23 hours ago, SteveyDee68 said:

 

I'm going to be very annoying, Rob, and ask if you've detailed how you went about weathering this wagon earlier on your thread? (Well, there are a lot of pages!!) I just picked up three of these off eBay (two of which require replacement buffers) to go with an old Airfix/GMR version (from my teens!) and would love to achieve the kind of finish you have on this wagon.

 

Shame Project X won't feature a wharf - I was looking forward to seeing you do water!

 

Steve S

 

 

Morning Steve, 

 

No worries. The modelling stuff does get submerged at times and its a big old thread. 

 

Here's a repeat of a series of images from earlier in the thread. I use the same principles for any planked wagon. 

 

The victim of this occasionis a Minerva 5 plank GWR open. 

 

Here it is, out of the box. 

 

 

 

 

Humbrol Dark Earth acrylic  was sprayed over the underframe, lower body and ends. 

 

 

 

 

 

The inside was worked on first using powders. My pallet is limited and I use only Humbrol powders at present. 

 

 

 

The colours used are

 

Black

Smoke

Rust

Iron Oxide

Sand

Dark Earth 

White

 

 

All are applied using a selection of really cheap and nasty make up brushes from Amazon. 

 

 

 

 

No particular order. Just add until it looks right to you. 

 

 

 

Once happy with the resulting blending and adding of the various colours, they are sealed using Humbrpl matt acrylic varnish from an aerosol. 

 

 

A light touch is needed. Too wet and you will lose the shades you've worked so hard to acheive. 

 

 

 

Once dry, minutes really, I then take to each individual plank with a fibre brush and remove some of the finish until it looks about right. I then re seal with another dusting of acrylic varnish. 

 

I then moved on to the outside. I deepened and distressed some of the planks using a sharp pointy thing. 

 

Then added powders starting with black to infill the groves first. Sort of pre-shading.. 

 

 

 

Iron oxide was added to the metal work, body and underframe, as was rust and some sand to highlight rust patches. 

 

Smoke and dark earth was used to tone things down. 

 

 

Again, once happy all sealed using matt varnish. 

 

 

Again, individual planks were distressed using the fibre brush. 

 

A final coat of varnish and you're done. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I do however come back to it after a few days with a fresh pair of eyes and tweak if required.