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Video Step by Step: Weathering an N scale locomotive – part 1
Great technique for weathering locos Cody. Just wondered whether touching the painted areas with a dry micro brush might even out the inevitable paint puddles that a brush might create…great segment on weathering.
Really appreciate this project, especially in N Scale. Another great color for those wheel sets is Vallego Air Panzer Brown. Good technique to clean off the axle points is to use the blunt end of a wooden skewer, spin that a few times by pressing in on it and it is clean.
Great segment Cody. Just a thought on using a toothbrush on an N scale model, might want to use a very soft bristle toothbrush on the hand railings so as not to break anything, they can be brittle?
This is my favorite topic! I always enjoy your videos!
Great job and patience Cody. Ever loose any of those small parts?(like I have)
The other day, I received a copy of the digital MR and I saw the article on your weathering of a Santa Fe engine. The original new paint scheme is beautiful and your weathering job made that beauty look really awful. I live near the BNSF main line here in central California and that day, I went downtown and the gates were down and here comes a train lead by, you guessed it, an ex Santa Fe engine with a weathering job that was as bad as you made your n scale engine. Well I still don’t like the look but it is very prototypical at least in this area. Another great job Cody
Al Jones Hanford,Ca.
Nice work. I don’t know if you have tried it, but for a dark wash I like to use some India Ink mixed with a bit of Model Master acrylic thinner (I think alcohol will work too). I like the way it flows into grill work and recesses. I can change the dilution to achieve different effects or intensities. usually use black, but I also have a bottle of dark brown India Ink that works very well to accent certain colors. My local Hobby Lobby carries several different colors of India Ink. It has only a slight sheen when dry. As you mentioned, if the wash goes where you don’t want it a quick wipe with a damp towel or swab will remove it. If you don’t catch it until after it dries then a swab dampened with alcohol will take it off. Be careful to only get the swab damp with alcohol as many model train paints are removed by alcohol.
Excellent Work Cody!
Very cool! Looking forward to part 2. Now, let’s buy an N scale UP engine…
Sorry guys…I’m still having an issue …in my head…in taking a beautifully finished $300 diesel and scratching the paint off and adding rust and grime. I have tried to keep my units clean and polished and perhaps being unrealistic or unauthentic…but I’d like to know if I’m alone in my thinking and if there are others that feel the same!!
Greetings from northern Ontario
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