Large Scale Central

Practice weathering

Modeling
#1

I finally got brave and decided to give weathering a try. I used mainly the krylon camo paints. The colors seem to work well. The rust color I just dry brushed some rustlum rusty brown. Seems to be about the right color. I could have gotton the powders etc… but im trying to use what I have around and easy to get. I got out the Dunkirk and played around until I came up with something I was after. I also did my log cars and flats. I was tired of looking at the flat cars decking (plastic) I could not paint it to look like real wood. The best way around that was to use real wood. I did two flats using cedar and the third using some oak I got. What a difference a little weathering does.

cedar decking

Oak

#2

Looks real good Shawn. I like the way the flats turned out.

#3

Looks good, loco and flats too.
Real wood decking is a big improvement over plastic.
Ralph

#4

Shawn,

Your lokey looks great. The weathering really sets it off and makes the engine much more realistic. I prefer the spray can route for my weathering too. Bondo’s red primer available in spray cans makes a nice rust color too in case you want to try it out.