Some of my first attempts

This was my first crack at a loco.  I had always been afraid of doing locos because of the expense of replacing them, but in the case of this Atlas GP35, I wasn't as worried about it.  Its not a very good job and I want to redo much of it.   

This next one is my first ever weathering attempt.  I think I overdid the rust on the trucks and the door (and the track...)

Some steam locos

Here are some shots of my weathered steam locos.  The first is my favorite, and looks to me like a well care for but well used engine.  It matches nicely photos I have seen of locos on the Carolina & Northwestern in the '30s and '40s.  The second it a little overdone for my taste, but not outrageous.  It's just seen many more years in the sun and rain, I suppose.

Some weathered rolling stock

Here are some of mine. Mainly achieved with both artist oils and acrylics, weathering powders and some airbrushing.

Here ya go...

Here are several I haven't shared on MRH before, and range from subtle to moderately heavy.  These were scans and not photos.  All are cars that I modeled from prototype photographs, starting with undecorated kits.

Mine can't compare...

I cant't compete with Kevin or Rob...

http://model-railroad-hobbyist.com/node/6301

A few of my past weathering jobs

Hello

Here are a few of my past weathering jobs. I have tried many different techniques to achieve the look I want.

This crane was weathered using Sophisticated Finished Iron metallic surfacer and rusting solution. I had a lot of fun with this one.

This is another one I had fun with. this one was weathered with A.I.M weathering powders and rubbing alcohol.  

This one was weathered the same as above.

BLN #45 here was done using two different ideas. First I painted the entire engine a dark brown color then applied rubber cement in random places before painting the main body color. I then removed the rubber cement after painting and finished up with the powders. Hope these gave you some Ideas. I'll look through my computer to see what other pics I have.

Espen L. Marsh

Owner of the Better Late than Never Railroad.

http://www.blnrr.netau.net

Weathered rolling stock

Here's some of my attempts.  I've done several projects now, and still find it intimidating.  It's probably because I'm always worried I will have to strip it down and start over after hashing up a final step. 

Here's my first project, an Athearn rotary plow with an el-cheapo tender from a trainshow (that still needs to be converted to an oil tank from coal). 

Here's an Athearn flat car.  This and the rotary were done with airbrush and a bit of drybrushing with craft store acrylics.  The flatcar deck was sanded to give it woodgrain, hand painted light grey then drybrushed with a bit of the body color.  A few planks were painted a dirty yellow to simulate replaced planks. 

This is a Rivarrossi Challenger.  I had acquired some weathering powders and found them to be very easy especially for things like scale deposits around boiler fittings. The running gear, firebox and smokebox were treated with the airbrush, however.

I have pictures of other projects - a few more locos, some hopper cars, and cabooses but rather than tie up the thread, here's links to my photobucket page for the railroad, and a sub-album should you care to wander around in it.  

http://s1091.photobucket.com/albums/i397/TrainsandBoats/The%20Rochester%20and%20Richmond/

http://s1091.photobucket.com/albums/i397/TrainsandBoats/The%20Rochester%20and%20Richmond/Frostbite%20Falls/

George V. 

One of my weathered rolling stock - NOT done by me

I just bought this NYC weathered gon for $12 because I liked the way it looked.  I did NOT do the weathering.

Rick

Question on Kevin's Trumix Hopper

Kevin,

Can you say more about the painting/weathering of the Trumix hopper, specifically how to achieve the bare metal/rusted metal look inside the hopper?

Thanks!

Milt

Kevin's Weathering

Check here for weathering info from Kevin's web site. His weathering work is killer and so is his web site.

Some Weathered Rolling Stock

Some prior projects

Hmmmmmm

Here's one of my first weathered boxcars

Thanks, Alan

...and vicariously, Kevin.  Yes, I did have the gi-normous pdf file from Kevin's clinic - stored for future reference. 

Great work, Kevin, and a kind gift to those of us aspiring to do as well with our weathering projects!

Milt

Weathered rolling stock

Arbe - love it!

Great job on beating up the gon - it looks very realistic!  Thanks for sharing.

Rick

Weathered Rolling Stock

A pretty dirty Long's Hobby -  Intermountain kit weathered with airbrush and thinned ModelMaster paints.  Area around reporting marks "washed" with Q-tip and thinner.d with airbrush & thinned ModelMaster paints.  Area around reporting marks "washed" with Q-tip and thinner to remove dirt

Weathering newbie

A lot of great weathering work out there! I'm a total newbie to weathering, but I've bought a very simple single action airbrush with an electric "compressor" (no tank) from german producer Herpa. With this I've managed to achieve the results below at a rate of 3 minutes per car! I just used one color. I like quick ways to do things

I love this photo

I'd forgotten about this photo, but I love the way it turned out, and I think it shows some decent weathering.

It's all done with thin washes applied by airbrush.  Carefully.

Athearn Blue Box

Here's a boxcar that I built in 1985 based upon a small photo in MR. 

The basic car is the old Athearn Blue Box 40' boxcar that was heavily modified. The car was weathered using Floquil paints and thinner. After checking the Fallen Flags website, I'm not sure I got the number car number right. If I recall correctly, it couldn't be read in the photograph.

Tom Patterson

Athern BB GM&O - please box it carefully

Tom,

I love your GM&O boxcar!  Please be sure to box it carefully before you ship it to me!

Rick

Kevin, I don't know how I missed your pdf on weathering.

Great job!  You mentioned about the Santa Fe reefer that most were sold off in 1995.  In the late 1990s both BNSF & UP rebuilt a bunch of those cars.  I don't know how many the U.P. rebuilt, but the BNSF rebuilt 300.  100 were rebuilt with the original style Trane electric reefer and a Detroit diesel gen set, 100 were built with Thermo-King trailer type refrigeration units and 100 were built with Carrier Ultima 53 reefers. 

These were intended as test beds to determine if the fuel cost savings from truck trailer style reefers with auto start-stop technology would be significant enough to off set possible costs of parts replacement and also if the trailer equipment would be heavy duty enough to handle railroad use.

These cars were the prototype for the Intermountain BNSF & ARMN cars

http://www.intermountain-railway.com/ho/ho.htm

They had so many violations of blue flag laws by the Thermo-King mechanics on the BNSF that BNSF removed all of the Thermo-King reefers and replaced them with Carrier units.  These cars were basically the test mules for the later Trinity 64 foot reefers like Exact Rail and BLMA produced and the Arctic Cold BNSF cars.

Great Info Russ

Thanks for the information Russ. I was not aware of these rebuilds as I've never come across any prototype photographs of this type of reefer past the later half of the ninties. The Intermountain kits look really good btw!