Hey guys,
Yesterday I tried to weather a boxcar. I needed a look that said that the boxcar had been in a siding or lost in a mountain a bit too long. I needed an old, greasy, muddy look which I think I accomplished. I used an array of black and brown paint. If anybody wants to know, I’ll go into more detail. I would truely like your opinion though. It does look overweathered though…but like I said, It’s not a car used everyday.
I am certainly not an expert on weathering, but it looks as though it has been sitting in the weather not being used for several years
wheather the wheels.
Thanks mike, for your complement. Sean W. - The wheels and bottem ARE weathered, just the camera can’t pick it up well since it’s in the actual car’s shadow.
Thanks,
Spit
Looks like it was ran through a mud bog, so if muddy is the way you wanted to go, you got it!
Ok, so how’d you do it? It does look good.
At least to my eyes, the model doesn’t look as if it is aged from normal weather as much as just being highly mud spattered. However, the spattering pattern seems to be fairly even over the entire car, not predominantly toward the lower part and there are no indications of specific rain streaking, rusting, or other forms of normal aging. Whaty sort of combined “weathering” were you attempting to mimic?
CNJ831
| Looks like you may have overdid it a bit.Looks like it has been abandoned for years! |
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Was your intent to make it look like it’s raining mud?
Don’t worry, I struggled with this early as well. Head over to modeltrainsweathered.com/forum . This site is filled with pro weatherers who will be happy to assist you with weathering tips and how-to’s.
Matt