Does anyone here know of a scouce/examples of weathering HO scale vehicles? I have been experimenting with it and found that because of their small size, they are much more of a challenge than rolling stock.
My layout is back in the mid 1950s and everyone washed their cars back then. Seriously, I use flat Crafters Acrylics on my figures and vehicles and just the flat paint works very good. Shooting them with Dullcoat doesn’t work as good as flat Acrylics for me, it leaves them with slight sheen. All of the 1955 & 56 cars can be considered new so I leave them as is from the factory.
There is another advantage for using Crafters paints, they come in hundreds of colors. Using a brush doesn’t cut it for me so I airbrush them. A brush works great on figures.
Mel
Here’s a hi-rail truck I weathered …
Mark.
Think of this…
My Buick is 21 years old and there’s no rust except for two small spots on the right rear quarter panel…99% of the MOW trucks I see is not weathered but,in excellent condition.The reason is simple-safety…
As for the 18 wheelers and containers are in excellect shape-remember if a trailer or container is rusty and nasty looking the shipper can refuse it just like a freight car.Even dump trucks and cement mixers are fairly clean.
Weathering should be realistic not overstated like many modelers choose to do.
It really does amaze me how much cleaner containers and trailers (and even railcars) are than even just 15 years ago. Even the classic exhaust quadrant on the top front of the trailers has pretty much vanished.
Real-world automotive paint has come a long way in the last 50 years. Cars used to lose their showroom luster just sitting out in the sun. Now, the paint is more durable. I’ve got a few vehicles that I’ve dull-coated just so they didn’t look brand new.
I put some spillage on this old Mack tanker:
I weathered this pickup heavily. I wanted it to be a “working” truck.
The technique I wanted to try was masking the windshield where the wipers would keep it clear and dull-coating the rest. I got some of the effect, but I think I need to try again to get what I really want.
This is a 1940 Ford pickup from Motormax. In my timeframe, it about 12 years old and has a junkyard door and fender.
Even older is this 1923 Mack truck, put out in the back to be ‘fixed up someday’
Bringing memories of Jim Croce’s song Speedball Tucker (“Got a broke down truck…”), the 1935 Mack and trailer, needs some maintenance and cleaning
These are the exceptions, most of my vehicles are clean and shiney
Mark beautiful work. Do I see etched details on the bed?
I think, to think that things back in the 50/60/70s where much different than today as far as vehicle maintenance is concerned is a bit of a fallacy. Certainly new cars looked newer; but, there were plenty of older cars around that where in poorer condition. I remember riding around in my parent’s 49 Pontiac Chieftain in the mid to later 50s and seeing with young eyes that the paint was weathering. There were also Model Ts, Model As and those area cars sitting in back yards and farm fields rusting away. Cars and trucks did not last as long as they do today due to the inabilities of manufacturing to keep as tight of tolerances and the lack undercoating. So, not so old cars would be showing signs of wear and tear.
G Paine, Mark and Mr.Beesley’s work looks very nice to me!