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My Newest Weathering Project: Not the best in the world, but it suits me!

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My Newest Weathering Project: Not the best in the world, but it suits me!
Posted by Anonymous on Friday, September 2, 2005 11:42 PM
Here is my latest project: A grimy Santa Fe 2 Bay Cement Hopper. It was from a Walthers kit. It was weathered to match several prototype photos I have. I even added a few particles of "rock" to simulate freshly spilled cement, as I have seen before on hoppers. This was all hand done. There are no less than 4 colors on the car. Now for the photos. The images are too big, and when I try to resize them things get all messed up, so here are the links.

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a246/csxwatcher/P9111090.jpg
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a246/csxwatcher/P9111089.jpg
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a246/csxwatcher/P9111084.jpg
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a246/csxwatcher/P9111083.jpg
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a246/csxwatcher/P9111081.jpg
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a246/csxwatcher/P9131093.jpg
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a246/csxwatcher/P9111087.jpg
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a246/csxwatcher/P9131096.jpg
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a246/csxwatcher/P9131100.jpg
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a246/csxwatcher/P9131103.jpg
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a246/csxwatcher/P9111085.jpg

Enjoy, and like I said, it's not the best in the world...

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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, September 2, 2005 11:52 PM
You can tell that hopper has been making money for the railroad.

Looks great.

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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, September 2, 2005 11:52 PM
What did you use on the car? The rust line on the right looks spot on. Looks good. [tup]

I need to get my airbrush skills going, I did a test with grimy black and I was pretty pleased for that dirty look. I currently am using chalks and pastels (oil based) they both have their differences and benefits.

I am waiting for the Weathering Clinic to reappear[:D]

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Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, September 3, 2005 12:11 AM
QUOTE: Originally posted by dthurman

What did you use on the car? The rust line on the right looks spot on. Looks good. [tup]

I need to get my airbrush skills going, I did a test with grimy black and I was pretty pleased for that dirty look. I currently am using chalks and pastels (oil based) they both have their differences and benefits.

I am waiting for the Weathering Clinic to reappear[:D]




Like I mentioned above, this was all hand-done. I used a mixture of cement(Polly Scale), CSX Tan(Polly Scale), NS/Reefer White(Polly Scale), Grimy Black(Polly Scale), and CSX Gray(Polly Scale). To highlight some areas I used Rust(Polly Scale), and on the trucks I used mixtures of washes and drybrushing that included Steam Power Black(Polly Scale), Grimy Black(Polly Scale), and Rust(Polly Scale).

Thanks for the compliments, and good luck on your weathering!

This one is not for my personal collection...

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Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, September 3, 2005 4:44 AM
Instead of listing the Photobucket URLs, why not use them with the [ img ] tags they also supply? That way the images would appear right in the forum.

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Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, September 3, 2005 5:42 AM
QUOTE: Originally posted by FundyNorthern

Instead of listing the Photobucket URLs, why not use them with the [ img ] tags they also supply? That way the images would appear right in the forum.

Bob, I think he did that as a courtesy to members with low-bandwidth connections who have to wait a long time for large graphics to download. And some of these are good-sized images.

BTW nice job uspscsx!
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Posted by ereimer on Saturday, September 3, 2005 8:46 AM
ewww what a mess !


looks great !
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Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, September 3, 2005 9:07 AM
Looks good to me! Nice job!
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Posted by DrummingTrainfan on Saturday, September 3, 2005 10:22 AM
WOW! I think the washracks are in order for that puppy![^]
    GIFs from http://www.trainweb.org/mccann/offer.htm -Erik, the displaced CNW, Bears, White Sox, Northern Illnois Huskies, Amtrak and Metra fan.
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Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, September 3, 2005 10:59 AM
I am still drooling over that rust spot/streak along the vertical channel on the right. It's those small nuances that I think make or break a detail job.

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a246/csxwatcher/P9111089.jpg
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Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, September 3, 2005 11:03 AM
Thanks for all the applause guys.

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Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, September 3, 2005 11:32 AM
QUOTE: Originally posted by KenLarsen

QUOTE: Originally posted by FundyNorthern

Instead of listing the Photobucket URLs, why not use them with the [ img ] tags they also supply? That way the images would appear right in the forum.

Bob, I think he did that as a courtesy to members with low-bandwidth connections who have to wait a long time for large graphics to download. And some of these are good-sized images.

BTW nice job uspscsx!


You are correct, Ken. Whenever I try to resize them, they beocome assorted shapes and variities. (Sp)

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Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, September 3, 2005 11:42 AM
looks fine to me[tup]
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Posted by tatans on Saturday, September 3, 2005 12:15 PM
See ! Now doesn't that look better than a bright ,shiny, brilliant hopper fresh out of the box? well done, my first attempt to weather resulted in "overdone" just a little too much, it looked like it had just come from the bottom of a sewage lagoon, I have since moderated to resemble present day usage and am using varying degrees of weathering on different cars, like real life. have fun
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Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, September 3, 2005 5:05 PM
QUOTE: Originally posted by tatans

See ! Now doesn't that look better than a bright ,shiny, brilliant hopper fresh out of the box? well done, my first attempt to weather resulted in "overdone" just a little too much, it looked like it had just come from the bottom of a sewage lagoon, I have since moderated to resemble present day usage and am using varying degrees of weathering on different cars, like real life. have fun


And shiny it was!

uspscsx

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