What a perfect opportunity to utilize the capabilities of a multi-media magazine.  So where is the video of these weathering techniques?  This great article could really take advantage of electronic capabilities.  As it is, it might just as well be on paper.

Dave...

  . . . I currently don't have the capability to do any video work but that doesn't mean your suggestion isn't a good one. Sounds like it may be time to shop for a video camera. 

In any event, hope you found something useful in the article. 

Marty

 I noticed it was all done with a brush.

Bless you!

and certainly has it's place but I've found that "dusting" airbrush weathering onto a model makes the resulting weathering job look like, well, someone dusted it with an airbrush!

I'm torn on the subject for next issue's column - I'm up to my next in sawdust right now (benchwork and subroadbed) but the end is finally in sight!

I'm with Marty, I prefer to do much of my weathering with a brush. I find the result tends to look more varied and I get less "sameness" of weather among my cars.

I was listening to the Sotty Mason show (great podcast, by the way - if you haven't heard it, you're missing something) and on it Mike Rose was talking about how only unit trains tend to have all the cars weather the same. Mike also said if you weather all your cars with an airbrush, they will tend to look too similar - he said that's *only* appropriate on unit trains. Ordinary manifest freights will have great variety in weathering patterns - and for that Mike also prefers brush weathering.