Runs for 1 hr 14 min

This is a full DVD's worth of video ... Mike weathers this car real time right before your eyes, and it takes 1 hour 14 minutes to do it.

TMTV members, get ready for a treat! And this is just the first of eight cars, total. After that, there's three locos.

This series will be releasing new episodes weekly for the next three months - in addition to the regular TMTV show that's 90 minutes plus each month.

There's never been a better time to consider TMTV ... or if you prefer DVDs / downloadables, the freight cars 3 DVD set should release end of February, and the locos 2 DVD set will come out end of March.

A treat it is!

I watched Mike's weathering video and it's great!  It alone is worth the price for an entire year subscription of TMTV in my opinion.

It is great!

I watched it from start to finish and it really shows you how mike does it. I'm about ready to watch again with my victim (test car) on the bench to follow along. (I've already done the wheels.....)

DVD Format : worldwide compatibility

Dear Joe,

Not sure if it's been asked elsewhere, but will the DVDs be available in:
- PAL video format?
- non-region coded?

Would hate to plonk some $$$ down only to find the picture has horizontal field-order banding
(NTSC VS PAL video format)

or just doesn't play
(Region locked DVD player VS wrong-region coded DVD)

Happy Modelling,
Aim to be worldwide compatible,
Prof Klyzlr

Highball for the first car

The Chessie Hopper lesson was excellent.  The techniques are simpiler than you would think.  Even novice modelers will be able to start using these techniques with great success.  Can wait for the next episode.

All our DVDs are worldwide compatible

Joe, I'm glad I let you talk

Joe, I'm glad I let you talk me into joining TMTV! This video series alone is worth the money. Can't wait for the next one !

Michael - While you're

Michael - While you're waiting for the next video you might want to go back to April-May 2014 Backshop Clinics and take a look at Ralph Renzetti's weathering videos.

Having all of the back catalog on-line is one of the great features of the subscription.

gs

time and patience

Mike 

Great video and learning tool

One thing that I continually am amazed at is that besides great talent, which obviously Mike has  it takes a great deal of time  and patience to achieve great results.  While I am sure it  took Mike longer to do this car while videoing it than it would normally,it still was quite time consuming. In a world of instantaneous gratification, it shows that the only way to get to something great is  through the effort of time and hard work. There aren't any short cuts. Mike has hundreds of cars on his layout. Think of the  hours in just weathering freight cars let alone building a great layout. I learned it when weathering a steam locomotive. Many light layers and many steps to get the desired resuls. It isn't magic, it is time and hard work,even more so without Mike's talent .

                                                                     Thanks for the lessons of art and hard work Mike 

                                                                                                                     Ray

High Return on Investment

Ray - I was thinking along those lines while watching the video. Weathering your fleet has quite a return on investment.

For the price of a few art supplies, a typical modeler will enjoy themselves for quite some time without spending another dollar.

gs

Time andmoney

GS

The dollar investment is small, the added value is in the sweat equity.I have a fellow modeler who has built several craftsman structure kits $200 kit price that he is trying to sell for $500+/- and people think the price is too high even though most realize  about 200 hours involved as well as great talent in building one. Labor of  love, but as modelers we can really appreciate both the time and talent that goes into it.Vicarious enjoyment I guess. Most of us will envy,butnot put in the time.

                                                                                                                        Ray

a long slow ordeal?

    I haven't seen the video but if he did the whole job in 1 hour  & 14 minutes as stated above that's not a long time for a complete car well done car. One can knock a basic airbrush job out in 14 min but then it take an hour to do all the hand work. It's supposed to be fun so the long it takes the better? ......DaveB