To borrow a line from Aggro:You Might Need A Tetanus Shot Just From Looking at It! My Rusty RailBox!

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by uspscsx

Actually, the prototypes are rusted worse than this. On this you can faintly see the reporting marks, on the prototypes you cannot, at all, period.

uspscsx

Hate to break it to ya but If a cars reporting marks are not visable and clear to a point they are washed off around the reporting marks, by the switch crew, how are they supposed to spot the car if its just a giant box covered in some thick brown paint? I've seen some dirty railboxes but none that you couldnt see the RM's on.

[Anonymous]

Actually, the prototypes are rusted worse than this. On this you can faintly see the reporting marks, on the prototypes you cannot, at all, period.

uspscsx

[Anonymous]

No offense man, but thats really really really really overdone, even the prototype wouldnt let it rust that far, you cant even see the reporting marks. It doesnt even look like rust, its just a thick coat of brown paint.

[underworld]

I think that's the most fabulously rusted model I've ever seen! Except for the Marx tinplate boxar that I found at a junkyard.....but that was real rust a la Mother Nature! [:p]

[:D][:D][:D][:D][:D]

underworld

[Anonymous]

The photos of the entire shell don't do it justice. I will take some better photos tomorrow A.M.

uspscsx

[Anonymous]

Might I add: NO powders were used in this. I haven't completed my order with Walthers that includes the AIM Weathering Powders[:D]. Also, that roof shot is the unfinished product.

As I said, whenever someone guesses the ex-patch, I will include the "before" photo.


Now if only I could drag Aggro over here..[:D]

uspscsx

[Anonymous]

I am so excited about the results of this box car that I could not help but post them. As I always say, my cars are no where near as good as cars by Mellow-Mike, MrKluke, or Aggro himself, but I'm still a rookie at this weathering game! So here is my latest: A rusty, rusty, rusty Railbox. Bonus points to the first person who guesses whom it is(Or WAS!)patched for. That is when I will post the "before" picture.

It started off as a Roundhouse RailBox, minding its own business. Then I took it into the weathering "chamber" as I call it, and gave it a light alcohol wash. This really faded the lettering down good, so then I went to the rust. Well, actually, it first received a few washes of grimy black and rust, but then it was off to the rusting! I first gave it two coats of rust, the exact Polly Scale color. I used napkins and paper towels to dab the paint, giving it a textured rust look. Then I retired for about two hours upstairs, letting it dry thoroughly, while watching tons of college football.

Next process was a couple more light washes of rust. I though I was finished, as shown here:






Here's a roof shot, for good measure.


Then today came along. I showed the car to one of my friends, also a railroading guru, and he suggested scrubbing a little Arm & Hammer on there, as I had mentioned I thought it was a little heavy. This was before I decided to turn it into a non-rolling tool car for my siding, based on cars sitting in the local yard. Anyway, I did the Arm & Hammer treatment, which worked well, so I then decided that it needed more and more rust. Well, I got to the "chamber"(I need to put a trademark on this![:D]), and mixed up a couple of different colors of rust. I applied those, still using the "paint and dab" technique, and it turned out very well. I then decided enough was enough, for one side. It is shown here:








Here are a couple of really close-up shots, pretty much just experimenting with the extreme-macro settings of my camera.




Five total hours for one side. I think I now know about 1/4 of what Mellow-Mike and MrKluke go through!

uspscsx