Weathering Black Locomotives

Here we have a selection of photos showing some of our weathering unusually for live steam models upon locomotives.

Weathering black locomotives.

302 278 posts weathering black locomotives. Weathering a pristine model can be intimidating but it is not impossible. Brushing the weathering powders on a locomotive rolling stock and buildings give instantaneous results. Rust grime patched and peeling paint and faded letters.

If you use the weathering powders carefully. Use a dry brush to apply steaks to the cab roof. I d like to weather it rather heavily since it represents an 40 year. A black wash should be applied with a brush to all the grills and louvers.

We think it really makes a model look like the real thing. Weathering can take many forms. 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. Brush paint the tanks on the bottom of the loco grimy black or flat black.

Add rust streaks to the outsides of the exhaust stacks. The weathering powders require no drying or curing. 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. This creates beautiful under tones that can t be made by sticking to just black gray and white powders.

I ve removed the ann arbor reporting marks in order to have it represent a private owned industrial locomotive. A lot light rust dust bowl brown and dark rust in various areas. I hope this lesson gives you some ideas for weathering a locomotive in about 10 minutes. 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.

Weathering black locomotives 1249 views. Then i lusterless it more. Member since april 2003. You won t have to replace any of the colors for a long time.

After the lusterless totally dries i work bragdon enterprise weathering powders on it. According to the company the weathering powders are made from real rust and other. Add grimy black to the exhaust stacks. You can always move the weathering effect around with the brush before you add the water spray.