I got to messing around at the work bench this week and this was the result. I had this Hudson sitting around for a few years now. Switched it from CNR to CPR. I know CP never ran a hudson that looked like this but what the heck, I like it. Does anyone know a good way to tone down the side rods? I find that normal model paints dont stick to them very well.
You might try a product called Neolube available from Micromark. From the pictures in the Micromark catalogue it looks like it gives shiny metal a dull grey color.
Joe
Maybe Micro Engineering’s rail weathering solution?
Really nice. Never be afraid to violate the laws of the prototype. Remember, this is YOUR hobby. If your desire is to follow the prototype, then be it. If you want to deviate a little bit from the prototype, who is stopping you. In an episode of ModelRailcast, Craig Bisgeier was complaining that nobody offered a 4-6-0 that the Housatonic Railroad used, when one of the co-hosts pointed out ‘who in this world, aside from you, knows what type of 4-6-0 the Housatonic Railroad made.’
From one beaver lover to another, nice![tup]
I used Neolube on the side rods of my latest Tyco post. I like it but it rubs off easy if you handle it a lot. Peter Smith, Memphis
Loathar, my Dad was a jeweler by avocation (electonics technician by day) and he used a liquid called “liver of sulphur” on silver to blacken/shade pieces. It simply brushed on and was permanent. If you don’t find anything else, maybe you could ask a jeweler if it would work on your loco’s metal finish…
A lot of Housatonic fans, I’d wager.
Your post presents a problem: You want to wax philosophic about “doing what you want,” but your example concerns someone who wants to be true to prototype, and was shot down for wanting to do so.
It doesn’t matter if the number of people who know what type of 4-6-0 the Houstatonic used is one or one million; this modeler wanted it to be correct.
Would gun blue be useful in acheiving this effect?
Bruce[:)]