In this ever boring life of social distancing I'm always looking up things to build my skills. Lately I've been looking into weathering buildings and scenery on my layout. Well a lot of videos come up on weathering rolling stock, so I thought I'd try it out despite my layout being more of a toy train theme. I have 2 work caboose' one is the cheap all plastic 2 axle without trucks shop I thought it would be a good candidate.
If I weather the clean one, I'll start with a coat of flat black on the trucks, and roof. This was kind of a test run. I have some other old used cars I look forward to practicing with.
Adding streaks of rust will really make a big difference.
Is it recommended to do a flat clear coat over the whole car? I haven't seen that recommendation on the videos I've watched.
First I made a wash with some black and brown acrylic paint and applied it throughout. Then blotted some parts like the Santa Fe logo with tissue paper. I then used the air brush to spray the lower portion of the car with a rust color, letting overspray get on the sides a bit. I also lightly sprayed the roof with the air brush as well. As suggested I will making sum streaks of rust dripping down from psat's off the roof and sides of the bed with a small brush.
In this ever boring life of social distancing I'm always looking up things to build my skills. Lately I've been looking into weathering buildings and scenery on my layout. Well a lot of videos come up on weathering rolling stock, so I thought I'd try it out despite my layout being more of a toy train theme. I have 2 work caboose' one is the cheap all plastic 2 axle without trucks shop I thought it would be a good candidate.
If I weather the clean one, I'll start with a coat of flat black on the trucks, and roof. This was kind of a test run. I have some other old used cars I look forward to practicing with.
Adding streaks of rust will really make a big difference.
Is it recommended to do a flat clear coat over the whole car? I haven't seen that recommendation on the videos I've watched.
I don't know what medium you used for your weathering but it looks great. I'd add some rust streaks here and there plus a little on the trucks. I always shoot a coat of Dulcoat to my finished weathering. I use only chalk so a coat of Dulcoat is mandatory. Besides, I can always go over the Dulcoat with more chalk.
I bought a older MTH GP40 shell (20-2424-1 PS2 5v) and I want to place it on a later production MTH GP40 (20-20832-1) a PS3 chassis.
The older shell has the four double spring electrical connections. Does the PS3 chassis use the same spring contact design?
Tom
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