David, you are correct about the tent, but it doesn’t protect against blowing rain and was put up to keep the sun off my noggin (https://www.largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-wink.gif), not necessarily for rain. Also, the tent doesn’t provide space to cut the insulation in the dry (https://www.largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-yell.gif)
Almost finished with the flatcar. I still need to add the stirrups and grab irons. I thought the weathering looked good until I started looking at photos on the computer and the rust looked too red … AGAIN(https://www.largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-yell.gif). I’ll see if I can tone it down some when I weather the grab irons and steps. Progress so far …
Thanks for following along.
Looking good Dan! I like the big spot on the floor of the flatcar.
You might consider dry brushing some grime on the decals as (at least in one photo) they seem a bit shiny…
Jim Rowson said:
Looking good Dan! I like the big spot on the floor of the flatcar.
You might consider dry brushing some grime on the decals as (at least in one photo) they seem a bit shiny…
Yea, they are quite shiny aren’t they? I just added the decals this morning and wanted to make sure they were dry before I fooled with them. I’ll dirty them up when I do the steps.
Yup, waiting for full dryness on the decals is no doubt exactly the right thing to do…
If you started with this one of these first.
I wonder if it wouldn’t look so shiny ?
Still a great looking car…
Thanks, Sean. The shinyness(sp?) is from the film of the decal. It’ll get gone now that it is dry and I can weather it.
Now I see the decals here… I was referring to these shiny wheels …
Now Sean, those orange things with the bearings and nuts are not part of the flatcar (https://largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-surprised.gif). Just kidding, I need to spray all the metal parts with some kind of dull coat to reduce the shine caused by the acrylic paints. Hopefully, by the time I get done building all the cars on my list, I’ll have this weathering thing figured out.
Hi Dan , the car looks great. If those are waterslide decals your using you have to apply them over a gloss surface otherwise you will get a shininess and see the decal film .
Dan,
You can also drag some 600 grit sandpaper (or whatever you are comfortable with) down the sides from the top to the bottom. It will pull everything together. Then perhaps some brushed on chalks and seal with hairspray or a dull clear. Just a suggestion.
I think I stated at the beginning of this build … yep, I did … that I was going to use this flatcar as a test bed for practicing my weathering techniques. In the photos above, I used the hairspray method to simulate chipping or peeling of the top coat of paint, I used the dry brush method and chalks to simulate rust and rust stains and I used a diluted india ink wash to simulate an oil stain. I think those turned out … uh… ok. I was not satisfied with the trucks, however. The “rust” turned out too red and shiny so I went back and started applying layers of chalks of differing colors to both the trucks and wheels. Each layer was sealed with hairspray as suggested by Rooster. I used 6 different colors of chalks from bright orange to black. The results are not perfect, but better than any weathering I’ve done to this point. What ya think?
Any feedback is greatly appreciated. Thanks.
Those look really good to me Mr. Dan. My immediate reaction is “ugh, I don’t want to touch that” which in this context is a win :-). Nice job!
I like it, will it stay in place during wet weather operations?
Rick Marty said:
I like it, will it stay in place during wet weather operations?
Rick, I doubt it. Hairspray certainly doesn’t help my wife’s hair in the rain (https://largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-surprised.gif)
Dan Hilyer said:
Rick Marty said:
I like it, will it stay in place during wet weather operations?
Rick, I doubt it. Hairspray certainly doesn’t help my wife’s hair in the rain (https://largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-surprised.gif)
Well maybe you can get her to overcoat it with Krylon Matte, and that will help with the UV protection also(https://www.largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-foot-in-mouth.gif)(https://www.largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-laughing.gif)
Looks great…Keep it up…(https://www.largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-laughing.gif)
Try the Camo ultra flat as a base coat …
Sean McGillicuddy said:
Try the Camo ultra flat as a base coat …
On …?
I started with a black chalk acrylic on the side frames and bolster which gives a very flat faded look and then dry brushed on some of that red, shiny rust color that you like so much (https://largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-wink.gif). The chalks were then added. What I failed to do was put a base coat on the wheels other than the aforementioned rust color. I think if I had put the black chalk paint on the wheels to start with, they would have turned out much better. I’ll get it figured out one day. Thanks for all the input, it really helps.