Thought i might take the chance to introduce you to some of my stock that isn't in the 'Locomotive' category. Obviously the layout is a TMD, and very small one at that, meaning that there isn't a lot of space for wagons to sit a round. However, I have been working on weather one or two of my wagons to show off on the layout from time to time. It gives the 08 Shunter something to 'shunt' I suppose and is a change from just a crowd of Locos refueling. So, below I've attached a few pictures of my latest wagon - a Hornby Rudd ZBV Ballast/Sleeper Wagon. I decided to have a go at 'bringing it to life' after reading a very informative 'Easy Weathering' article in the Railway Modeller February Issue...

The model to begin with (before treatment):

Tools I used for the job:

• A mix of brushes
  
• A watercolour set (to create pigments of different colours by crushing them)
  
• A rust coloured pastel (to crush to make more pigments)
  
• Some cotton bud stocks to rub pigments / powders into model
  
• A few appropriate acrylic modelling paints
  

I used a craft knife to simulate a dent (as they do in the RM Article):

The model on the cutting mat ready to be weathered:

I began crushed parts of my rusty orange shade pastel to create some powder. I then mixed that with some crushed yellow watercolour pigments (remember, the watercolours have to be bone dry to crush) to make more of a rusty orange rather than just the red orange of the pastel alone. Using one of my old fine brushes an my fingers I rubbed it into the insides of the wagon:

The model after weathering:

Thanks for viewing.

A lot of work on Almere Road TMD planned for tomorrow and Sunday