Hello, i am currently in the process of building, accesorizing, and detailing my layout, does anyone have any good tips on how to weather box cars, passenger cars.etc?
its not much but, after down scaling from ho to n i think i could make it a pretty good layout, and once again im open to anyones decisions on what do add to my layout![:)]
How about fading? www.mrhobby.com and scroll down to “fading box cars”.
this is one that i found works well take a brush and wipe some water on the the car, building, ect. then dip a dry brush in ashs it looks best if u stroke down the side ontop of the water
I use artists oil sticks, if you use the same color as the car, it tones it down and fades it real well. Works great on black coal hoppers. You can use a stiff bristle brush or your finger, pretty easy.
one way to weather if you are a beginner is dry brush weathering…you don’t need anything fancier than acrylic paint, a paper towel or old cloth, and a small paint brush…dip the brush into some type of earth tone paint (preferably colors you are using on the landscape of your layout) and dab the brush into a paper towel or a piece of old cloth until it is almost “dry”…then paint whatever you are weathering in vertical strokes so that the colors barely appear on your work…I like to use air brushes, but back before air brushes were popular, i’d just let the train run and as it came into view i’d give the cars a quick squirt with an earth tone color spray paint at the lower sections of the cars as they rolled by…it worked pretty good except that i had to clean the track after i got through… oh yeah…i almost forgot!..use poly s or floquil paints mixed with rubbing alcohol…(not the kind you drink 'cause you don’t want to waste it)…and make a 50/50 wa***hat you can paint on the rolling stock…that works good for weathering also…Chuck [:D]
Try out the weathering chalks. They are easy to apply with a brush and if you don’t like it, just wa***he shell with soap and water to remove.
I have used a wet coat of dulcoat, then very fine pastel chalks in powder form(dust)
placed on a piece of paper. Blow the powder across the car side, moving from left to right. Not very scientific, but it sticks.