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Posted by bportrail on Sunday, January 28, 2007 11:29 AM

Here is one of my recent "Route Rock Rusters"

 

 

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Posted by Fortkentdad on Friday, January 26, 2007 10:25 PM

I am Not such an experienced weatherman.  I did not start this deliberate weathering until last year.  I do have cars that nature has weathered with dust as they have just sat on a shelf for 20 or 30 years, surprising what a few decades and simple room dust will do to a model.

I've also only really tried weathering with one medium, Bradgon powders.  I have also just started to use my airbrush (I've had all of three weeks expereince with the air brush so no airbrush weathered pics in this lot). 

I picked up one set of graffiti decals and have had a wee bit of fun with them, I'm looking for a few more of them at the not LHS (nearest one is three hours away to is is the not local hobby shop).  Maybe I'll get some at SuperTrains in Calgary on the Family Day weekend in Feb. 

enough words, time for the "Show your weathered models!!!" part:

 

 

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Posted by gear-jammer on Tuesday, January 23, 2007 12:38 PM
 claycts wrote:

Sue, Larry does some nice work. I have about 90 of them to do, MAYBE I will ship them to him Big Smile [:D]

Well I am going to work on UNWEATHERING the TR and get the roof fixed!!

George,  After one leak this year, fixing the roof would be top priority.  The sun is shining here so I need to take the tractor down and put rock in the holes in the driveway.  If Larry brings the truck up to the house, it will pack things nicely.

I did another layer of water on the pond.  Looks like the back pond will need still another layer.  I also did some ground goop with rock talus slope on the other end of the bridge, so I am at a stopping point anyway.

Sue

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Posted by claycts on Tuesday, January 23, 2007 12:11 PM

Sue, Larry does some nice work. I have about 90 of them to do, MAYBE I will ship them to him Big Smile [:D]

Well I am going to work on UNWEATHERING the TR and get the roof fixed!!

Take Care George Pavlisko Driving Race cars and working on HO trains More fun than I can stand!!!
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Posted by gear-jammer on Tuesday, January 23, 2007 9:23 AM
 jep1267 wrote:
 gear-jammer wrote:

My husband, Larry, had fun with this one.

Sue

How long did it take him to fish it from the bottom of the lakeCool [8D]. Looks great, very realistic.

J.P. 

J.P,  

 Sometimes the water coming out of the sky could be considered a lake.  The color  rusted very well. 

Thanks, Sue

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Posted by jep1267 on Tuesday, January 23, 2007 1:05 AM
 gear-jammer wrote:

My husband, Larry, had fun with this one.

Sue

How long did it take him to fish it from the bottom of the lakeCool [8D]. Looks great, very realistic.

J.P. 

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Posted by gear-jammer on Monday, January 22, 2007 10:17 PM

My husband, Larry, had fun with this one.

Sue

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Posted by pablo on Saturday, January 20, 2007 9:16 AM

This is my On30 Climax and a tank car.

 

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Posted by jep1267 on Saturday, January 20, 2007 4:34 AM
 MrKLUKE wrote:

There already IS such a place! If it never happens here...visit the weatherers at "modeltrainsweathered.com/forum". You have to register first but it's no big deal.

 

MrKLUKE,

Looks like a great site, though I didn't see a link to register.

J.P. 

 

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Posted by snagletooth on Friday, January 19, 2007 9:42 PM
 thx, MrKLUKE, Ill check it out
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Posted by MrKLUKE on Friday, January 19, 2007 9:13 PM

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Posted by snagletooth on Friday, January 19, 2007 12:38 AM
MrKLUKE, was wondering what the "direct"-way would be? does REBOXX have a website? none of the LHS's around my area are big on carring detail parts.
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Posted by MrKLUKE on Thursday, January 18, 2007 11:38 PM

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Posted by CSXFan on Thursday, January 18, 2007 7:13 PM
 Kevin Beeler wrote:

Some really awsome work posted here. Mine won't come close to those already posted, but here is my latest weathering attempt. It's an Atlas C40-8W that I patched from Conrail to NS.

Wow! Looks pretty good to me! I really like the simulated fuel spills. What color did you use for the dirt kick up?

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Posted by zgardner18 on Thursday, January 18, 2007 6:40 PM

These are my first attempts at weatherning cars.  They will probably get some more with the airbrush but other than that, I really am just having at it with very little experience or practice.

--Zak Gardner

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Posted by m sharp on Thursday, January 18, 2007 6:00 PM

Question for MrKLUKE and AGGRO: What wheels are you using on those freight cars.  They look great.  Is it only? because of the weathering, or are they special wheels?  I'll hang up now and listen for your answers.  Thanks.

Mike

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Posted by Pruitt on Thursday, January 18, 2007 5:36 AM

Here's a string a simply-weathered tank cars and ore jennies, pulled by a pair of unweathered P2K 0-6-0's:

 

Here's some other tank cars in front of Laurel station:

 

And no, the weathering isn't just dust that's settled on the models (the dust is in addition to the weathering)!

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Posted by marknewton on Thursday, January 18, 2007 4:27 AM



It may be that this B&W image doesn't really show the weathering on this car well, as it is fairly subtle.

Cheers,

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Posted by Metro Red Line on Thursday, January 18, 2007 3:26 AM

 06archerd wrote:
Hey guys show all of your custom weateherd models!!
heres one of mine

Life-like proto 2000 Ho scale gp60

Life-like P2k Covered hopper

lets see your models!!!

 

Wow, those Life-Like models look more true to their name! 

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Posted by Kevin Beeler on Wednesday, January 17, 2007 8:54 PM

Some really awsome work posted here. Mine won't come close to those already posted, but here is my latest weathering attempt. It's an Atlas C40-8W that I patched from Conrail to NS.

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Posted by gear-jammer on Wednesday, January 10, 2007 10:08 PM
 m sharp wrote:

I have been reluctant to weather my freight cars and locos because I am afraid of ruining something.  But after seeing the results posted here, I know I will have to give it a try.  They really llok great.  Thanks for the inspiration everyone!

 Mike

Mike,  I would start with your least favorite.  Sue

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Posted by P & LE RR on Wednesday, January 10, 2007 8:20 PM
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Posted by m sharp on Wednesday, January 10, 2007 7:49 PM

I have been reluctant to weather my freight cars and locos because I am afraid of ruining something.  But after seeing the results posted here, I know I will have to give it a try.  They really llok great.  Thanks for the inspiration everyone!

 Mike

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Posted by gear-jammer on Sunday, January 7, 2007 4:54 PM

Here are a few of our dirty toys.

Sue & Larry

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Posted by MrKLUKE on Sunday, January 7, 2007 1:08 AM

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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, January 7, 2007 12:12 AM
aggro, you are incredible man. thats awesome.
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Posted by AggroJones on Saturday, January 6, 2007 9:25 PM

 

"Being misunderstood is the fate of all true geniuses"

EXPERIMENTATION TO BRING INNOVATION

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Posted by tomkat-13 on Saturday, January 6, 2007 8:40 PM

I model MKT & CB&Q in Missouri. A MUST SEE LINK: Great photographs from glassplate negatives of St Louis 1914-1917!!!! http://www.usgennet.org/usa/mo/county/stlouis/kempland/glassplate.htm Boeing Employee RR Club-St Louis http://www.berrc-stl.com/
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Posted by ChessieFan13 on Saturday, January 6, 2007 7:52 PM

ok................

and the obverse.....................

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Posted by dragenrider on Saturday, January 6, 2007 7:13 PM

After watching the post grow and seeing your models, I decided to give it a try.  This is my very first weathered car. 

This MKT stock car was part of a box of Athearn cars I picked up at a local train show.  How'd I do?  Please be gentle, this is my first time! Blush [:I]

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