Weathering Black Locomotives

If you use the weathering powders carefully.

Weathering black locomotives.

Add rust streaks to the outsides of the exhaust stacks. Posted by gd891 on monday february 7 2005 12 41 pm i ve got a proto2000 s2 that was originally painted in the black ann arbor scheme. According to the company the weathering powders are made from real rust and other. 302 278 posts weathering black locomotives.

Member since april 2003. We think it really makes a model look like the real thing. Tips for weathering locomotives. Brushing the weathering powders on a locomotive rolling stock and buildings give instantaneous results.

I hope this lesson gives you some ideas for weathering a locomotive in about 10 minutes. Weathering a pristine model can be intimidating but it is not impossible. Weathering can take many forms. Rust grime patched and peeling paint and faded letters.

Weathering is virtually the norm in the smaller electric model railway scales and can t understand why it doesn t occur far more in the larger models. Use a dry brush to apply steaks to the cab roof. This creates beautiful under tones that can t be made by sticking to just black gray and white powders. A lot light rust dust bowl brown and dark rust in various areas.

Brush paint the tanks on the bottom of the loco grimy black or flat black. You won t have to replace any of the colors for a long time. Weathering black locomotives 1249 views. If after the water dries you notice that things don t look quite right it s possible to scrub the paint again to eliminate any imperfections.

Add grimy black to the exhaust stacks. After the lusterless totally dries i work bragdon enterprise weathering powders on it. Posted by anonymous on saturday may 4 2002 8 57 am i have a black atlas nw c30 7. I d like to weather it rather heavily since it represents an 40 year.

The weathering powders require no drying or curing. You can always move the weathering effect around with the brush before you add the water spray. There are almost as many ways to recreate the ravages of time and nature. A black wash should be applied with a brush to all the grills and louvers.