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I like citadel paints they do ‘technical’ paints which have effects
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after the blacks browns greens some glue and fine greenery
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I like 38035 the darker colour is harder to recognise as a model 38000 you can see the inside of the model and the flat side screams model….that said maybe that is how the real thing is.if the 38026 red was on the 38035 near the supposed welded areas and a dash on the bogies and some kind of shiny water - dried PVA for weathering I would consider a wipe off powder on the white proctor because I suspect that would be dirty if been used the surface finish on the flat bed on 38026 is better in my opinion and the dirt on 38026 could b e water run off on the vertical front which in my opinion looks right, dirt in real life is often carried by water and does what water does, I personally use thinned black brown paint with a non smooth paint and let gravity do most of the work,I never ever paint items on their said always the way up they are in real life,liquid paint and then dry powder - dirt and wind and dirt in corners is what happens in real life,38035 the top bars have some red on the edges this again is realistic rust often starts with either pooled water of the protective Finnish being rubbed and more rust usually appears low down wher water pools.tthe ladders will have mud muck from boots and the bogies are oiled in real life and get clogged with dirt and can have some shine.
oh on the red on the inside on the model does not touch the horizontal flat bed BUT in my opinion and observation rust starts here first as water gathers here first and pools and starts rust.However if you add a load of say wood this would then be easily covered and not an issue. this are all ideas for consideration, it is how I look at things but you may consider other factors and thus have different opinions.
I always try to source real photos and study them.
My work is far from perfect, but we all improve, I would certainly be very happy with these as wagons age differently, and should not be carbon copies of each other.
This is a resin model, I found this relief picture which I think is the original coloured, I copied the view through the windows with bushes behind but it is hard to get the scenic area behind to align and needs work,but as we add more and more details to a scene the better they meld together as our brains look at the whole. I think the work you have done here will easily work really well on the layout.
Ifind doing a small area within the layout to its best give you a area of believability I see Willie doing this he has a massive area he works on an area in its individuality and eventually all the gaps get filled in,this is a good way to work, otherwise you never seem to get to the end point.