Great sounding technique Aggro , and as I said before looks great.A semi sane modeller like myself may even be able to follow those instructions and come up with a somewhat good looking finished product.I've found that all my weathering had started looking the same ( I generally use the Bragdon industries chalks exclusivly ) I'll have to grab an old Athearn hooker chemicals car and see what shakes loose. ( the twisted side of me still wants to put some flouresant green spills comming out of it though)
Rob
NSlover92 wrote: AggroJones wrote: Amazing, please say how you did so. Do you use wash and then paint the rust details? I am going to do that on my caboose to on the steps I am going to paint a little rust on the edges. Mike
AggroJones wrote:
Amazing, please say how you did so. Do you use wash and then paint the rust details? I am going to do that on my caboose to on the steps I am going to paint a little rust on the edges. Mike
It begins with an airbrush coating of thinned Polly S reefer white. Some body washing, water compatable oil paints for rust, more body washing. The load spills are white oil paint.
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TrainManTy wrote: Whoops! Mah bad!Aggro: That is not fair! No prototype photos! How did you get the railroad company to park that car out on the main line so you could photograph it? Great job!!!
Whoops! Mah bad!
Aggro: That is not fair! No prototype photos! How did you get the railroad company to park that car out on the main line so you could photograph it? Great job!!!
Thanks.
CudaKen isn't the only one with a big boy anymore...
And now a little scene with it coupling up to my challenger...
Challenger #3958 at Stormont, Colorado.
The Big Boy in the siding.
The Big Boy pulls up in front of the switch.
The switch is thrown.
And the Big Boy is coupled.
And the video of the big boy, including the videofied version of the above photos...
http://youtube.com/watch?v=fkSFwESUb8Y
Mark
trolleyboy wrote:Aggro and NSlover , loved the weathering jobs on those pieces of rolling stock you guys should put up a how to thread on weathering tecniques.Rob
Aggro and NSlover , loved the weathering jobs on those pieces of rolling stock you guys should put up a how to thread on weathering tecniques.
Thank you, Mike
davidmbedard wrote:best guess, we lost part of Sunday and maybe Saturday to "debates". Also, and more accurately, for most of us, ie the normal people, this is Spring Break. Which translates into a week to work on layout. But some of us have weird schools, and we don't get off til next week...Actually, us normal people actually have to work. David B
best guess, we lost part of Sunday and maybe Saturday to "debates". Also, and more accurately, for most of us, ie the normal people, this is Spring Break. Which translates into a week to work on layout. But some of us have weird schools, and we don't get off til next week...
Actually, us normal people actually have to work.
David B
David.
I wish that I had to work. Try being retired. NO days off, NO vacations, NO stat holidays, NO weekends. The only time off is between the HONEY, do this and the HONEY, do that projects. And the pension raises that you get don't even come close to putting gas in the car.
They say that these are the Golden Years. HA! The only gold that I see is the one lone gold filling in my mouth and in the sample bottle that the Doctor asks me for.
Oh well, I woke up this morning and no one was throwing dirt on me in the bottom of a hole in the ground. As Martha Stewart says, "And thats a good thing".
PS. David, thanks for all helpfull information that you post on these Forums. I for one really do appreciate it even if some of the information does not impact me at that particular time.
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Next time I'll have to paste a smiley so they understand its a joke.
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I wonder if the track spraying car will help with the spiders? Will be glad to be rid of the plants in the family room as well.
Ken
I hate Rust
twhite wrote: Geared Steam wrote: You know growing POT plants so close to your layout could cause problems with both train operation and oral hygiene. Geez, next time check your pictures BEFORE posting.Drilline:Hmm--have a little trouble getting through Botany 1-A, did we, LOL?Tom
Geared Steam wrote: You know growing POT plants so close to your layout could cause problems with both train operation and oral hygiene. Geez, next time check your pictures BEFORE posting.
You know growing POT plants so close to your layout could cause problems with both train operation and oral hygiene. Geez, next time check your pictures BEFORE posting.
Drilline:
Hmm--have a little trouble getting through Botany 1-A, did we, LOL?
Tom
Hey Ken! You need to being the track spraying car through to cut down on that encroaching vegetation!
Hey Ken,
I understand about plants in the layout room. We all have to deal with the encroachment of the real world in one way or another. At least the plants give you a break in warm weather. As for me, I have a 1:1 furnace in the middle of my layout (track runs both in front and behind it). It's better than model railroading in the cold, but it's sure tough to hide.
Summer's coming. Enjoy that pool!
Phil, I'm not a rocket scientist; they are my students.
Outdoors, I love the look of Conrails. I have a pro wearthed B40-8 this is one of my best pullers. Can I send it to you so you clean it?
How did you do your tress on the hill side?
On the pot plants, how do you think I fund my Rail Road, I have a lot of reefers you know. They are in for the winter, they go around the pool in the summer. Wonder where they will be next winter? Won't be in the garage, won't be room!
Time to work on the bench. Then, break out the new GE AC 6000 CSX.
Cuda Ken
Tom View my layout photos! http://s299.photobucket.com/albums/mm310/TWhite-014/Rio%20Grande%20Yuba%20River%20Sub One can NEVER have too many Articulateds!
AggroJones wrote: Don--impressive rockwork! Who manufactured the molds? Or are the home crafted?
Don--impressive rockwork! Who manufactured the molds? Or are the home crafted?
Aggro,
Thank you very much! The molds, with the exception of 2 Bragdon Enterprises molds, are all handcrafted and the work of Chuck Ellis, my mentor and fellow hobbyist here in Austin. His layout was featured in the December 2001 issue as well as an Allen Keller video. I was fortunate to have the use of Chuck's molds as well as his talents in creating the rockwork shown in the photos. He has come to my layout several times to give me and several of my friends personal clinics in his method of wet casting rock molds.
Don Z.
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Very Nice Agro!
What kind of weathering would a corn syrup car go through? Thanks!
Alex
AggroJones wrote: Outdoorsfellar-- those Conrail units are looking too clean there bro.
Outdoorsfellar-- those Conrail units are looking too clean there bro.
Hey, give me a break ... I just got 'em yesterday ! .... lol. I agree just the same, so in due time, I'm sure the breakshoe smoke from fighting gravity will overtake the cleanliness.
Argo, your pics are always impressive .... from the track, all the way up !
NSlover---I say its looking decent. What did you use for that wash? Don't forget to hit those trucks.
Well, I am working on weathering my whole fleet of rolling stock, and the my locomotives afterwords. I have maybe 50 cars I have done 3 1/2 so far long way to go but it will be worth it I think, My current project is a Athearn RTR PRR baywindow Caboose I have everything done except for the ends. Enjoy,
What ya'll think? Mike
Here's a few pics from my N scale Allegheny & Cumberland. The 1st pic is doing double duty, showing my new InterMountain SD45-2's awaiting their next assingment AND some of my recently installed dwarf signals ....
Here we catch up with the SD's earning their keep as they push a auto parts train over State Line Gap ....
And pushing coal through Coal Fork Jct .....
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