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Weathered wagons


drduncan

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So I have been busy lettering, weathering and adding chalk marks to a number of 3d printed wagons that I have been building (incidentally you can see some of them at the forthcoming South Hants MRC show in Portsmouth, Admiral Lord Nelson's School, Saturday 16 Nov where I'll be demonstrating 3d printing)

 

First the 1 planks:

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And some 2 and 3 planks

 

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The left hand one (the 2 plank) is in full read, the 3 plank on the right is in @Mikkel GWR improved faded wagon red and is now ready for dirtying up.  Below is an extremely dirty no 1 - it just needs one more coat of grime to tone down the chalk marks.

 

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And a BG one:

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Similarly here is a pair of ex CMR iron bodied tippler wagons and ready for covering with chain clay residue:

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Thanks for looking

 

Duncan

 

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  • RMweb Gold

Another lovely ensemble. I like the chalk marks, especially where they are crossed out.

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1 hour ago, Mikkel said:

Another lovely ensemble. I like the chalk marks, especially where they are crossed out.

Thanks! I have a cheap artists pen that has an old style ink nib which works well with thinned paint. I had been using white but that can be a bit too bright so I’ve swapped recently to Model Colour Ivory (as it was part of your improved faded red recipe…).

 

Regards

 

Duncan

 

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Much as I like the look of faded red wagons, it has sometimes been suggested on here that they may instead have turned dark with time - even grey. That thought intrigues me, and makes the study of period photos even more perplexing!

 

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7 hours ago, Mikkel said:

Much as I like the look of faded red wagons, it has sometimes been suggested on here that they may instead have turned dark with time - even grey. That thought intrigues me, and makes the study of period photos even more perplexing!

 

No  moving the goalposts!

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All right, I’ll let it rest. 🙂

 

What we need is a paint chemist, an AI programmer and 10,000 period photos.

 

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1 hour ago, Mikkel said:

All right, I’ll let it rest. 🙂

 

What we need is a paint chemist, an AI programmer and 10,000 period photos.

 

I think a time machine might actually be easier.... 🙂

 

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So with 20 mins before the school run I thought I’d do some weathering and explain the order I do it.
 

First victim (and slightly out of focus): no weathering.

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Stage1 a dilute wash of Model Colour ‘Smoke’. I use a wide flat brush. Start with the under frame and work up getting the wash into all the corners and grooves. If it pools in the corners of the under frame or elsewhere just use the brush to suck it away with capillary action. See how it had settled in the plank grooves and highlights the wagon label box on the solebar:

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First victim was placed to one side to dry. Second victim, already with a wash of smoke inside and out:

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Stage 2. Dry brushing. Start dark and go lighter colour by colour. I started with Panzer Aces ‘Dark Mud’. Wipe almost all the paint off the brush and then gently brush over the model. Start on the brakes then work up the body. Less is more at this stage:

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Stage 3. Dry brush model colour ‘light rust’ over metal bits including door strapping and if desired internal metal fixings etc:

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Stage 4. Dry brush Panzer Aces ‘light mud’. A little light colour goes a long way! I dry brush along the wagon first, side to side. Then if a want staining on the sides, I flick the brush down so that it catches the top edge of the side and the top most part of the planks and gives downward streaks. You can so use a finger tip to bend in things too. 
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Stage 5. Stippling. Using a reasonably stiff brush add some more Panzer Aces ‘light mud’ and again wipe off almost all the paint. Then with the brush perpendicular to the wagon side gently dab it on the wagon. I use stippling at the base of doors and around the door openings to indicate wear and dirt. 
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Then it’s just a coat of Matt varnish- in case Army Painter spray Matt varnish.

 

Duncan

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  • RMweb Gold

Ahh, my regular fix of red wagons. Very nice, thank you Duncan.

 

I've also started using Army Painter Matt varnish, it is the first truly dead matt varnish I've found. Your last photo illustrates it well: Many matt varnishes would have left a slight sheen which doesn't look right on a weathered wagon.

 

 

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1 hour ago, Mikkel said:

Ahh, my regular fix of red wagons. Very nice, thank you Duncan.

 

I've also started using Army Painter Matt varnish, it is the first truly dead matt varnish I've found. Your last photo illustrates it well: Many matt varnishes would have left a slight sheen which doesn't look right on a weathered wagon.

 

 

Er, it hasn’t been varnished yet….but you’re right about many Matt varnishes.

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So no 248 has now been dry brushed as described above:

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The last touches before it goes in the queue for varnishing have been random chalk markings done with model colour ivory and a rectangle of while (actually ivory) for the wagon label. 
 

With iron bodied wagons (that aren’t going to be carrying China clay) I did less of the final stippling of ‘light mud’ and instead stippled ‘light rust’ and model colour ‘orange red’ around the side doors and where they bang down against the v hanger.

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