PDK Maunsell L1 class 4-4-0 No. 1783. Step 2 - Driving Wheels.
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Underframe dirt is being represented by Railmatch Frame Dirt, variously altered in shade with random additions of Railmatch Weathered Black. It is applied by airbrush in very thin coats, turning the driving wheels a quarter of a turn between coats. This allows the complete wheels to be dirtied without leaving a paint-less shadow behind rods, motion and other necessary gubbins. When it comes to areas behind the wheels (frames, ashpan, springs and so on) then the airbrush will need to be carefully angled to get the paint into the right areas, possibly over several applications. The most important aspect of this process is to keep the amount of paint deposited from each pass to an absolute minimum, almost to the point of not seeing any difference.
You may be able to see what I mean from this sequence. Sorry about the blurred one - my hands aren't as steady as they once were!
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