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Y'know, I've never heard anyone mention or write about the weathering technique I accidentally noticed, years ago. It began as a paranoia thing: I had just put together some new kit of some freight car or other, and stood back admiring the great paint job that Athearn or Roundhouse, or some other manufacturer, had put on the side of the box car.  I really hated to see it even get DUSTY, much less all smudged and rusted and all that.  So, having used WATER COLOUR PAINTS for some other art project, I dipped a brush in water, then swiped it lightly over one of the orange and brown "pools" of paint guck, and then onto my prized model...knowing I could wash it OFF quite easily, if it looked like crap. Speaking of crap, it looked so good, I grabbed a black, Rio Grande stock car, which was still all shiney and new looking, and used lots of WHITE on the bottom, especially, where "effluviance" (to put it in polite terms) would no doubt build up, on such a car in real life.  Fantastic effect.  I got carried away on the next car, to the point where I could no longer tell which railroad it had been painted to represent, originally.  A wet kleenex "un did" it all, allowing me to start again, a bit less robust in my slathering on of the "muck" that is what became of the little dabs of watercolours.  That eight colour set ran a whopping 79 cents at a discount store, so it was hardly a tragedy, and made for some suprising colour combinations. Later on, I went to an art store, finding huge HOCKEY PUCK sized versions of such paint...about a buck apiece, enough to weather about sixteen square miles of scale scenery, buildings, railroad and road vehicles...even PEOPLE, as it leaves a nice UNSHINEY surface. So, I can't be the only one who's noticed this, right?
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