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Hello, I'm new here. I have a question about weathering service providers, does anyone have a particularly good or bad experience to share? I have two brand new Graham Farish EMU's in N gauge, obviously identical, so in the future I'd like one renumbered and then both of them weathered, but I'm wary....

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Not an answer to your question but  possibly  a more satisfying suggestion. I think DIY weathering one of the most rewarding  corners of the hobby.

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You can do it with powders (I use shaved off soft pastels from The Works 'stubbed on' with a paint brush) and if you don't like what you've done you can easily take it all off again.

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There's loads of advice on here how to do it (including re-numbering). Some say start with a waggon; I jumped straight in with my 00 gauge G2A loco a few years back.

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The key piece of advice is do an image search to find pictures of how real locos of the class you going to tackle actually weather down.

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I stand my weathering efforts on the shelves around my computer to scrutinise over the weeks and have another go now and again.

When I'm happy I "fix" the powders with a matt varnish spray.

:jester:

 dhig

 

PS

Not an emu, but I've got my Derby lighweight DMU standing above me here with a first powdering applied a few weeks back.

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Cheers guys, some heartening words and good advice. But I'm SCARED! I don't think I can trust myself to go anywhere NEAR my lovely shiny new EMU'S with a paintbrush. ...but then, that's the problem - they are a bit shiny..... :-o

Seriously though, I think I'll send them to an expert when the time comes- and maybe practice on some of my wagons for now. :-) Thanks again all.

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