My Pendon weathering course projects

[colin penfold]

I am off in a couple of weeks to Pendon for a weathering course. One day with an airbrush, the other day without.

 

I thought people might be interested to see the outcome, although I won't try to reproduce all the instruction I get.

 

I have picked six items with some advice from Mick at Pendon. Hopefully they will allow me to play with a variety of techniques.

 

Here are the before photos. 5 RTR items and an O gauge box van i built from a Peco kit.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I have taken the liberty of two bits of preparatory work. On the coach I have tried the technique of painting the inside of the window frames black to reduce the visual impact of the thick plastic. Its the first time I've tried this but thought I'd better do it before weathering.

 

 

On the van i decided to paint the old wood effect onto the floor and the inside of the doors, as I felt it was best done before assembly.

 

 

Quite happy with how that turned out. Tune in after 26th November for the after pics!

[Siberian Snooper]

I am off in a couple of weeks to Pendon for a weathering course. One day with an airbrush, the other day without.

I thought people might be interested to see the outcome, although I won't try to reproduce all the instruction I get.

I have picked six items with some advice from Mick at Pendon. Hopefully they will allow me to play with a variety of techniques.

Here are the before photos. 5 RTR items and an O gauge box van i built from a Peco kit.

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I have taken the liberty of two bits of preparatory work. On the coach I have tried the technique of painting the inside of the window frames black to reduce the visual impact of the thick plastic. Its the first time I've tried this but thought I'd better do it before weathering.

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On the van i decided to paint the old wood effect onto the floor and the inside of the doors, as I felt it was best done before assembly.

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Quite happy with how that turned out. Tune in after 26th November for the after pics!

Looking forward to seeing the results. I like the wood work in the van.

[colin penfold]

Just to say I have had two excellent days at Pendon. Big thanks to Mick which I will enlarge on tomorrow. I have three things to do tomorrow. Have a lay in, finish something I didn't quite finish today, and take some after photos to show you. In the meantime here is a picture of my work area this morning

 

 

An here's a picture of me proving that even in the heart of GWR excellence there's room for a bit of Southern

 

[Mick Bonwick]

I have to say, Colin, that you don't look very much like your avatar picture. But then I shouldn't have been surprised at that, I suppose.   

[colin penfold]

Sorry for any disappointment Mick!

 

Made it home in 4 hours.

 

Thanks again for two great days.

[Vistisen]

Looking forwards to seeing the results of this. How much experience of weathering have you had before going on the course? I have just bought an airbrush kit to weather my new hand built track, I'm rather nervous about how to do it without mucking up the electrical connections between wheels and rails. I have never used an airbrush before.

[Siberian Snooper]

Looking forwards to seeing the results of this. How much experience of weathering have you had before going on the course? I have just bought an airbrush kit to weather my new hand built track, I'm rather nervous about how to do it without mucking up the electrical connections between wheels and rails. I have never used an airbrush before.

 

You won't have a problem with pickups if you clean the rails afterwards. I use an IPA whetted cloth, immediately after spraying. Don't use too much paint, but build up layers until satisfied, it's easier to add layers than to take paint away afterwards.

[colin penfold]

Well, as promised here are some after photos.

 

I had time to do the O gauge van and the 00 mogul. I also did a bit of weathering on the o gauge terrier which i finished off at home today. The aim was to take the factory sheen off the horzontal surfaces and the brass effect fittings which were too bright. I will spray a bit of frame dirt on below the footplate when i am able to buy a decent airbrush.

 

As you can see, driver F Sinatra has decided the steed is worthy of his presence on the footplate

 

 

 

[gwrrob]

Start spreading the news....

[colin penfold]

The van received a spray of frame dirt, a wash of dirt into the plank lines and a textured roof created by dropping loose pigment (soot black weathering powder) onto at roof which had been wettened with white spirit. Allowed to dry for 24 hours and excess removed. So the van had airbrushed work, a wash, and the application of weathering powders - the three main techniques i learned over the two days. I also applied some grease effects to the axle boxes. Dirty grease effect from lifecolour and a bit of gungy pigment from a badly looked after tin of humbrol matt black.

 

 

 

Edited November 27, 2017 by colin penfold

[colin penfold]

The mogul was intended to represent a hard working lower link engine eeking out a living on the DNSR. I worked from a Keith Pirt photo of a loco in similar condition. The idea was that the livery should be barely visible under the dirt. Sprayed with browns below the footplate graduating to sooty blacks on top. This was supplemented with sooty weathering powders on the cab roof and boiler top. I also used grease effects on the motion and tender axleboxes. Mick showed me a product for representing a wet surface which was used near the tender filler to show some spilled water.

 

 

 

[colin penfold]

As a last minute decision I took along an extra wagon which I didn't do a before pic for. This was used as a practice run before chancing the airbrush on the more valuable items. PO wagon from Robbies Rolling Stock

 

 

 

[colin penfold]

So there you have it. I had used an airbrush a few times with mixed results and weathering powders also. I am reasonably familiar with dry brushing and mixing paint colours. With that limited experience under my belt I produced the items above in a weekend.

 

Saturday was "Weathering with an airbrush"

Sunday was "Weathering without an airbrush"

 

https://www.pendonmuseum.com/news/post.php?s=2017-01-29-modelling-workshops-for-adults

 

 

Both courses were led by Mick Bonwick. I would heartily recommend both days depending on your willingness to work with an airbrush. I learned a lot about use and care of the airbrush, surface preparation, materials and techniques.

 

Thanks again to Mick and all the Pendon volunteers who made us all welcome on both days.

Edited November 27, 2017 by colin penfold

[george stein]

Writing from the USA.  Very nice. Quite informative.  Permit a suggestion of an additional technique.  As a OO GWR modeller an issue is how to do the big white letters fading or "running."  So, instead of addressing the letters proper, consider a very slightly (progressively) lighter shade of the basic grey directly below the letters. The white, after all, doesn't disappear but washes down "discoloring" and lightening the grey base coat. Sounds odd, but try it.  It's more subtle than streaking down the white paint directly -- and you're less likely to damage the decals (transfers).

 

George

North Carolina