moves from one loading point to one or a few customers and back to the same loading point, carrying the same commodity each time).
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