Ways to get this series ...

First episode preview ...

Here's the Weathering with Mike Confalone intro preview. In this intro, Mike goes over the workspace, tools, materials, and his philosophy of weathering. In the next episode (next week), Mike moves on to weathering the first freight car.

Each weekly TMTV episode covers one freight car from out of the box to finished weathering and ready for service on the layout.

https://player.vimeo.com/video/151433996?color=ff0179&title=0&byline=0&portrait=0

Confalone-weathering-preview-introduction from TrainMasters TV.

Lest I forget ...

Consider me teased

Looking forward to it. I like the idea of weekly episodes and a complete car each time. 

Randy

Me too!

Can't wait! I'm already lovin the TMTV - this is just great!

More From Mike Confalone!

One of the best DVDs I own is Mikes "scenery outside the box".  So many great tips and techniques!

This weathering series is bound to be just as good if not better.

So many great things in the pipe on TMTV.

Regards,

Thats great....scenery

Thats great....scenery inside the box, scenery outside the box, weathering outside the box, weathering inside the box, yadda yadda......wait for it...?..... ok.... I'll wait.

freight car weathering

This is my first post to an absolutely brilliant emagazine. I have watched a couple of Mike Confalone's weathering series but one thing he does not mention which I believe I have seen other members mention, is whether Mike washes his cars before he starts the weathering process. 

Keep up the good work, your efforts are greatly appreciated on this side of the pond.

Vic Caddy

Washing

Trucks/wheels weathering??

What about weathering the trucks and wheels? On the episode where the boxcar is weathered, in one scene the wheels are new, in the next scene, they're weathered. Nothing mentioned about them being weathered.

No need to wash

Hi Vic.

I've never bothered to wash a freight car or locomotive before weathering. You can, but I don't see any real reason to. Just hit it heavy with the Dullcoat and go at it.

Mike Confalone

trucks and wheels

Check the earlier episodes (Chessie covered hopper etc) I explain how the trucks and wheels are painted and weathered. Pretty simple, low-tech stuff.

Mike Confalone

Great series Mike!

I have to say, this is a great series! Great tutorial Mike and the camera work is good as well.

The running narrative is relevant and stays on point, a joy to watch and learn.

I look forward to the next project(s).

Scott

Excellent series

Really enjoying & learning a lot from this series. Very well presented, I like the informal approach with small errors left in, not edited out. Makes for a more realistic and believable experience.

Well done, Mike. I now look forward to Tuesdays!!

John

How about a Volume 3 on Weathering steam locomotives?

  (Large quantities of pleading follow...)

Weathering steam

Mike,

Many/most of the techniques described in the diesel weathering series can be applied to steam locos. I think you'll find that there is plenty of cross-over.

Mike Confalone

Steam locos

Ah, when it comes to steam locos, the devil's in the details. The methods themselves are NOT the real problem - the problem is know WHERE to apply which method. And that's the rub - and that's what I believe is being asked for. Where do I apply rust? Where do I apply dirt and grime? Where do I apply soot? And so on.

One of the best I've seen so far on this (but it does take an airbrush) is Jeff Johnston's 2-DVD set on painting a steam loco: http://www.trainvideosandparts.com/paint-a-model-train.html

There's also Ken Patterson's video on weathering a steam loco, but again, it uses an airbrush. See:

kenpatterson.com/videodownloadsdvds.html  (scroll down and look on the right hand column)

Weathering buildings

Mike has many he's done on the Allagash. I'd like to see some videos on that. 

One day, while trying to avoid an airbrush...

Details()?  I'm not looking for just cross-over (though I was already expecting it and with the excellent quality of the presentations thus far I'll be eagerly watching), I'm hoping for an equivalently detailed presentation tackling weathering techniques that would be somewhat unique to steam.  Diesels do not (if in good health) generally spew as much smoke and ash as, say, coal-fired steamers do; I haven't seen lime deposits around pop valves, whistles or water filler hatches on tenders a topic of diesel conversation.  I'm not sure how closely related the weathering of diesel trucks would be to dirtying up valve gear (or even pilot or trailing trucks) but I would be overjoyed to see a demonstration.  Couldn't there be cross-over in the other direction, from steam to diesels?

I'd like to see TMTV present something on steam locomotive weathering that utilizes some of the newer techniques and materials and that relates more directly to what I like to model.  I'd like to watch something directed at steam rather than having to filter out bits and pieces that might apply.  In my train room at least steam is not dead.  If I were skilled enough to do my equipment justice I wouldn't be pleading for demos, but as it is I am...

Rereading this it occurred to me I should have said   Deails...

Turpentine?

I've been amazed by what Mike C has achieved; far better than an overall spray! And I suspect that sales of pan pastels have increased in the UK at least . At the start of the series they seemed unknown but Amazon seem to have stocked up!

However does the paint thinner/solvent have to be turpentine; are turps substitute or white spirit suitable as well as they are less hazardous?

Regards

BMS

What I'm doing ...

After some personal health issues caused directly from exposure to unfriendly chemicals, I've moved completely to water-based paints. Water-mixable oils and water-cleanup acrylics (Vallejo and MicroLux paints being my personal favorite).

With water-mixable oils, I prefer Winsor-Newton. Get and use their water-based oil thinner which has almost no odor and the MSDS report says "may cause discomfort if ingested" but otherwise it's not toxic or flammable. While you can thin water-mixable oils with water, you will get a noticeable color shift from a water-paint emulsion. Using the thinner gives you absolutely NO color shift.

I am also using Armor All auto glass cleaner as the Vallejo/MicroLux paint thinner and to make washes. The active ingredient is propylene glycol (also the thinner used in the Vallejo/MicroLux paints), a type of alcohol with a floral/citrus smell.  I have since found out propylene glycol is sometimes used in things like soda pop because it inhibits bacteria growth and gives it a smoother sweet flavor. The MSDS on propylene glycol says it's not considered hazardous and is safe to use in food.

A relatively new line of oil paints specifically for weathering

Wilder Weathering Oils for Modelers  (have not tried these personally but am strongly considering it).