I'm been dabbling into weathering with chaulks. I'm just starting out and still very much a novice. I am nowhere near touching an engine. I was wondering if anyone knows of any pros out there that would service customers such as myself.
Thanks, let me know. A phone number or better yet a website would be helpful
Joe C
Joe,
Here is just one of many, that offer those services:
http://www.alliedmodeltrains.com/index-4.html
Google: Model Railroad, Weathering and Detail Services and take Your pick. I can't recommend any, for I have not needed any. You may also find this site, interesting:
http://tag.wonderhowto.com/model-train-weathering/
Frank
Weathering with chalk can be washed off with a wet soft paper towel. If you don't like what you've done, remove it and try again.
Weathering powders instead of "plain" chaulk have more adhesive adhesive properties. Quick weathering can be done this way, however ther are so many various method, stages and methods to weather. first off, many of the factory paint finishes, although may look somewhat "flat", don't allow chaulk/ weathering powders to gain a good "bite". This is where you will find that you seem to have to "burnish" the powder to stick. Applying a flat finsh first is the best to a start to a weathering project.
Many times, I will drybrush the more pronounced rust, heavy streaking and undercarriage grime. Usually at this time, I remove the trucks and wheelsets are replaced, The trucks/ wheels will generally get a weathered black and wheel faces painted roof brown or combination of roof brown/ weathered black (pending final overall state of wear/ exposure). Additional work to truck sides, springs etc can be done. Washes of dilute paint (either solvent or water base) can be done at this time. Good example would be the extreme weathering on box car roof panels, even some rust and rust streaking down sides. Extremely rusted cars can have that rough, scales peeling look to rust by mixing up rust/ brown paint w/ a bit of rust powder and apply directly, Powder sprinkled on wet paint spots will also do this (a real point for trial and error- use waterbase to wipe off poor results). Many times on a heavily weathered car, I will airbrush/ fog an overall coat of quite diluted paint . This can be a lighter version of the car color that will show fade to the origional paint and also fade out the repoting marks, etc. The steps can be repeated and done in any order. Say the car is faded as described, light rust on roof panels done already, may need addition "fresh" streaking of dirt, grime or the rust. The final work of weathering w/ the powders can show wheel spray, dirt/ grime along underbody and car sides, or soot/ grime on upper surfaces.
There are all sorts of methods to accomplish this, many times, I may just hit a car w/ Braegdon weathering powders just to get it on the rails. I can always do additional work later if needed.
There are a few members here that do some unbelievable weathering, Robbie P. for one. His work is sometimes seen in the WPF thread.
A couple months ago MR did an article on weathering a steam loco in minutes. Some hints can be gained from this. I don't have links to weathering sites or toutorials, maybe some will post them.
Modeling B&O- Chessie Bob K. www.ssmrc.org
dominic c I'm been dabbling into weathering with chaulks. I'm just starting out and still very much a novice. I am nowhere near touching an engine. I was wondering if anyone knows of any pros out there that would service customers such as myself. Thanks, let me know. A phone number or better yet a website would be helpful Joe C
There are many things I am reluctant to try, such as handlaying track. Weathering on the other hand is something I've found to be quite easy. It's hard to do it badly. The reason is you can start with a little and just keep adding until it looks right to you. If you overdo it, it's not that hard to remove and start over. Also, there is no right amount of weathering. Locos and rolling stock can both look like they just came from the paint shop or went through a dust storm or anything in between those two extremes.
Besides Frank you guys are missing my point. I do thank you guys for the advise but I'm looking for professional work. I value my engines, especially the high priced ones, to much to "try things" on them. At this point I'm am nowhere near the level I want to be to experiement on the engines I want to weather. For now I'm barely good enough for rolling stock. I know my limits in certain areas. I'm confident in scenery work. I'm pretty good with track and wiring. But again, weathering always fascinated me but when I started in MRing, I focused on more of the necessities and am only now thinking about "luxury" things. There probably will be the day when I get the airbrush and all that neat stuff. But for now, I'm looking to see what others can do that for right now would be better than my own work.
Thanks