After the lusterless totally dries i work bragdon enterprise weathering powders on it.
Weathering black locomotives.
You won t have to replace any of the colors for a long time.
Brushing the weathering powders on a locomotive rolling stock and buildings give instantaneous results.
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.
Here we have a selection of photos showing some of our weathering unusually for live steam models upon locomotives.
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.
Rust grime patched and peeling paint and faded letters.
Tips for weathering locomotives.
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.
Add rust streaks to the outsides of the exhaust stacks.
I hope this lesson gives you some ideas for weathering a locomotive in about 10 minutes.
According to the company the weathering powders are made from real rust and other.
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.
Brush paint the tanks on the bottom of the loco grimy black or flat black.
Weathering can take many forms.
There are almost as many ways to recreate the ravages of time and nature.
Use a dry brush to apply steaks to the cab roof.
You can always move the weathering effect around with the brush before you add the water spray.
Weathering a pristine model can be intimidating but it is not impossible.
This creates beautiful under tones that can t be made by sticking to just black gray and white powders.
A lot light rust dust bowl brown and dark rust in various areas.
Then i lusterless it more.
Add grimy black to the exhaust stacks.
Posted by anonymous on saturday may 4 2002 8 57 am i have a black atlas nw c30 7.
Weathering black locomotives 1249 views.
If you use the weathering powders carefully.