Your right! SP had their engines delivered "factory weathered" so the newest ones would blend into the fleet. ...but I just have to get up the nerve to try some of that myself. Those 45's look soooooo great.
Hi Alan, yes I use a mixture of chalks and acrylic paints. The only thing I can say about how I do it is to do it a lot and not to be afraid. One thing that's important when using chalks is to rub on more than the effect you want to obtain, because the varnish will take a lot away. But you can do it all over again and varnish again. Will post a couple of pics of HO cars I did in the HO forum.
Yes, I like chalks for weathering, and have used them on HO and N, but never on such a large beast! That is the only way an SP unit should look
Paul, I'm just starting to cross over to G from HO. When I see your work well I just cant wait. I hope my LITTEL HO SCALE skills will work on the big G scale models. I can weather locos and rolling stock in HO but I feel some what intimidated when I look at the G scale. But boy I’m looking forward to the size of it all!
Welcome aboard, Sean If you can do it in HO, you should be able to do the same in G, it is just a bigger "canvas" on which to try your artistry
Hello Sean, you will see that it is much easier to weather things in large scale than in the smaller scales. You can use larger brushes for bringing on the chalks. I can give you a tip on these, use the brushes that women use for brushing all those fancy colors on their cheeks because they are very soft and thus they will spread the chalks better without making stripes. BUt a very good advice is to buy your own set of these brushes!!!! I ounce used one of my wife and just put it back after use, forgetting to clean it and when she used it, she had a black streak on her cheek which resulted in a lot of comments I can't write down here [ 22. February 2003, 22:18: Message edited by: Rappannahock Terminal ]
