I built a set of 4 Accurail 40’ Reefers. Assembly was straight forward and I finished weathering them with Braxton Mills powder set. I tried to keep the earth towards the bottom and got lighter near the top. I also did the 4 cars as a unit hopefully giving the impression that they just arrived at the icing facility as a unit.
Without further ado, here is the 4 units in the photo with my Icing facility on a “Practice” setup for my future “Falls Valley Railroad” a fictional road based in the Midatlantic.
This was taken with a Concord 3 megapixel camera and I know that I am not the best “Shot” I took several to find the best one for here. The cars were fitted with Life Like P2k Metal wheels and Kaydee #5 Couplers.
If I may:
The scene is pretty neat, but because of the lighting and the overall photo color it actually resembles more of a scene in the “West” in a desert area like Kansas or Texas, or even near California. So you still got a great effect!
Hope I didn’t insult you. There is no scenery, yet it already has that appearence due to the color of the lighting and the dark outlines of your structures. When looking at the photo for the first time, the bare plywood seems to “blend in”, giving it that “out in the West look”. [8D]
My former hobby was photography and I always liked these types of effects, especially because they were unintended. Those were usually among my best shots! [;)]
Looking forward to seeing more of your work and creativity! [:)][:D][8)][swg][tup]
No offense taken… I do have a set of orange OOP Intermountain reefers that I cannot bring myself to weather that will look like well… oranges. =) Eventaully this will be a two track outfit capable of icing up to 8 Reefers at a time. I am not yet sure what else I am going to do with that small corner yet. It is only like 2x8 foot to start.
Excellent Job! I just picked up 6 Accurail 40’ data only boxcars yesterday. I will be decaling them wit my own roadname. The weathering will come later when I have mastered some of the other basics.
Congratulations and nice job. Fair warning, weathering can become addictive. Everything (and I mean everything) on my layout gets weathered to some extent.
I did too the other day, I got out the dark black stuff and am working them over. Those are Life Like P2K wheels and are a bit shiny. When I add up the number of wheels in the collection I know that I will be a while getting them all.
I also forgot the brake staffs that came with these kits I am carefully installing them critters. Those small parts will disappear. If I get too old for HO I can always go O he he.
