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Posted by DeadheadGreg on Sunday, June 1, 2008 6:32 PM
 corsair29 wrote:

 Here is a lightly weathered Atlas RS1

Steve  

 

I love the look you've got there; its a nice even coverage.  How did you do that? 

 

anyway, heres some pictures of a hopper I did like last month or something, just using drybrushing. 

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Posted by verheyen on Sunday, June 1, 2008 3:45 PM

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Hi some of mine. Not many at our club here in South Africa weather models. How do I go about adding pics?

 Pictures need to be posted to a website and then linked to via the URL they have.

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Posted by wedudler on Sunday, June 1, 2008 3:44 PM

You must have your pics somewhere in the web, like at your own homepage or at photobucket???.

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Posted by sprulz on Sunday, June 1, 2008 2:48 PM

Can't get pics to attach to response.

 

 

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Posted by sprulz on Sunday, June 1, 2008 2:25 PM

Hi some of mine. Not many at our club here in South Africa weather models. How do I go about adding pics?

 

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Posted by verheyen on Sunday, June 1, 2008 12:16 PM

I just started weathering my models recently and have jumped in with both feet. There is A LOT of good information in this forum and also on other sites out there so I felt good knowing I could learn from others. Then there was also corresponding with a colleague who gave me that extra nudge to get over the fear of messing up... Below are two images, but one can get to more (with clickable larger ones) on my blagh at http://papphausen.blogspot.com/. Everytime I look at them I notice little details to fix, the bolts holding the rods on the steamer for instance, but all in all I'm really happy with the results. I've also started weathering cars, both freight and passenger... Every one is a learning experience, but a real enjoyable one.

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Posted by wedudler on Sunday, June 1, 2008 11:32 AM

Thank you,

 and a steamer, my friend Peter weathered:

 

and this Mike was my work:

 

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Posted by Driline on Sunday, June 1, 2008 10:41 AM
 wedudler wrote:

A used engine for my Westport Terminal RR.

Wolfgang 

Nicely weathered. Not too overly done makes it more authentic. Thumbs Up [tup]

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Posted by wedudler on Sunday, June 1, 2008 10:34 AM

A used engine for my Westport Terminal RR.

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Posted by corsair29 on Sunday, June 1, 2008 10:03 AM

 Here is a lightly weathered Atlas RS1

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Posted by Great Western Rwy fan on Saturday, April 19, 2008 9:28 PM
Tim,That has to be the most unusual looking fascia I have ever seen...Very cool!!!
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Posted by tomkat-13 on Saturday, April 19, 2008 9:02 PM

 This is the start of my mill complex. I split the Walthers mill into two buildings by adding a wall, ramp & inside floor to the shed. I'm working on some signs & other details.

 

 

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Posted by Driline on Saturday, April 19, 2008 10:03 AM
 AggroJones wrote:
 Driline wrote:

 AggroJones wrote:

Museum quality as always. Something I've never seen before though would be an entire consist that included ALL weathered cars including the engine. Do you have such a picture?

 

Not of my modern stuff. I do have some shots of weathered steam hauling freight though.

Nice.....

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Posted by Robby P. on Thursday, April 10, 2008 9:04 PM
I really liked the Railbox.  I sold it on Ebay a few weeks ago.  I will have to do one for myself.

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Posted by Driline on Thursday, April 10, 2008 8:55 PM
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Just been weathering this Proto 2000 S3 with brushed-on acrylics.

 

 

 Mike 

That looks very convincing knowing you only used acrylics on it.

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Posted by Driline on Thursday, April 10, 2008 8:54 PM
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Heres the finished project.  I redid the patch area, and I still might have to do a few touch ups.  The underneath is dirty than in the shot.

 

Looking good, but it still needs something. The rust drips on the side need some added relief. Perhaps some 'rust' powder of some sort instead of looking like a paint line. I'm also thinking a final dusting on the side as well, maybe using a very light coat utilizing an airbrush. Aggrojones is the expert so hopefully he'll chime in here. Nice overall though.

Your yellow box car is very convincing. I wouldn't change a thing on that model.

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Posted by Robby P. on Thursday, April 10, 2008 8:34 PM

Heres the finished project.  I redid the patch area, and I still might have to do a few touch ups.  The underneath is dirty than in the shot.

 

 

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Posted by mtrails on Thursday, April 10, 2008 8:09 PM
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mtrails

I think that covered hopper looks real good just as it is.  The technique is simple and proved to get great results.  I am not giving an 'empty" compliment either, I mean it.  Great results with such a simple technique.

Thank you. [:)]

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Posted by Geared Steam on Wednesday, April 9, 2008 11:04 PM

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Posted by mikelhh on Wednesday, April 9, 2008 9:33 PM

Just been weathering this Proto 2000 S3 with brushed-on acrylics.

 

 

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Posted by Robby P. on Tuesday, April 8, 2008 3:23 PM

I don't know if I listed the Railbox, but here it is.  Also heres a picture of what I am working on now.  I did a patch job on the numbers due to the numbers didn't match the model car.  I still need to work on the skull in the upper corner again.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Posted by wedudler on Tuesday, April 8, 2008 12:27 PM

My latest one:

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Posted by ChrisNH on Tuesday, April 8, 2008 9:52 AM
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How did you do that rust? (specifically, the rust spots..)

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Posted by FastTracks on Tuesday, April 8, 2008 9:39 AM

Hi,

 Well, not an engine or freight car its weathered nontheless....

The fascia of my CNJ Bronx Temrinal portable layout, heavily weathered to look like an industrial relic...

 

More detail at CNJ Bronx Terminal 

 

  

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Posted by tomkat-13 on Tuesday, April 8, 2008 3:29 AM

MOPAC gon

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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, April 8, 2008 1:22 AM

mtrails

I think that covered hopper looks real good just as it is.  The technique is simple and proved to get great results.  I am not giving an 'empty" compliment either, I mean it.  Great results with such a simple technique.

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Posted by AggroJones on Tuesday, April 8, 2008 12:55 AM
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  Would using oils save a step, to achieve similar results?  

Jeremy

Uhhhh yeah...Smile,Wink, & Grin [swg]

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Posted by mtrails on Monday, April 7, 2008 11:45 PM

I have not used oils before. I simply used Floquil grimy black and rust. My technique is to apply full strenght paint, then brush over with brush cleaner to manipulate the paint. Would using oils save a step, to achieve similar results?  

#7...

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Posted by AggroJones on Monday, April 7, 2008 10:24 PM
 mtrails wrote:

One of my better attempts... This is my 6th ever car weathering. I even had some fun and inserted the model photograph into a real one.Cool [8D]

Jeremy

Question Jer....any oils used on that car?

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Posted by mtrails on Thursday, April 3, 2008 6:20 PM

 Robby P. wrote:
 I use Bragdon powders.  I mostly use them for a quick fade and mainly rust spots.  They reall don't seem to fade to much to me, other than the white/gray powder.  Someone said that the AIMS white powder doesn't fade away when you dullcote it. 

Bragdon is the powders I have been using. Brown seems to show through dull-cote pretty well. I have tried with the other colors to repeat applyling the powder and dull-cote, which works, but is wasteful. I will try the AIMS products. Thanks!

Drilline, your trailer looks very good, natural. Thumbs Up [tup]

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