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Regular poster 285 posts Luis Daniel Lopes luis_lopes Regular poster 285 posts
Luis Daniel Lopes luis_lopes

Hi all.

Last night I finished my first diesel custom diesel. It started as a Texas Pacifc and turned into this.

I didn't add any detail, just moved the horns from the side body to the nose, as I seen this on the photos I downloaded from http://www.rr-fallenflags.org/.

So, after seeing Mike Confalone's videos on TMTV, I decided to give this a try.

What do you think? 

Please, remeber that this is my first try on diesel weathering.

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Thanks for your time.

Luís Daniel Lopes
Lisbon, Portugal
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Terence510 Regular poster 206 posts
Terence510

The worlds greatest Hobby

Hi Luis

This Loco Turned out great, nice grime colors

Yes I couldn't agree More, Weathering is a Hobby within a Hobby,

My favorite aspect

That's why it's called the worlds greatest Hobby

Terence
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mike.h Regular poster 215 posts
mike.h

Weathering - A hobby within THE hobby

Luis :

I like it .. Well done !

 
cheers,
Mike 
 
 
 
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musgrovejb Prolific poster 1,712 posts
musgrovejb

Nice!

A good looking GP that has seen it's share of service!  Nicely done!

Joe

Modeling Missouri Pacific Railroad's Central Division, Fort Smith, Arkansas

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Rick Sutton Prolific poster 4,358 posts
Rick Sutton

The real deal

That engine looks like the real deal. Well done!
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pschmidt700 Prolific poster 2,584 posts
pschmidt700

Way to go, Luis

Excellent!
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steamhog Regular poster 188 posts
steamhog

delightfully dirty

It's a delicate balance of grime and dust on the trucks, with a subtle bouquet of fuel spill around the filler cap.

Chris
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joef MRH Founder 17,415 posts
joef

You're kidding

You're kidding - that's your first try at diesel weathering? I only wish my first try at weathering looked even slightly that good. Wow, just wow.

Joe Fugate​
Publisher, Model Railroad Hobbyist magazine

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ctxmf74 Super User 15,937 posts
ctxmf74

" I only wish my first try at

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" I only wish my first try at weathering looked even slightly that good."

  Joe, that shows the value of the teaching tools you are providing . In the old days a lot of practice would be required to gain the same knowledge we can get from a video or article....DaveB

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Ken Glover kfglover Super User 1,499 posts
Ken Glover kfglover

Very nice Luis!

I'm with Joe F. I wish my first attempts at weathering looked near that good.

Ken Glover,

HO, Digitrax, Soundtraxx PTB-100, JMRI (LocoBuffer-USB), ProtoThrottle (WiThrottle server)

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Luis Daniel Lopes luis_lopes Regular poster 285 posts
Luis Daniel Lopes luis_lopes

Hi all. I am amazed with all

Hi all.

I am amazed with all the nice comments that this is getting.

Thank you so much.

TMTV has been really helpful and the weathering series were my inspiration. 

Joe, yes it is my fist diesel. To be honest, it was first weathering job on any kind of rolling stock. I have some experience with buildings.

Thanks for all the kind words!!!

 

Luís Daniel Lopes
Lisbon, Portugal
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Station Agent Frequent poster 527 posts
Station Agent

I think this should be posted on the TMTV Facebook page

Can I repost a photo there?

Barry Silverthorn
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Luis Daniel Lopes luis_lopes Regular poster 285 posts
Luis Daniel Lopes luis_lopes

Please use them as you

Please use them as you want!

It's an honor to me!!!

Luís Daniel Lopes
Lisbon, Portugal
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