Finally starting to build some of my many kits that have accumulated over the years, putting knuckle couplers on the old RTRs and trying my hand at chalk weathering. Here’s my first two attempts. The oxide red car is an old train set car of unknown origin that has had logos removed with an eraser an my own reporting marks added with dry transfers. The black one is a recent Bowser “data only” kit with dry transfer logo and car numbers.
Looks like you’re headed in the right direction! Keep in mind that if you decide to Dullcote them after the chalk about 50% of the chalk will go way. Weathering isn’t all that difficult. Of course once you’ve learned the tricks you can give Aggro a run for his money. Those guys make weathering an art form. Personally I still subscribe to the splash 'n go technique…
I took the snapshots with my cell phone so the pics aren’t the greatest - The chalk dust is fun though and a nice way to get started; you can always wash it off if you don’t like it (as long as you didn’t get carried away and dull coat right away.)[(-D]
If you used “sticky” chalks such as produced by Bragdon Enterprises, you shouldn’t need to further secure the chalk with Dullcote or a similar finish unless you frequently “manhandle” them. It would be a shame to ruin your nice weathering by Dullcoting them. If some of the weathering eventually wears off, in a few seconds with brush and chalk you can restore the finish. On the other hand, if you think you’ve overdone it, Dullcote will eliminate most of the weathering.
Mark
Very nice job.
For your first attempt it looks pretty darned good to me. I was watching a how to section of a mrr video once and one of these mega builders was demonstrating his way of doing things. He mentioned for things that are going to be handled frequently like rolling stock and locomotives etc. he prefers using air brushing and reserves chalks for structures and tunnel portals etc. It kind of makes sense to me but seeing as so many people do it the way you did and then seal it with dull coat I guess it’s to each his own.
The more I work with the chalks, the more I like it. It’s a technique that you can learn with without fear of really ruining your model. If you don’t like it, you can always wash it off or keep working with your brush and chalk dust until you get something you like.
This old “Tea Kettle” is a static “O” gage model that I built about 50 years ago or so - I think it was a Revell kit. For grins ‘n’ giggles I rescued it from the trash box and added some free lance detailing and chalk dust. I still need to get a bell and and cords from the bell and whistle.
The HO models are recent works.
