Pete Lassen said:
Still looks a little red for my tastes, but if it looks good to you then, WOW! Nice job!!!
They are still pretty red. But it is staying that way. I am done maybe when I mix the next batch of gunk I’ll hit them again. But if they stay that way it will be fine by me.
This does wonders to the trucks and wheels …
That silver is too clean…
Wow, Devon. That turned out great. The rigging looks professionally done (https://www.largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-laughing.gif)I think you really hit your mark with the backwoods RR theme.
Nowhere near done Sean,
That silver won’t be silver. I still have to paint all of the new pieces and then weather.
Wheels are easy when you use the Camo paint to weather them
The pics were from a differ site… I have removed them
Sean I am not seeing your pictures. And thanks for the tip on the camo paints. I have used them before and have never thought about them for modeling, but good earth tones. For this build I am not going to get any but I do have some flat caramel brown. And I have used a trick of applying flat clear and then dusting with weathering powders. I still have some tricks up my sleeve. I will get them toned down. Live and learn, don’t start with red as a base color and then try and make it go away.
Now onto the next problem, the lettering. For the foreman caboose I used my cricut to cut a stencil. I am having issues with my cricut. So for this build that is out. I considered using the photo transfer method but seem a little tedious for what I am trying to accomplish. Then it hit me, it is not at all unreasonable to block out a black area and then paint white letters on it. happens all the time on repurposed cars. So the easy way to do that is to print white letters on a black background. Since I don’t have an Alps I can’t print white. But I do have white decal paper so just printing it on white decal papers in a black box will work right? Well they came out looking like a dung heap. And I only had once piece of white decal paper left. It was scratched and despite my thoroughly wiping it clean before printing it still showed all the scratches and smudges. So the next alternative is to print them on clear paper and paint the car white under the decal. This should yield a white letter on a black background. I printed the a sheet and they look good. Need to clear coat them and get them ready for applying them.
You could just hand paint with the stencil like they use to do …
Sean McGillicuddy said:
You could just hand paint with the stencil like they use to do …
This thought had crossed my mind. And then just as quickly crossed out of it. That is how I did the foreman caboose. But I was able to cut the stencil with the cricut. I am not very excited about hand cutting one either. It was a whole lot easier to print one out on decal paper.
Amazing work.
Devon, your crane is outstanding, thanks for the build, great
Intense model, can’t wait to see it finished.
Today was a good modeling day. Got my Cricut running again and was able to make stencils after my decals did not work worth a damn. Hand painted stenciled letters was always what I wanted and I got it and they look good.
Because of the decal fiasco, where I had painted white for the letters, I now needed to cover that up so painted it black and then stenciled the white letters on. I like the look of a recycled/re-lettered car. Another break through idea came with not being satisfied with the truck color. Or even the level of gunk build up. I have sprayed matte clear and then used powdered chalks to build up some gunk. I ran with this idea and sifted some real dirt down to a fine powder. I sprayed the trucks with a satin caramel paint and then dusted on the dirt powder. I did two layers. I think they look way way better now.
Killed the red and gave it a dusty dirty look. I will matte clear them just to help fix it in place.
Lettering looks good, Devon. Much better on the trucks. They no longer look painted, much more natural.
Those trucks look terrific now Devon. Might you apply that to parts of your engine and other metal work higher up?
The lettering came out really well. I too like the “painted over” look. It looks more used that way…
Jim Rowson said:
Those trucks look terrific now Devon. Might you apply that to parts of your engine and other metal work higher up?
The lettering came out really well. I too like the “painted over” look. It looks more used that way…
Jim,
I won’t be using the dirt higher up, but I will apply other weathering chalk. I think the chalkboard paint has so much tooth that the weathering chalks will build up nice. When sifting the dirt I ran it through window screen first to get out the big stuff then through another real fine mesh to get the powder. What was left between the big screen and the fine screen makes a real nice scale crushed gravel. So might see a few pockets of gravel in the corners and hear and there.
I will come in under the time limit. All I really have to do at this point is install the truss rods and weather it up some more. Since I messed up and did not allow for the 906 coupler I have ordered a sill mounted coupler and it won’t be here until next week. I have a few more detail parts I want to add also. But it will get done by Sunday sans couplers.
Well I am done. Here’s a teaser. You have to wait for the glamour shots until the voting thread.
I sure like weathering with chalks. They sure add a depth and warmth to the colors.
You’ve reached new heights, Devon. I can’t find anything to criticize! This could be the best thing you’ve ever done.
John Passaro said:
You’ve reached new heights, Devon. I can’t find anything to criticize! This could be the best thing you’ve ever done.
John I have reached new heights, and I do think this is one of the best models I have made. I am constantly learning new techniques and new ways to apply old ones. And that is almost entirely because of the advice and constructive criticism I get here. People see what I don’t and the fix almost always is more pleasing and teaches me new things to try later.
Oh man Devon, I just had a look at your cranes glamour photos and I got a semi chub! Your crane is amazing !
