So I thought I would kick off this week’s WPF - hopefully no one else tries while I am posting this.
I finally decided to try weathering a boxcar - I’m pleased with the results, but the bottom edge looks a little muddy to me. I wouldn’t mind constructive advice. I used acrylic paints and a brush to do the weathering (I don’t have an airbrush yet).
Overall pretty good!! Only 2 points I’d make, 1. bottom muddy: it’s actually not “muddy” enough - there are brush marks visable - try useing a Q tip to blend the coloring smoother - practice on scrap using a dry & then a slightly moistened Q. 2. roof a bit shiney - spray can of dullcoat or Krylon matt sprat. Again, pretty good!![:)]
I think it looks pretty good for a first try. I like the trucks, couplers and wheels. I would add a little oxidation on the roof, maybe a white wash, and add some rust to the hinges on your caps. Oh and watch out for the brush marks on the bottom, they stick out pretty good.
Although I posted this on a WPF a few weeks ago, I think I was a little late and no one saw it, so here it is again since GK started this weekend off with weathering. This is what I would call a test car. Comments on my first try too??? Oh yeah, I noticed the brake wheel is missing too.
Some things I’ve gotten this week:
Athearn rtr F7-A
Western Pacific flatcar and a 1969 Olds 442.
And some new structures to place trackside.
The fuzz is on the prowl.
The Fuzz![(-D]
Nice pics Jeff, but I had no idea those Athearn Loco’s were so poorly detailed. I like Athearn loco’s too!!! That’s mostly what I run. I guess my GP’s probably aren’t much better. Have to remedy that!!! [;)]
Aaron,
Maybe increase the picture size a bit so we can appreciate the details.
Nice work so far.
I’ve started to build my trestle which will cross over a new pond on my layout - about a 425 scale foot run at about 10 scale feet off the water:
The green color is only an outline of the pond for now. It will eventually get painted over and then topped by a gloss coating (with all sorts of brush, weeds, etc. mixed in).
I constructed a test pile-bent (less stringers) and painted it camo-brown (pictured here with the ME bridge track that will sit on top of it):
I’m still deciding if the color works (I’d add in some fading). I was going to use a dark wood stain, but as the bent is using three different types of wood, the stain will likely not set in evenly.
Overall, I’m hoping for a final version that looks a lot like this:
http://photos.nerail.org/showpic/?photo=2006061420001629991.jpg
You know, I was thinking about that too, give me a sec I’ll try to reload them.
Ahhhhhhhh, much better…well maybe. 
Rounding the bend of Iowa’s favorite trailer park…Look closely and you may see “Earl” [:)]
painters are busy restoring the old depot.
Do I spy an airconditioner sitting atop your charger?[:D]
Key word here this weekend. “fun”. and its a swamp cooler.[swg]
Thanks for the tips. I’ll give the Q-tip a try. And it occurs to me that when I took those photos I hadn’t yet hit the car with the dullcote. It looks a lot less shiny now. LOL.
Ahhhh, very good. I forgot to hit mine too, thanks for the reminder.
My ugly mug…
Hey… it’s modeling!![:D]
Jarrell
Looks better than mine.[(-D][(-D]
Jarrell, I am still basically annoyed about the way you do things. Even with the dark background I can tell you have everything put away in its proper place behind you, the floor is swept, no clutter or things to knock off the bench with your elbow…and you call yourself a modeller.
Tsk!
[:D]
Personally, I think it’s just a stunt man. The real Jarrell is lurking in the shadows somewhere…[swg]
Tom
Well since my camera takes lousy pictures and do not want any comments about how bad they are so I will just tell you want you did.
First I finished painting my 2 gp-9s, gp-40, and franken rs in varaying shades of mil orange. I then did a crappy job weathering around the exhaust on one of the gp-9s then did a rust coat using the qtip meathod mentioned above. I then reassebled the gp-40 remembering that one of the light lenses broke so I went to the lhs to get some acrylic tube to repair it. I also touched up some places on it.
Next I fitted my roundhouse rs-3 with a decoder and put in 2 grain of wheat lights wired to a resistor and fitted them directly into the lense hole. This looks awesome. A very clear lense that puts out just the right light at the right color. My dummy rs-3 from roundhouse got the same treatment.
I also painted a rs-2 and weatherd it lightly with smoke around the stack and rusted the trucks. All weathering used is artist chalk.
Today I made up some templates for all the gp’s so I could airbrush the fans and intakes without spraying the rest of the body. Also got some grease at the lhs to grease all the gears. I also had to rebuild the roundhouse gearhouse because the gears were loose and sloppy so I stole them out of the dummy gp-9 from athern and put them in the roundhouse rs. Runs great now. And funny enough the old gears fit great in the athern trucks with no slop.
mike