show your weathered models!!!!

[vsmith]

Posted some of these last month on a similar topic, but...[;)]






A couple examples, top is a kitbash large scale railbus, lightly weathered.
middle is a LGB Porter, medium weathered
lower middll eis a large scale coaling tower bashed off a Bachmann O scale Plasticville tower, heavily weathered
Bottom is a kitbashed fuel stand from an HLW tank car, LGB piers, and bits of junk...[:D]

[Anonymous]

Vic-
Every time I see the "vsmith" I think of Michael Vick[%-)]...Weird. Anyway, I love the locomotive with Wallace hanging out of it! And the oil tank is awesome as well. The other two are great, but those particular two just struck me.

[nsfantodd]

QUOTE: Originally posted by dthurman

QUOTE: Originally posted by nsfantodd

Great work everyone! Here's one of my subtle cars;





Todd Templeton

Very nice Todd [tup] Very convincing. I am a big believer in less is more. The dusting is great. Any tips or how you did that car?

Thanks David and uspscsx, I use PollyScale paints thinned with alcohol. My favorite colors are Railroad Tie Brown and Grimy Black. I add Rust and/or Grimy Black to the RTB for variations. As for the dusty look, I use Mike Rose's technique of applying Dullcote to the model first. This causes a whitesh fadeing look that is reversible. Mike Rose did an article in MRC a while back.
Basically the first thing you do is Dullcote the model, then you apply your wash. I take a meduim sized brush and and go around the car vertically streaking a good coat of your thinned wash. As your wash dries you will get a faded, dusty effect. On certain colored models the effect might be too much, if you don't like it you you can respray the Dullcote and it will disappear.
I like build up my weathering with serveral applications of very thin washes. You can use "less" thinned washes to highlight rusty areas or to dirty up trucks.
Thats how I weather freight cars, and they usually turn out decent. I'm still learning and that makes it fun.

Todd Templeton

[Anonymous]

I gotta bump this back up:


Progress on a Railbox.


Speaking of which, I'm off to work on it!

[Anonymous]

More progress.

Oh, by the way,

Bump.

[Anonymous]

yeah we do need a weathering forum, " hint hint trains.com" and stickies" HINT HINT!" so people like me could find those great tip/how to posts that that are lost and seem impossible to find after a few days, instead of every new person like my self asking the same question over and over again multiple times.

"hint[;)] hint [;)]"

[Anonymous]

oh and [#ditto] trainfreak
see u made your new little "buet" your sig. nice

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by prr67

yeah we do need a weathering forum, " hint hint trains.com" and stickies" HINT HINT!" so people like me could find those great tip/how to posts that that are lost and seem impossible to find after a few days, instead of every new person like my self asking the same question over and over again multiple times.

"hint[;)] hint [;)]"

http://www.trains.com/community/forum/topic.asp?page=-1&TOPIC_ID=45985&REPLY_ID=495746#495746
Check out this poll.

HINT HINT!!![:P][;)]

[cwclark]

UP GP50

[Anonymous]

From what I can tell, that Geep looks pretty good! [tup]

[Anonymous]

Ohh, looks like I need to take a "Hint Hint." I just noticed your response on that poll, prr67.


Whoooooops.[B)][:I]

[Anonymous]

yeah i guess u should[:D][:D][:D]
one step ahead of you

[Anonymous]

Here's some of mine:

http://www.eddielandreth.boche.net/rr_tp1.html

[TrainFreak409]

QUOTE: Originally posted by prr67

oh and [#ditto] trainfreak
see u made your new little "buet" your sig. nice

Of course, I had to show it off some other way.[:D] But it isn't weathered just yet...

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by Eddie Landreth

Here's some of mine:

http://www.eddielandreth.boche.net/rr_tp1.html

I truly love your Mopac Photo's.
Allan.

[AggroJones]

I see we've got some talent here. Good job peoples.

A few more from me.

[AggroJones]

[cwclark]

GE U-33C


EMD SPD40


EMD SPD40

[Anonymous]

,,

[Anonymous]

BXCARMIKE, That SOO catches my eyes. Looks good[tup]

[Anonymous]

In my ongoing attempts to weather more subtle, this is my latest. It was done with powders, mainly powder washes. (Powder and hairspray...pump-type.)

Enjoy.

[Anonymous]

Here's the Railbox, for good measure.

[AggroJones]

I forgot about this thread. Hang on, I've got more pixs....

[Anonymous]

I feel totally out of place posting on this thread, based on the quality work that has already been displayed, but you asked for it. Here is one of my UP SD90/43MACs. Just keep in mind this is the first ( and so far, only ) loco. that I have ever weathered, so be gentle. [:p]

[ukguy]

youve seen it before but its the only attemp I ever had at weathering



and again in my sig pic

great work as always guys.

Have fun & be safe,
Karl.

[selector]

Good to hear from you, Karl! Very nice work....oh, heck, what else is new?!

[AggroJones]

[joeyegarner]

This is one of my first, I need more practice but I'm pleased.

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by uspscsx



Here's the Railbox, for good measure.

This car is on its way to me. Yeah great job matt

[AggroJones]