LITTLE WEATHERING HOW-TO FROM AGGRO

Model Railroader General Discussion (Model Railroader)
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Here we have an Atlas 33,000 tanker brand new that I’ll go through step by step or somthing like that.

This is the before shots.

FIRST! We come in with a little light sanding with wet 1000 grit sand paper to some of the lettering. WET.

Then we airbrush laquer thinned Floquil white over the lettering to further fade them.

We’re gonna take a lil burnt umber gouche, and burnt sienna water mixable oil paint and cross them together. An 18/0 liner brush, that is used to the streaks and a little rust action happening. After that I sealed it with future floor wax. Thats about it for now.

M’kay after the floor wax was put on I used graffiti decals for some of the tags. Micro-sol treatment, yadda, yadda…lightly future over them to seal the edges.

Then I come in with a first grime wash, made of watercolor, chalk, and gouche. hit the cracks and general body. And work it vertically with a q-tip.

Next it was Testor’s dullcoted, and dried a while. Then I came in added more graffiti, touched up the rust some. Then came a dusting of Bragdon Enterprises w

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Thanks for the tutorial, Aggro!

JaRRell

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AggroJones,

[tup][tup] On the tutorial! Outstanding photos make it so much easier to understand and see what you’re talking about. I have a question…How did you apply the coat of Future Floor Polish? Airbrush?

Thanks again,

Don Z.

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Aggro,

I always love your before and after photos. Gotta love the Bragdon Chalks.

Sue

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Cool! I was wondering how you faded your letters. Keep em comin!

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Thanks. I would’ve had more pictures of the later steps but my camera’s memory chip was fudged and I lost those and a few dozen other pix. [banghead]

I always spray future, non thinned, at 15 psi with an airbrush. 15 is enough to get a even smooth finish.

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Nice job Aggro. I am not into modern railroading, but that tank car sure looks real the way you did it. I even learned a thing or two. Thanks.

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THIS WAS A GOOD ONE. IT HASN’T BEEN AROUND FOR AWHILE.

MIKE