frsh262 Posted September 24, 2010 Share Posted September 24, 2010 awesome thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zed_Eastwood Posted September 24, 2010 Share Posted September 24, 2010 in addition to the advice already given, you can use paint thinner to knock some of the opacity off the logos. OR if you have an airbrush lightly mist the whole car with light grey or light yellow. if no airbrush - use watered down acrylics (white yellow or grey), just dunk the car in it and let it dry. once you have the faded look achieved, then start the weathering. I would also suggest using a prototype photo. you can find just about any car type on this site: http://rrpicturearchives.net/ not the greatest photos but here are a couple of projects recently finished. turned this: to this: some others recently completed: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
injury Posted September 24, 2010 Share Posted September 24, 2010 Diluted india ink washes are good too, as is a product called Dullcote. With weathering and adding rust, the trick is to add rust where water would naturally collect and drip down. For example, with zed's model here (niiice work, by the way) he added rust effects under the top runners where water would pool and dip down. Seams and joints, bolted or welded, always rust first. For an quick rust job I always mixed brown/orange/red sharpies. Later the darkest color on first and then the lighter of the two. And leave a little space for the lighter color to shine on its own. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juca Posted September 24, 2010 Share Posted September 24, 2010 SICK!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juca Posted September 24, 2010 Share Posted September 24, 2010 balsa wood? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EATADICK!!! Posted September 24, 2010 Share Posted September 24, 2010 dam zed great job, i have that same enjay plastics car Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zed_Eastwood Posted September 24, 2010 Share Posted September 24, 2010 thanks injury & EAD. the model rr nerds always reccomend using a prototype, but ive been up close and personal with more REAL freights than the average model railroader. i can just close my eyes and see tons of prototypes. like injury pointed out, the key is consistency. rust, grime etc should be carefully placed where rust would accumulate the heaviest. i like the sharpie idea. there are so many hundreds of methods. im partial to oils, acrylics and powders for rust, mainly because it gives the rust texture. be sure to dullcote also. this will seal your weathering in place. the best thing to do is collect as much cheap second hand model rr equipment you can afford and get your hands on and practice on that before you go to work on the real deal. here is a rust tutorial using felt water color markers. simple but very slick. http://www.westportterminal.de/weathering.html#pens also - dont hesitate to share fliks here: the forum for the writer turned model railroader. http://gwrxr.proboards.com/index.cgi? the balsa wood joints are too sick. We displayed a few of them in a show a couple of years ago. shits are so slick... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ko SprueOne Posted September 25, 2010 Share Posted September 25, 2010 EDIT: weird, I couldn't see all the previous reply posts before I made this reply post ... good advise first weathering job ive done. crits please. I agree that it's too heavy when you wipe it off use a damp cotton rag or paper towel, and remove slowly this will leave some of the color in the crevasses and nooks of the car's molded in details this is called a wash and is applied extremely thinned, almost 10 to 1, reducer to pigment the best washes are achieved with oil color or enamels, but if all you have is water color or acrylic, then thin with alcohol + a drop or two of liquid dish soap the dish soap helps with the flow It looks like the original color was yellow so this wash should be a brown to dark gray spectrum also cut out a piece of masking tape to cover the LUBE / BUILT DATE placard, the little black box, so you won't have to buy/find decals for it later hope this helps and please post photos of progress, I'm interested in seeing your work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ko SprueOne Posted September 25, 2010 Share Posted September 25, 2010 Yes, ZED, those covered hoppers look totally real ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zed_Eastwood Posted October 1, 2010 Share Posted October 1, 2010 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frsh262 Posted October 2, 2010 Share Posted October 2, 2010 first weathering job ive done. crits please. took quite a bit off. i think it looks alot better. still need to learn some technique tho and try some other mediums Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zed_Eastwood Posted October 2, 2010 Share Posted October 2, 2010 http://modeltrainsweathered.com/ some real dope video tutorials here too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ko SprueOne Posted October 2, 2010 Share Posted October 2, 2010 true, that's a great site for weathering trains. I just can't pay for it frsh262, that's looking better and better photography too edit: Holy Crap! they opened the forums back up to public Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zed_Eastwood Posted October 2, 2010 Share Posted October 2, 2010 roger that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EATADICK!!! Posted October 2, 2010 Share Posted October 2, 2010 zed thanks for those links they were worth checking out and bump that granner flick, shit looks very legit, do you have any shots of ur layout u could share? im curious to see, or anybodies for that matter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EATADICK!!! Posted October 3, 2010 Share Posted October 3, 2010 http://www.scratchbuildersguild.com/ i think some1 might of posted this already but if not check it out 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frsh262 Posted October 3, 2010 Share Posted October 3, 2010 true, that's a great site for weathering trains. I just can't pay for it frsh262, that's looking better and better photography too edit: Holy Crap! they opened the forums back up to public thanks man. i think im gonna try using some paint thinner to weather the logos a little bit and get a bit more orange on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zed_Eastwood Posted October 3, 2010 Share Posted October 3, 2010 two of my favorite layouts. the attention to detail is top shelf, and there is graffiti included. http://www.lancemindheim.com/graffiti.htm check out the subway racing by @ 2:26 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rustofills Posted October 3, 2010 Share Posted October 3, 2010 once again Zed_Eastwood. You show use something that is fucking phinomenal. I am all about this type of real looking details. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
injury Posted October 6, 2010 Share Posted October 6, 2010 Lance Midheim lives pretty close to me, actually - within an hour. He used to be N scale but the link y'all posted looks far bigger and better than N. He is an incredible modeler though. His old layout was in Model Railroader a few times, it was an N scale representation of the Soo Line in southern indiana. Nerd points +1000000 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zed_Eastwood Posted October 7, 2010 Share Posted October 7, 2010 Nerd points +1000000 ive already turned the game over;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ko SprueOne Posted October 7, 2010 Share Posted October 7, 2010 I run that game since D&D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zed_Eastwood Posted October 7, 2010 Share Posted October 7, 2010 "D&D" - wow, i havent heard that since....well, lets just say its been a while. your telling your age KO :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ne-one Posted October 9, 2010 Share Posted October 9, 2010 Found this on flickr. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zed_Eastwood Posted October 9, 2010 Share Posted October 9, 2010 pretty fucking insane. Had to share... proto model see the entire thread for this model @ http://www.modeltrainsweathered.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4405 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoraceGrantGoggles Posted October 12, 2010 Share Posted October 12, 2010 ^^thats some serious work right there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ko SprueOne Posted October 13, 2010 Share Posted October 13, 2010 indeed very impressive Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sleazeside Heights Posted October 22, 2010 Share Posted October 22, 2010 that NSF WP car is phenomenal. NELSON MUNTZ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Con Posted October 22, 2010 Share Posted October 22, 2010 pretty fucking insane. Had to share... proto model see the entire thread for this model @ http://www.modeltrainsweathered.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4405 Holy. Shit. I have to hook this guy up with original flicks. Even though they were bad night time shots, it's the least I can do. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radiate//space Posted October 22, 2010 Share Posted October 22, 2010 Those weather marks on the last page are impressive 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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