I don't know about Milwaukee Cars, but old PRR,PC,NYC cars had Aluminum doors. Those doors are painted on the MILW cars, and since they maybe PACCAR cars I am not sure how they were manufactured. See the attached picture of a 40 year old DT&I Boxcar, no rust on the door and it is still in its original paint. http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=1804767 Rick J
Just got back from a trip and was able to post the latest car I roughed up on my website. I had a little more fun with this one and think it came out well. Brian
That is some of the best weathering I have ever seen. Only dabbled in weathering myself, using airbrushing and chalks, but never acheived results like yours! Super work!
Thanks guys. Paul, yes I'm using an airbrush for about 75% of the overall effect and also dry brushing both acrylics and chalks. Basically, anything goes.... Brian
Weathered freightcars make a huge difference to a layout, I have never attempted anything this heavy, I have always been worried about making a mess of it and having having to repaint! I normally stick to dry brushing and chalks, but might pluck up the courage to get the airbrush out. Only risk is making all the cars heavy weathered when some should only have light weathering. Sent from my HTC Desire HD using Tapatalk 2
I agree that all cars should have some degree of weathering, even if just the underframe, which gets dirty after only one trip! It is a bit daunting to weather some stock though - as I model Slovenian and Hungarian railways, I am a bit wary of weathering locomotives as they are rather expensive and this could reduce resale value significantly.
Finished another engine this past weekend. Went a little lighter on this one since it was still fairly "new" just after the merger with CSX. It was finally repainted into the YN3 painted scheme sometime between January and June of 2003. Brian
Finished another hopper tonight. Took about 5 hours to knock this one out. Started out as a decorated Accurail unit in the Burlington Route scheme and was then transformed into this mess... Brian
Wow...that is EXCELLENT. I can't bring myself to put graffiti on my rolling stock, but that looks real. The old Burlington name absolutely nails the whole look.
That is very well done, graffiti is not something I would ever do, in my idealised fantasy world that does not happen even if it is common place in the wolrd. How did you remove the decals to show the old paint? Only time I tried to do that the decal being rubbed down tore. Sent from my HTC Desire HD A9191
Thanks guys. Once the decals were dry (no overcoat yet), I went back over the decal with a Q-Tip that was dipped in Testors Paint Thinner. If you go slow enough, the decal film will remain in place and the printed portion will start to fade. That was a new trick I learned while working on this car after I read about it on another forum. Just don't ask me which one... I'll probably be using this method instead of using sanding sticks in the future to distress logos and fade lettering. Brian
