show your weathered models!!!!

[Robby P.]

I forgot about this topic.  The other computer has more pictures of my weathered  cars.  Heres a few I have on this comp.

[oscaletrains]

Okay Dan.

 

the weathering god has arived

I love the way that steamer looks!

 

 

 

 

 

personaly I have been doing weathering with powders, one of the things I will tell you all is great for weathering is artists charcoal, use at as a stick or powder to create black accents on your freght cars   

[ProtoWeathering]

the weathering god has arived

Oh yea! Aggro rocks!

[jeffrey-wimberly]

How about this one?

[Santa Fe all the way!]

Aggro, I just came across this topic, and LOVE your Challenger!! I've got a Big Boy that would look great weathered like that. Have you ever done weathering for $$? Maybe, I could send you my Big Boy? If not could you explain(in detail) exactly how you weathered your Challenger? Thanks in advance.

[marknewton]

I love the way that steamer looks!

It looks to me like something on a dead line, or about to be scrapped. I'd call it artistic weathering, not realistic weathering.

Mark.

[Tom O-Scale]

Aggro:

Your 3989 locomotive is absolutely beautiful.  

I know John Allen always advised to go more grey than black on locomotives, but this is exactly what I have been looking for for a locomotive color.  This would be perfect on an old NE theme.

It is my opinion that black or even grey does not have the right look of real locomotives but I love this brown.  It photographs beautifully.

Any chance you could give us beginners a little more detail on how this look was achieved?

Also, I have seen a lot of your rolling stock but haven't noticed any other locomotives. 

Have you tried anything with a brown/black instead of the acclaimed grey/black?

Excellent...   I am duly impressed.

Tom

[Dave Vollmer]

The prototype (from Penn Central Online):

Car is N scale from Micro Trains.

[marknewton]

Your 3989 locomotive is absolutely beautiful.  

I know John Allen always advised to go more grey than black on locomotives

Instead of following John Allen's obsolete advice, why not develop your own steam engine weathering technique?

It is my opinion that black or even grey does not have the right look of real locomotives but I love this brown.  It photographs beautifully.

And looks really artificial and unrealistic. I take it you haven't seen many working steam locos?

Mark.

[oscaletrains]

allright we need to make this fourm in to a mini online clinic, I love all of these pictures of these wonderful locomotives and cars!

 

[AggroJones]

 

 

 Thanks. The topic on how I did it is somewhere on this forum.

 

I love the way that steamer looks!

It looks to me like something on a dead line, or about to be scrapped. I'd call it artistic weathering, not realistic weathering.

Mark.

 

 

Mark I take it your're not familiar with the way UP's challengers looked at the end months? That look is a pretty good composite of several challengers taken directly from Pentrex color DVDs of UP steam. Realistic.

[AggroJones]

Aggro:

 

Any chance you could give us beginners a little more detail on how this look was achieved?

Have you tried anything with a brown/black instead of the acclaimed grey/black?

Excellent...   I am duly impressed.

Tom

 

Thanks. There were some shades of brown powder used on this.

 

http://cs.trains.com/forums/1/447278/ShowPost.aspx#447278

[marknewton]

Mark I take it your're not familiar with the way UP's challengers looked at the end months? That look is a pretty good composite of several challengers taken directly from Pentrex color DVDs of UP steam.

I am - I have those DVDs as well, plus some of the colour books published by Morning Sun. That's why I made the comment.

I think your weathered freight cars look terrific, but to me, the Challenger doesn't look anywhere near as effective. But that's only my subjective judgement, obviously you like the look of it, and so do many other posters. And you seem more than willing to share your methods and techniques, so it's all good!

All the best,

Mark.

[Packers#1]

Well, here's a boxcar I weathered. It's better than what I've been doing, lol.

and here's a terrible job I did on an F7:

[jeffrey-wimberly]

You want weathered? Get a load of this!

[Dave Vollmer]

Some N scale Pennsy cabin cars...

[Daquan13]

You want weathered? Get a load of this!

 

Honestly Jeffrey, that looks awful.

[Packers#1]

You want weathered? Get a load of this!

 

Honestly Jeffrey, that looks awful.

If you look at the prototype, it's probably cleaner.

[Daquan13]

 

I'd love to see the picture of the prototype that inspired this model.

It looks like a drunk retarded person tripping on acid put on a blindfold before picking up a paint brush.

[Packers#1]

Here ya go:

http://s292.photobucket.com/albums/mm18/forum-2/KCS%20baggage%20car/

[Daquan13]

 

Not quite. The model looks nothing like the prototype.

[jeffrey-wimberly]

 

I'd love to see the picture of the prototype that inspired this model.

It looks like a drunk retarded person tripping on acid put on a blindfold before picking up a paint brush.

Here's the prototype:

[jeffrey-wimberly]

Honestly Jeffrey, that looks awful.

It's supposed to look awful. The real car looks like it got hit by an ugly bomb.

[Robby P.]

Here a few more Railboxs.  One was patched to a Georgetown Railroad.  Also a few roof shots.

 

 

 

 

[Packers#1]

How do you do those cars robby!? they're about as realistic as one could possibly get.

[Robby P.]

Thanks.  I am STILL trying to get the Aggro gashes.  I still need to improve on areas.  The roofs, and ends of the car.  I think one of the biggest improvements I have seen is my graffiti.  It use to look horriable, and now I think much better.  Well I think it looks better

[jeffrey-wimberly]

Now I know why I can't find any Railboxes at the LHS. Robby has them all.

[Robby P.]

Well Jeffrey, maybe you should buy some RBOX stock.  I am sure I'm making it go up .  They have always been a good seller.  I like the weathering range of them.  From rust buckets, or graffiti, to just the plain old dirty look.  There are sooooooooooooo many ways to do them. 

 

[Tjsingle]

Well Jeffrey, maybe you should buy some RBOX stock.  I am sure I'm making it go up .  They have always been a good seller.  I like the weathering range of them.  From rust buckets, or graffiti, to just the plain old dirty look.  There are sooooooooooooo many ways to do them. 

 

hey robby, you being a weathering guru and all, maybe this might be a cool project for ya!

I took this Picture here today in maryland, leaving the jessup yard. Has alot of cool features. You can zoom and all the way on a whatevery photo editer you have and get the car number.

Tjsingle 

[Robby P.]

Tjsingle thanks fo rthe idea.  Theres a CSX yard near me, and there are ALOT of autoracks.  Who knows, that might have come threw there. 

Now here is a easy one, anybody could do!!!!!