I have a great selection of gleaming and nice rolling stock. I want to weather it though and I dont have an airbrush. I weatherd a nice and new looking CP box car by rubbing pencil onto my fingers and then rubbing My fingers to the car. Still, black isn’t the only colour and there is much more weathering needed. Any help here on weathering (without an airbrush) will be great.
here are a couple good sites to help with weathering.[:)]
http://modeltrainsweathered.com/index.htm
http://theweatheringshop.com/home.html
- Jeremy
The April issue of MR has an article on weathering. Only one of the five methods uses an airbrush, Regular paint brushes, micro brushes, cosmetic applicators and cotton swabs are the tools used with paints and powders.
Good luck,
Richard
I would start practicing weathering on the not so great cars of the bunch. That way if the technique doesn’t work exactly right a good car is not ruined. In my opinion there is nothing worse than a bad weathering job.
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I would guess in the history of the hobby many many more weathering jobs have been done without an airbrush than with one. Of course one can get an airbrush at Harbor Tools for under $10.
Weathering by any technique is definitely an art not a science. I like the pastel chalks. Light yellow, tan, brown, and of course white can get some good effects. They work very much like your pencil lead technique. The tricky part is getting them stable so they don’t slowly wear off. If they are coated with a flat clear paint they get lighter, so they need to be put on a bit heavier. If they are put on too heavy, then when the flat clear paint goes on it can blob.
You don’t need an airbrush. My primary tools are a small paintbrush and a selection of of weathering powder from A.I.M. Products.
As Jeff mentioned A.I.M powders, I love them I have about 10 shades now. They stick better then chalks I think.
I have found that weathering with those water color colored pencils works preety good. - Peter
Powders, powders, powders.
