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Modeler’s spotlight video for April 16, 2009 – Inside Cody’s office
Another great video Cody! A few years ago I visited the Milwaukee, Racine, and Troy layout. I was wondering if you could give a tour of the layout to show off some of the newest additions.
Hi Cody. I really look forward to your shows each week. Im wondering. Do you have to have any sort of a dessicant type of filter or a water seperator inline with the air hose to keep condensation out of the air line? I know this is something that is required for automotive paint equipment for painting cars and trucks (which work on the same principal). With automotive paint finishes, any water vapor or condensation thats in the line will ruin a paint job but im not sure if this is a factor on a small scale such as an air brush. Thanks for another excellent show.
I see you have the blue Model Railroader binder on your desk, It looks to be empty…If not what issues do you have in it?
E.G.Hall
www.GSMrr.net
I’ve really enjoyed the articles on airbrushing. Q: Is it necessary to have a water filter on the compressor if you are painting with acrylic (water-based) paints? Another Q: Do you generally weather lighter cars with dark colors and darker cars with light colors? Keep the good articles coming.
Dear Cody,
I was just wondering, How do you produce trackplans for Model Railroader Mag? I have always wondered this and I was hoping you could show me.
Thanks
Somehow you new I was going to do an airbrush clinic this weekend for the Western Heritage Division, MidContinent Region of the NMRA yearly meet in Des Moines! Thanks for two great videos so I don’t forget anything. I like the wheel jig. What color do you use for rusting the sides of rails on track?
Greetings Cody.
I like your tips on weathering. I have tried using polyscale in the past and had problems with it. Now that I have seen how to properly thin the paint I will try it again. Thank you.
An additional source for out-of-print books and publication, viewers may want to try their public libary.
Hey Cody id like to know about useing soft pastels or powderd weathering products to weather my rolling stock and coal cars how would i go about doing this?
Hi Cody,
There is something I was wondering. In the January 2009 Model Railroader in trackside photos, the picture of the MR&T shows a blue diesel with a white cab, number 601. I wondered what company made this diesel and where I could find a model of it. The reason I was wondering is that the diesel has no nose. In a head-on crash the crew would not have any protection. One more thing, where did you get the cool desktop on your computer that shows train photos.
thanks. 
Cody
I’ve enjoyed these last 2 installments of Cody’s Office about using an airbrush. A week ago you said to use mask when airbrushing to prevent breathing in paint. Yet I haven’t seen you use it, this week or last. Hmmmm… What’s up?
Cody, nice work on the basic freight car weathering… One trick that I learned for batch-weathering through trial and error: I place the car upright on a piece of foam core board and spray gray, then rust, then black paint in successive coats. With the gray paint, I point the nozzle at a spot on the board about and inch or two in front of the car and let the paint ‘richocet’ up onto the bottom and sides of the car. You need a higher PSI to do this, and it takes more paint, but the effect is nice for quick-and-dirty batch weathering like you showed in today’s installment.
What was the supplier for the wheel set holder for painting wheels? Do they make an N-Scale version?
Thanks for the great show.
Arnold Eaves
Woodstock, GA
I have really enjoyed your air brushing series. I hope before you are done that you will do an episode about cleaning an air brush between colors of paint and at the end of the day. Thanks.
I just bought a spray gun how did you guys know? great video on weathering,which is why I bought my spray kit… keep up the good work. chris
Cody,
I’ve noticed that you like to use L&N gray for your weathering projects. Any particular reason for that?
Clarence
About the wheel painting jigs - they’re on the “Wheel Painting Masks” page, reachable from the main page by clicking on the picture. They’re HO scale and are part numbers 233 and 236. I bought one of each and swear by them. I should have bought more than one, that way I could do 4-6 cars at a time.
Hi Steve,
You can find information on speed matching locomotives in Mike Polsgrove’s DCC Corner column in the September 2006 Model Railroader.
The “unweathering” demo is extremely convincing. Next, Cody will “ungrow” his beard …
Any chance that the MR folk can put together all the airbrushing tips from Cody Grivno onto one DVD? We in the Mac world can’t access his videos, at least not while we’re at work using thtese (ugh) Windows machines, and I’d be happy to spend $25-30 for a complete airbrush tips DVD so I can use it at home.