Up for your review and critique is the Milwaukee Road 100593 covered hopper. This is an Athearn BB model with a BevBel paint job. Totally fantasy weathering. My intention for this model was to try some new techniques. So, without further delay, here is my second serious weathering attempt: I am not entirely happy with the ends. The wheel splash-up has proven to be tricky to do. Not to happy with the Athearn trucks and wheels, but they were good practice. Thanks for the critique. More photos here.
The car looks like strings of some I have seen in recent storage. Wish I could spot an un-restenciled Milw version like this some day, again... Glad to not see orange on the wheels. Excepting new sets, or the tread area after a short period sitting, they'd be much closer to the brown I see showing in those photos. Too many people don't allow for aging of rust, or that fact that dirt and grime accumulate. Those wheels look real. :thumbs_up: Boxcab E50
Ken, I too would love to see an un-patched one. Heck, even a patched one. I just don't see any former Milwaukee stuff here in Colorado. Glad you like it. Thanks Wolfgang!
Nice weathering. At some point I need to sit down and weather nearly all the cars on my layout. I hope I can repeat the results you have.
Haha... Thanks Andy! Thanks MOPMAN! This hopper took me the better part of a morning. Looking it over there are still some improvements to be made. I don't know what I would do if I had a TON of cars on a layout that needed to be weathered. OY, I get a headache just thinking about it.
Sure Michael. I used acrylic artist paints and pastel chalks. This was my first time trying to do descent rust. Disassembled the model. First thing I did was to give the entire care a couple layers of light washes to tone down the bright gray and fade the lettering slightly. Once the washes had dried, I began applying the rust to the roof using burnt umber and burnt sienna loosely mixed with cosmetic sponges. Before dry, I stippled various rust'ish colored pastel chalks into the pant to give it some light texture. The rust down the sides were simple draw downs using the cosmetic sponges. Then, again before they dried completely, a stippled with various rust'ish colored chalks. Paying special attention to dark tones on near the center and fading to lighter tones on the edges. After I was happy with the rust, I gave the entire model an over all chalk dusting to blend it all together.
If this was the first time you tried it, please show us your efforts after the first dozen cars you'll have done! I'm afraid that I have not the patience (and too many cars waiting to be done) to get this result, but I'll try. Thanks for sharing! Michael
I'm happy to share, Micheal. Just remember to work in layers. Light layers. It is easier to add a little more weathering than to pull back from to much.
