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Evening folks, 

 

Here are the concluding stages of some painting and weathering I have been working on. Again, as with my quick and dirty weathering blogs, I do not own an airbrush and have endeavoured to produce something comparable to the results one can get with an airbrush (but acknowledging the superiority of the airbrush). 

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Here is the wagon painted using different tones and modelmaster decals added. I use decalfix by humbrol to silvering as I didn't want to gloss varnish the vehicle as I felt the subtlety of some of the planks would be lost glossing then matting. 

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Next, the wagon is treated with decalfix and weathering powders, flowed around the raised detail. 

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This is the shock open I have also been treating. certain planks were dry brushed with humbrol stone to suggest worn paint and the grain of the wood. 

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The metal work on the end of the wagon are treated with heavier amounts of powders to suggest the flaking, rusty metal work. These are dabbed onto wet decalfix and built up using humbrol smoke powder and Carr's rust colours. The underframe is lightly treated with brake dust colour powders. 

 

The top plank on the wagon was done by dry brushing onto wet tacky paint to maintain the brushstrokes to give the appearance of the grain of bare wood. 

 

This has been an enjoyable little project.

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sb67

I Like that David, the worn effect and the metalwork looks good. How did you deal with the underframe, were they dry powders on top of matt paint or did you mix the powders with decalfix?

 

Steve.

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westernviscount

Hi Steve, 

 

I used a couple of methods. I "painted" the powders on with decalfix around the W irons and heavier areas then powdered over the top. In some areas i just powder over the matt finish paint. I introduce some dry humbrol smoke powder to tone the colour down a bit  as the decalfix can look painted on as opposed to a dust covering. 

 

The base is matt finish humbrol 34 Dark grey. Untreated, the finish looks better that 33 black and requires less weathering. 

 

I think a dry brush of gunmetal in certain areas of the planks might add to the worn wood effect. That's what Martin Welch uses i think and if it's good enough for him!!

 

Cheers

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sb67

Thanks David, I'd agree with the gunmetal but it has to be subtle, I found it very easy to put too much on an spoil the effect, I think you get away with it more in O gauge, I like the Martyn Welch weathering book, one of my 'desert island book' I recon!

Steve.

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westernviscount

I agree Steve. My Dad bought it when it first came out in about '94 and i was amazed by the pictures. 

 

My dad used to use eye shadow as weathering powders at one point. They were quite effective at the time!

 

Its one of those books that made me realise as a kid that its ok to take railway modelling as seriously as you want to. 

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sb67

It came out in 1994, wow! maybe it's due a re print ;) the only thing that lets it down, I think,  is most of the photo's are black and white.

 

Steve.

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11 minutes ago, sb67 said:

It came out in 1994, wow! maybe it's due a re print ;) the only thing that lets it down, I think,  is most of the photo's are black and white.

 

Steve.

Yep, pretty sure it did. Agreed, the colour supplement is where it comes to life. I remember being captivated by the mk1 coach. It looked so real!!!

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I liked the Lima class 31 and 47, transformed an  off the shelf model to something that would hold it's own with stuff around today.

I dug it out and had a look at it this morning!

 

Steve.

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