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You will find this with any powders/varnish. Applying weathering powders can be tricky - really you should overstate the amount you use, because coating over them will make them subdued. You don't have to put a coat over your powders, but it's probably recommended if you're going to handle it regularly. If you want to coat, it's best to varnish first with gloss. Then use your powders and fix them in place with white spirit. Build up to what you want, and then varnish over the top with Matt. Hope that helps

Thank you - those two books are great recommendations - I have noticed they have collections, so does the NRM, however, they're not something that can be easily downloaded as they haven't published them as far as I could find online. It's a shame there isn't a single resource, perhaps an idea, we'd all like to have, copyright permitting of course. It was more a curiosity since I've been looking during a few previous builds. For instance, I couldn't find a drawing for a BR Vanwide that I was building - or an SR Cattle Wagon. The drawings would be nice for that extra touch of detail where the manufacturer may have missed.

Hi everyone, I've done quite a bit of Google searching and searched through the forum, but don't seem to have found an answer yet. I want to get hold of scale drawings for a variety of wagons to reference when building, BR, GWR and SR. But mainly British Rail. I did find the drawings at Barrowmore, but they're more, outlines, than actual technical drawings where you can see the brake gear and build of the wagon for instance. Does such a thing exist either online where I can download them, or in a book I can purchase? Something like this, in terms of detail is what I'm looking for. I have a feeling the answer will be no, a single resource doesn't exist, but thought I'd pose the question! Thank you

Thank you all for your replies, I knew some great information would be passed along. It seems this Lowmac is more unique than most, something I never thought of when I purchased it, still, since any sort of pictorial evidence is sparse at best it gives me pretty much free reign on how I weather it. Sounds good in my book.

Don't you just love that fantastic feeling when you finish a model and prime it ready for painting? I know I do! Having recently completed one of Connoisseur Models excellent LNER Lowmac's in Brass I was really excited to get painting and weathering, but wait.. I can't for the life of me find any reference pictures to use for painting and weathering. Can anyone help? The kit is of an LNER Low Machine Wagon 20 Ton Lowmac - L and as quoted from Jim's site: After searching Google for a considerable amount of time and a number of other places, I've come up with nothing. It's easy to find pictures of Lowmac's from other regions and differing designs, I just can't seem to come up with any pictures of this one. Ideally I'm looking for the rusted/beat up type, if anyone can point me in the right direction I would be very much obliged.

Take a read of this: http://georgedentmodelmaker.blogspot.co.uk/2010_05_01_archive.html Seems to be a good product. Personally I use Vallejo's White Pumice, it's practically the same stuff but un-coloured, cheaper and you get more, simply add your own paint to colour it. (You can get the coloured ones, such as Brown Earth as well) It does contain a fine grain grit to give it the texture, however, scale might be an issue here, that I'm afraid I cannot advise you on!

Some fantastic pictures in this thread, if it wasn't for the title, I'd go as far to say as some would make you look twice for their authenticity to real life counterparts.