not really a train guy, are these al HO?
very nice weathering - what is tamiya grime?
Hey Phil…thanks…
I never thought I was a train guy though I liked trains as a kid…started on Airfix planes in the 60’s, Tamiya tanks in the 70’s thru to 2018 at my LHS I was listening to a conversation about getting back into trains and building a N scale layout and I got interested…the quality of the rail cars has increased substantially since I was a kid
So I started poking around in N and HO eventually building a temporary layout featuring both scales…just to keep the locos lubed…while I figure out what I want to do…
These are all HO cars that I have posted here…
“Tamiya grime” is a mix of Tamiya Browns, Blacks and Red…to get a dirt colour… I am using Winsor and Newton oils thinned with Turpenoid for streaking dirt on the sides.
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Just a quick job on this one… finished in half a day
The usual 1 problem on any project…in this case the intial Rustoleum Clear Flat coat crackled the lettering…
This hadn’t happened to me before…
I let it sit and the letters levelled out
After that I faded the cars with some Tamiya White and lots of X20A thinner…
Then Tamiya XF86 Clear Flat…then oils…then Tamiya Grime mix
The follow up coats of Rustoleum went on OK
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Another great weathered car Dave. Amazing the difference the weathering makes to create the authentic look 
Nice. And at some point you’re going to have to tell us about that Panzer IV…
Hey Tim and Phil
Thanks…
The Syrian Panzer IV is the Dragon kit…painted with Tamiya XF-61…I think and weathered with Ammo pigments…
Started after lunch today…
Finished at 3:30 with some yard work between sealing coats…
Dirt is W+N Raw Umber oil paint and Tamiya Grime mix.
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That’s so much better than the original bright emerald green …
One more for this week…
Walthers car I got 2nd hand for weathering…
Started after lunch…finished b4 dinner
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Subtle, amazing how its picked out the ribs on the roof
Tim,
I have to give thumbs up to these W+N oil paints…
They really flow well thinned with Turpenoid…they just melt in the palette…
They make thin washes that dry really quickly…
The scary thing is I had them unused in my stash since the early 1980s…
Just had to overcome “oil hesitancy”
Finished another Walthers all door boxcar this AM
Actually looking at the pic…I just now took the Lignum car out and rewashed the roof and 1 door
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Excellent
Thanks Tim…!
@Kraftstoff3 Dave, nice work and thank you for sharing. Question about making already printed marking look old, chipped, faded…how are you doing that? TIA.
Mike
Hi Mike,
The letter chipping effect is done by scraping the paint off with a blunt tool…in this case a sharpened chopstick
The colour differential is done by pre-fading the entire car with a dilute mix of XF-20A and Tamiya Flat White
My understanding is this technique doesn’t work on all manufacturers cars… and varies for car to car…depending on the paint hardness
These cars below are 60’s 70’s vintage Athearn or Roundhouse products…
In the case of the more modern Athearn car in the bottom pic only the black came off…the white underlay wouldn’t chip
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