Ronkonkoma…now that’s a coincidence…
Commuter trains here are pretty empty cuz Covid as well…
I saw a GO running thru the valley Friday 07:45AM and it was pretty empty…
Old Athearn kit I believe…
AK/Ammo pigments on the sides and rust on the top and underside from 3 spray can mix of colours
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Kirk, thank you so much for your tutorial. Your work is excellent. Coincidentally, somebody asked a question about using oils to weather tanks over on Armorama, and I linked your tutorial to it.
Thanks to you, I’m going to revisit weathering with oils.
Understand your hesitancy to start trying to work on an engine. Rather pricey if you mess it up. I bought a Geep on the cheap a few years ago to practice weathering. I’m glad I didn’t pay more than 15 bucks for it LOL!
Thanks for the kind words
This Athearn Genesis (I think as it was unboxed) Golden West Service boxcar had broken steps and door bars…also I believe the roof had been painted silver from white…
It was weathered with W/N oils and Tamiya paints…
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Kirk, really nice work simulating repaired car body panels. And on a Golden West car, at that! I’d never heard of Golden West until I lived out in the desert Southwest, and traveling I-10 through New Mexico there’s an segment of track tangent to the interstate that runs for seems like a couple of miles. For a while there were about two miles of Golden West Hopper cars parked there. I’ve just always liked the name always liked the name Golden West.
Another really well done weathering job! Thanks for showing us.
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Thanks…
Another quick project…ancient Roundhouse kit
if I had a do-over I would have paint over the Railbox arrows logo with some Vallejo light blue and pink to fade them more…as it was the thinned white coat wasn’t enough.
The yellow car body was given a thinned coat of Tamiya Clear Orange and Red… followed by a W/N wash of Burnt Umber…
Tamiya Hull Red/ Yellow/Red mix on roof with wash of Burnt and Raw Umber
Vallejo German Camo Brown scratches on the door + posts
Tamiya grime mix on sill, underbody, roof edges, trucks and wheels…
Still want to do more to roof…
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Superb work there Dave. Very realistic weathering. Night and day difference between the before and after!
Thanks for the kind words!
Lol just noticed the Ronkonkoma train schedule under your pile of debris !
Dave do you brush on the Tamiya paints or airbrush them? And with the W/ N oils do you pull the colors down in a vertical motion? And lastly do you do any dry brushing ?
Hi…
Tamiya…very thinned out thru air brush…
W/N oils…apply pretty much full strength with a #1 round brush
Removed with a #6 round and Turpenoid (Blue) or a Q-tip…
Vertical strokes…
Sometimes I flood Turpenoid on and just see where it carries the oil…
Wick off with paper towel…
I need to get more brushes (flat/wide) but since Covid it’s been a pain with stores just opening now…
No dry brushing…
Want to try hairspray chipping which I have done on armour…
Ok great thanks. Kinds what I thought.
Got this Canadian Pacific boxcar off eBay a few years back
It had already been dullcoated but that was it.
Hairsprayed it last night…Tamiya rust mix this AM…scrubbed off
Sealed with Future…
Some WN oils and Tamiya grime coat then Rust-oleum clear flat on one side so far…
Some touch up then on to the rest of the car
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Okay, you have convinced me to try the hairspray method. That is inspirational work. I bet that if you photographed it outside, it would be difficult to tell it is a model.
BTW, is that brake rigging I see installed underneath???
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Thanks…
That is broken piping underneath…on the car behind the CP car…
Stuff is fragile…unboxed cars…shipped without their boxes
Often arrives broken…No big deal…it can be replaced with brass or steel wire
I like the effect the hairspray technique gives
