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Cody’s Workshop: Episode 24 - Weathering with powdered chalks
Cody, I liked the use of the paste in the rust weathering segment. I model in “S” and have used a similar technique, with the liquid medium actually being paint. At the time I started I was using Floquil acrylic paint and add the weathering powder. As an example I might mix s small amount of railroad tie brown with the dark rust or earth powder to form my rust and apply it it with the sharp tip of a toothpick. I have always been pleased with the results. Keep up the good work. Also, as a side note have you ever used the eye shadow sponge applicators on plastic sticks in the place of the wide make up brush?
Hi Cody, A very good friend of mine suggested a “quick fix” if the turnouts don’t conduct. He used to rub a pencil between the point & stock rails. This usually worked until the end of the show. Keep up the great work.
Regards
Brian
Dear Cody,
As always I loved the show.
I am also proud of my layout having all Peco turnouts.
Do the techniques that you demonstrated also work in HO scale?
Thanks!
WHAT?? No out-take at the end of Cody’s March Workshop installment?
Great weathering tips Cody for rust marks. I’d just suggest that modelers hike down to your favorite railway (maybe the local station area) and watch a few cars roll by and look for where those rust marks occur most frequently. Good point that most rust marks start where the cars are dented by loading equipment.
Cody, in the N scale coupler height segment with the Maine Central boxcar with truck mounted couplers, I don’t think the coupler height is perfect; it appears low. I have found this to be the case with my Micro-Trains truck mounted coupler cars to their coupler height gauge.
hi cody do you now were i can get ho Couplers for my layout
Awesome, I will totally try that on some rolling stocks.
As a french man who just moved to Philadelphia with my american wife and a bit of french model train stuff, i was wondering if you would have some ideas of how to use some of my french wagons or rolling stocks or most of all cattle cars on the rural B&O little layout i began to build.
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Applying a spray on matte finish like say, Testors Dulcote, before applying any weathering will get rid of the shiny new look but really helps give the powders something to bite on to. So when you run your brush over it, you dont remove it all off the smooth finish and have to keep going back over it to build it up.
Cody,
Your weathering looks great, but only one question. When you weather your rolling stock that you have at home or anything thing else on your layout, in your own collection, does your family give you that loving helping hand? I get my from my nephew in Oregon thru Skype. The little man and myself have our own layouts. I enjoy just sharing great ideas with him, as well as he does too.
Cool recommendations on the Peco turnouts. I do not ballast near the points, also. I experimented with painting my roadbed various colors and settled on a very dark grey - almost black. It works. I am going to try bending the ends of the points. That should improve mechanical and electrical connections. Thanks!!!
Very good video clinic on coupler height. This essential if you are running on any type of HO Trak or N Trak modular layout where the height for the layout is crucial. For N Scale, I recommend upgrading your Kato locomotive couplers to MicroTrains. That is where I have my most difficulty in running. Tricks like using rubber cement to keep Kato couplers together can be tedious. Also, if you are operating with just about any club, coupler height is usually a standard that they had adhere to greatly for smooth operation. A total “preflight” of your locos or cars can save many headaches in the future.
Cody and Crew, keep up the excellent presentations.
Does anyone know if Peco makes those replacement ties in HO scale too? I am presently laying track and filing ties as David mentions. I it would be a great time saver to use prefab ties.
great show cody
Hi Cody, Great video. I have a question about the Red Oak series. In part 3 David and Neil talk about an opening in the foam that a prebuilt scene will be placed in. I would like to see how they cut the foam so perfectly square and how they placed the diorama in it. I think it’s a great idea to build a small scene that you will be using on a layout.later on. I’m sure there are a lot of ways to do it but I would like to see how the pros do it.
Cody-
I have to say that I tried this technique on one of my newest club cars, an Amherst Railway Society 20,000 gallon tank car, and it worked fine… only I did not use Matte Medium, I used water. I followed the same instructions you and Pelle gave me. My rust ended up looking very similar to yours and I just wanted to inform you that you can also use this weathering method with water.
Thanks- Owen
And a shoutout to Pelle Soeborg for creating this awesome, handy trick!!
On a older video Cody shows how to patch out a freight car using trim film and stencils from microscale. Would you happen to have the item number for the stencils and trim films? Thanks Cody
I’d liked to see cody take apart a athearn engine and clean it and re assemble showing along the way of what can be improved to improve performance
I would like to see an in-depth track-laying video, from roadbed to airbrushing