Weathering Black Locomotives

Rust grime patched and peeling paint and faded letters.

Weathering black locomotives.

Weathering a pristine model can be intimidating but it is not impossible. We think it really makes a model look like the real thing. Here we have a selection of photos showing some of our weathering unusually for live steam models upon locomotives. You won t have to replace any of the colors for a long time.

There are almost as many ways to recreate the ravages of time and nature. After the lusterless totally dries i work bragdon enterprise weathering powders on it. 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. Add rust streaks to the outsides of the exhaust stacks.

The weathering powders require no drying or curing. Tips for weathering locomotives. A lot light rust dust bowl brown and dark rust in various areas. You can always move the weathering effect around with the brush before you add the water spray.

I d like to weather it rather heavily since it represents an 40 year. Brushing the weathering powders on a locomotive rolling stock and buildings give instantaneous results. Use a dry brush to apply steaks to the cab roof. A black wash should be applied with a brush to all the grills and louvers.

This creates beautiful under tones that can t be made by sticking to just black gray and white powders. Posted by anonymous on saturday may 4 2002 8 57 am i have a black atlas nw c30 7. Brush paint the tanks on the bottom of the loco grimy black or flat black. I hope this lesson gives you some ideas for weathering a locomotive in about 10 minutes.

I ve removed the ann arbor reporting marks in order to have it represent a private owned industrial locomotive. 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. According to the company the weathering powders are made from real rust and other. Add grimy black to the exhaust stacks.

Weathering black locomotives 1249 views. Then i lusterless it more. Weathering can take many forms. Member since april 2003.