Weathering is going to be my next major project for my RR, including cars, building, pretty much everything. So I wanted to know some good techniques that I might not know because I have a pretty large fleet that needs detailed, and maybe after that I can put pictures on here. Sweet! But I doubt it because people might laugh, but maybe not… Thanks alot![8D]
Beegle,
If you have a large fleet, it might be worth to invest in an airbrush. You can do ALOT of general weathering with a airbursh, that looks great, easily. With an airbursh, more cars to paint, easier it is. I usually dont fire mine up unitl I have 3 or 4 cars ready to go.
Quick shot if light or dark brown on the trucks, some lights sparys oftt thinned grimy black on the roofs and alont the sides, (more on top if it is steam era), some colors to match the original paint, say box car red, to help tone down the printing on the sides, and maybe some thing tan, or mud color along the dies along the bottom of the frame to help set off the details.
Could be a great way to get a chunk of them with some weathering, and alwalys come back and do the individual details later. Only thing about painting alot at one time is be carefukt to get into a assembly line process mode so you dont start weathering them all same. More mud color here, then more grimy black here… etc
Well, there is my thoughts to get your thread started…[:)]
Thanks that works good. I just bought an airbrush over the weekend. What type of thinner should I use? I’m using floquil paint and it says to add thinner.
Well to be safe, I would get Floquil thinner. For weathering, I would maybe cut it down to like 40% thinner, 60% paint.
To bo be honest, I am not that famailr with Floquil. Personaly, I prefer Polly Scale much more, just with the ease of water based paints. That, I can tell you all kind sof tricks… [:D]
One thing with airbrushing, is takes time to play and get comfortable with it. Practice until you get comfortable with it. What can work great is just spraying on white paper. You can see the spray apttern and how strong the piant is. I usually have peices of white foam laying aroudn from my bench work and it cracks me up sometimes to see how many paint marks I have from testing the spray/color mix. I alwats test spray before I spray the car or engine. Remember too, shoot for subtle, can always add on fo rmore effect. [:D]
Good luck, keep in touch if you need anymore help.
Pastel chalks are nice for doing some types of weathering…especially very small areas.
underworld
aka The Violet
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Here’s our method.
http://www.trains.com/community/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=38920