Check out these nice N diesel models by Mark Gasson of Williamsburg VA Shot 1 Shot 2 Shot 3 Shot 4 Shot 5 eN(&W)joy Don B [ 03 January 2002: Message edited by: E-8 ]
Don, I edited your post as to the way the URL's are displayed. For some reason it causes a glitch when they are posted like that. I will try to have that fixed in the future so it won't do that. Just a technical thing - no big deal Charlie
After I posted the photo links, Mark posted some tips and techniques on the Atlas N forum, which is reposted below: ********** Y'all might like to go straight to : http://members.aol.com/mgtgand3/private/MarksPages2.htm (non-american spelling on)(Mark is from New Zealand) Weathering is done using mainly Tamiya acrylics with a bit of artists acrylic for washes. Step one is to airbrush "dust" the entire model with a gunky "coffee with milk" colour (white, brown and a bit of black) concentrating on the bogies and fuel tank. A pale wash (water-thinned acrylic)is then applied with a brush and left to dry. It won't look too good (clumps together like water droplets) but the next step fixes that: Take a piece of lint-free cloth dipped in isopropyl alcohol (also known as rubbing alcohol) and wipe excess wash off the model and generally coax it where you want it to go. Do not rub hard as you run the risk of removing the original paint. The wash+alcohol steps can be repeated until you get the desired effect. A wash of artist's raw sienna is good for a slightly rusty look (after all the pigment is iron oxide!). A coat of Testors Dullcote at this stage will fix the effect. The final step is to add flat black with the airbrush to represent exhaust deposits, oil and fuel spills. Note that if you really mess up the alcohol can be used to remove the weathering. I use a Paasche VL airbrush and find it very good after my old DeVilbiss Sprites. For base coats on models I prefer to use Humbrol - the matt colours are REALLY flat. Check back to the above site from time to time. I plan to put some N scale weathered wagons up as well as some HO scale and maybe even some S. (non-american spelling off) Mark Gasson N&W/NS in the Appalachians email MarkGasson@aol.com ********* eNjoy Don B
Weathering is something I will get around to - eventually! It adds so much realism to models, and takes away the "model" look.
Only the other day I weather 2 SP SD7's the result was good and it makes such a difference. Even by just using dullcote turns them from shiny new locos to older ones.
