Part 22: Weathered SW diesel loco
Entry posted by M Graff
1,114 views
This is how I do my model activities this time of the year 
:
It does improve the visibility to work in the sunshine 
I felt a bit inspired yesterday and began some much needed overhaul on my Broadway Limited SW-7.
It had been showing some poor power pick up in the leading bogie, so I disassembled the locomotive as best as I could .
I washed out as much oil as I could from the gearboxes, as it seemed to be the probable reason for the problem.
While it was disassembled, I took the chance to weather it as well B)
It was supposed to look used but not to death.... U.S. RR´s during WW2 usually wasn´t much into cleaning the locomotives, and not particularly Port-switchers....
It was marked for NYC, but I wanted to have it in my RR's markings: M-K & E.
I erased the text with a fiberglass brush and then painted a layer of black (Vallejo Model Air) to completely remove all traces of the text.
I assembled the shell and masked all the windows with Humbrol Maskol.
I then mixed a color of 50-50 black and gray / black. Then I used that in order to tone down the black original color.
The bogies were blasted with baking soda and primed with a dark gray paint.
Radiator grilles were painted with a lighter gray color, so the dark wash would work against it.
The wheels were also masked with Maskol, both the treads and bearing journals.
Current consumption is via the journals, so no colour there!
The wheel sides were painted black and weathered with pastel powder.
The bogie sides were painted in the same way.
Some decals and general weathering later, it became like this:
Clearcoated with Modelmaster Dullcote B).
I have also been changing a bit on the layout, the gas station that were on the front of the layout:
It has been replaced by a coal merchant:
And then I finally got some use for this car:
(I really like that car, wish I could find some more of them....).
PS, when I tried the SW after assembly, it worked perfectly! Really nice to eliminate the flaws.
-
1
1 Comment
Recommended Comments
Create an account or sign in to comment
You need to be a member in order to leave a comment
Create an account
Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!
Register a new accountSign in
Already have an account? Sign in here.
Sign In Now