Well here goes,,, here are some pics of work I did tonight. Using a brown/black india ink wash,,bragdon weathering powders and artist oils. I have a long way to go.lol And there you have it..adios wyatt
Looks Really Good Well I have to say that your weathering looks awful good to me. Very impressive in fact. I just love to see cars and locos that have been weathered and weathered good because it just puts a touch of realism to model railroading like nothing else.
Thanx guys,,now that I look back,, I should have used the darker of the bragdon powders. I had the wash of india still wet,, then applied the powder and mixed them together.. Maybe a new wash of darker pigment will make them look like they were not in a severe dust storm.LOL I guess the old saying is right,,,,,,,,,less is more. Adios Wyatt
How about just leaving the Santa Fe car as it is? Southwestern roads' equipment tends to get mostly beige dust.
Tony,, I really have not felt like messing with the trains,,just no "want to". I had a couple of cars left at the house, cause the rest is in storage,, so I decided to try some weathering. Side bar: I had a 102 veiws on atlas board,,, not one ,," looks like junk",, " go take a flying leap" or anything,, so I deleted the thread. Any who,, thanx for the comments guys!!!!! Adios Wyatt
Go take a flyin leap. Seriously, I like the Milw hopper. There's something about the boxcars...maybe the clean ribs?
Wyatt, Looks like junk! I was wondering why I hadn't heard from you. Hope you get back in the swing of things! Rich
Wyatt- you know you've done well with the weathering when someone tells you the cars look like crap. They all look like they've been rode a little hard, but that's how the real ones look. Keep up the good work:thumbs_up:
Awesome job! the Milwaukee Road hopper looks like the one i see here around town very well done! how long did it take you?
The Milwaukee car looks great. In fact, I was stopped at a RR crossing today coming home from golf and a boxcar weathered like that rode past me in 1:1 scale.
Notice the weathered lines on the individual hopper bays. Great detail that I have not seen before! :thumbs_up:
The hopper is fantastic, I see so many truly nasty looking hoppers, hard to go "too much" on a long serving hopper in my opinion, especially one that may have seen winter duty on the northern plains and cascades, love it. dust is usually the last weathering I use as it would be the "freshest" grime on a car that has just run in from somewhere accumulating kicked up dust over rust, dark grime and old dirt and grafitti, my best, Jan
