RMweb Gold roundhouse Posted February 20, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 20, 2012 WDan Will this MKT car be running at Eurotrack? Ian Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
log0008 Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 Very nice guys! - i love them! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
warbonnetuk Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 WDan Will this MKT car be running at Eurotrack? Ian If I get it finished in time! Dan Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold roundhouse Posted February 20, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 20, 2012 Looks like screw the trucks back on and its done!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
warbonnetuk Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 Looks like screw the trucks back on and its done!! Nope, underframe and trucks both still need doing plus aforementioned wheel splash marks on the inner ends Might get done tonight is the garage is too cold for working on the new lighting rig Dan Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
warbonnetuk Posted March 11, 2012 Share Posted March 11, 2012 Been a while since I posted updates on my MKT / UP hopper project mainly due to Eurotrack prep and then a cold / flu virus. Anyway before Eurotrack I did some more work on the underframe weathering along with attending to the trucks The silo bottoms / hatches were done with artists oils applied with a piece of cosmetic sponge principally round to door area. Then the mix was drawn down using a small flat paint brush and some 'Microsol' to re-activate the paint. The trucks were first given a burnish with a fibre glass brush a la Tony Sissons' thread and then sprayed with Rustoleum Black Rust spray which if 'dusted' gives a nice textured effect. Once dried artists oils (mix of burnt umber / raw umber/ white and black) was v lightly dabbed onto the frames again with cosmetic sponge. Finally the frames got a light dusting of Tamiya 'sand' and 'mud' weathering powders across the raised detail and some rust powders around the springs and journals. Still to do.........patching out some of the capacity data, some more grot around the hatches and some freehand graffiti Cheers Dan Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
modelmaker87 Posted March 11, 2012 Share Posted March 11, 2012 Although I've not tried it yet, its definitely on my to do list. I found this technique on The rustbucket forum http://theweatheringshop.com/home.html (You need to register to get into the forum) But the technique involves using a dremel drill with rotary disc held underneath a hopper roughly in the wheel wells and then you bring a piece of card with a little paint up to the spinning disc which should with a little practice replicate a wheel spray pattern. As the poster uses photobucket here's a link to a couple of photos http://i545.photobuc...WheelSpray3.jpg Dave Dave, not that you would ever know this, but that hopper you refer to belongs to me. The MKT423 cement hopper I have just completed belongs to the guy working with the Dremel in the pic you suggested looking at. Never met him, just an exchange thing us guys do from time to time over here. In the words of Michael Cane "notta lotta people know that" Cheers, Tony Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave_long Posted March 11, 2012 Share Posted March 11, 2012 Tony, I've seen a bit of that mentioned on the US forums. Seems a good thing, but then there's so much variety in US stock and the weathering. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold roundhouse Posted March 12, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 12, 2012 Just added first coat of weathering after replacing the moulded lower steps on my Atlas N scale MKT 2 bay covered hopper. Needs a little bit more work before it goes back in the stock tray. Ian Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
trisonic Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 This is an uncovered hopper! Includes some nice end details, however...... Best, Pete. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Gwinnett Posted March 15, 2012 Author Share Posted March 15, 2012 With the sloped ends, I wonder if it was a covered hopper that had the top chopped when it went into ballast service? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
trisonic Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 Anything is possible it was built in 1955! The photo was taken last year. Best, Pete. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glorious NSE Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 Jon, I think you're spot on - lots of older cement cars seemed to get this mod when they hit the '30 year rule' in the 80s - I know BN had similar ones. I suspect very few ever looked that smart though! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
trisonic Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 This was attached to it: I guess they have not painted this yet! Click for size. Best, Pete. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold roundhouse Posted March 15, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 15, 2012 This is an uncovered hopper! Includes some nice end details, however...... Best, Pete. Almost looks as if its not on any rails!! Ian Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
trisonic Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 Lot of white sand all over the place.....taken at New Hope, PA (about 200 yards from the Delaware River). Best, Pete. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold roundhouse Posted March 15, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 15, 2012 Here are a few covered hoppers photographed in Florida in 1995. The Pillsbury one taken at Wildwood whilst the ex Chessie one taken at Fort Myers. Both have been modelled but I dont seem to have any photos of them. Will have to get the camera out tonight! Ian Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talltim Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 I do like the idea of using a painty disk to simulate wheel spray, but having cut the tendons to my index figer with a slitting disk in a mini drill I'll a not be doing it! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
warbonnetuk Posted March 20, 2012 Share Posted March 20, 2012 So job done finally with tag, rust scratches and minor patching added On with the next project......... P.S. for anyone going to Ally Pally on Sunday I'll be on the NMRA stand on and off so stop by and say hello! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold roundhouse Posted March 20, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 20, 2012 Looks good but you shouldn't have left the crayons with your son...I used to get trouble for writing on things when I was much much younger! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Gwinnett Posted March 20, 2012 Author Share Posted March 20, 2012 So job done finally with tag, rust scratches and minor patching added On with the next project......... P.S. for anyone going to Ally Pally on Sunday I'll be on the NMRA stand on and off so stop by and say hello! Superb! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Parkinson Posted July 11, 2012 Share Posted July 11, 2012 Hi all, Attached is an image of a SOO 3 bay hopper that I've recently weathered using dry powders. Weathering is new to me and apart from a couple of CP/CN boxcars I've posted on a recent thread this has been my most "daring", quite pleased with the result for a first timer but would appreciate any tips etc. Regards, Andy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave_long Posted July 11, 2012 Share Posted July 11, 2012 Andy, Good effort there on the hopper, I like the faded SOO patched number. Only things that I would add would be to weather the wheels, as they look shiny, and the hopper outlets look too clean. hth Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Parkinson Posted July 12, 2012 Share Posted July 12, 2012 Dave, Thanks for your comments. The trucks and wheels etc are my next step up so will start on them soon. Andy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
warbonnetuk Posted July 12, 2012 Share Posted July 12, 2012 Dave Nice work! Not sure if you work from proto photos but when you get to doing the hopper gates and under frame but it's worth checking it the patten dirt collects around around the silo bottoms. Another weathering feature on covered hoppers are the vertical streaks on the inner ends from dirt being throw up by the outer axles on each truck. For the truck weathering check out Tony Sissons tip of roughing up the frames with a fibreglass pen before painting Dan Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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