Weathering Powders

[Ringo58]

At hobby lobby yesterday I found a pack of Tamiya weathering powders and decided to give it a go. Fair to say I’m hooked. It adds the level of weathering I imagined in my head to my engines and rollingstock.

So I have a few questions to ask so I can really develope my skills in this area of the hobby.

1). What are the better brands of powders?

2). What are the best types of brushes ( currently using the brush that came with the set )

3. Spray the car with gloss or dull cote for best adhesion?

4. Do I need to worry about getting the powder in the electronics or drivetrain of a locomotive? Heres what I’ve accomplished so far:

[MisterBeasley]

I use AIM weathering powders, since my LHS had them. I use an old small paint brush. It works fine.

I prefer to spray Dul-Coat both before and after applying weathering powders. So, I take engines and rolling stock apart first and mask off windows and lenses, then spray. The working parts aren’t even close to getting weathered. In particular, I think it’s important to weather truck frames on diesels. I weather rolling stock trucks, too, which means masking the axle cone bearings and bolster screw hole.

I personally don’t weather couplers, so those get masked as well.

[SeeYou190]

At hobby lobby yesterday I found a pack of Tamiya weathering powders and decided to give it a go. Fair to say I’m hooked. It adds the level of weathering I imagined in my head to my engines and rollingstock.

Did you get the Tamiya powders that come in a make-up case? I use those also, and they work quite well.

I have almost every weathering tool in my arsenal, and what I use depends on my mood.

Your freight cars look good.

I see you changed your avatar.

-Kevin

[Ringo58]

I use AIM weathering powders, since my LHS had them. I use an old small paint brush. It works fine.

I prefer to spray Dul-Coat both before and after applying weathering powders. So, I take engines and rolling stock apart first and mask off windows and lenses, then spray. The working parts aren’t even close to getting weathered. In particular, I think it’s important to weather truck frames on diesels. I weather rolling stock trucks, too, which means masking the axle cone bearings and bolster screw hole.

I personally don’t weather couplers, so those get masked as well.

Thanks for the tips! I will check out AIM products. Dullcote will be used on all cars from now on, thank you for that.

I normally take the side frames off and spray them with a flat dark brown, then weather them more. I use the rustolem camo for this step.

Did not think about masking the bolster hole, which would explain my hopper derailing on the turnouts… oh well leson learned!

Thank you again for your input!

[Ringo58]

Ringo58
At hobby lobby yesterday I found a pack of Tamiya weathering powders and decided to give it a go. Fair to say I’m hooked. It adds the level of weathering I imagined in my head to my engines and rollingstock.

Did you get the Tamiya powders that come in a make-up case? I use those also, and they work quite well.

I have almost every weathering tool in my arsenal, and what I use depends on my mood.

Your freight cars look good.

I see you changed your avatar.

-Kevin

Yes it even came with a nice makeup brush! I think I am going to order the one with snow, soot and rust next. This one was sand, light sand, and mud. Im guessing aimed at military modelers but It worked nice for a light cote of weathering of the cars.

The logo I found while looking for soo line logos. I looked it up and it’s from a youtuber named " SOO the Milwaukee road".

[hornblower]

Don’t forget Pan Pastels. Lots of different colors and one color cake is enough to use on hundreds of models.