I’m done for the day! As most of you know I limit myself to 2 hour sessions at the weathering bench with at least 90 minutes between sessions. I hit the 6 hour mark today…
Some happenings
The APG tank car is clear coated with a fade coming next
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The EEC boxcar has a fade coat, clear coat, some pan pastels and pigments on the roof. It just received another clear coat. The weathering is to come
The BNSF boxcar has a fade coat and a clear coat. Weathering is next
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These well cars are going to drive me battier than I already am. Already faded, but turns out NOT clear coated. it was onto the weathering and I tried to put Tamiya over Vallejo. The interaction was like curdled milk! So they were stripped 1st thing this morning. After a light soapy (dawn dish soap) cleaning and a warm water rinse I faded the units again! These are drying after another clear account has been applied
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2 PT 40’ containers from Portugal and 2 from Aurora Miniatures were cleaned, lightly faded and clear coated. A slight weathering is next
3 CMO covered hoppers from the Operator series from Scaletrains, cleaned and clear coated. 2 of these will be medium weathered and the 2 others will be heavily weathered.
That is the FINAL client ST reefer with the start of custom graffiti and a light weathering of kick up along the frame and slightly on the door. I do have 6 of mine own to do but honestly if I never saw another ST reefer it would be alright! 32 of them are ready for shipping with 36 already out the door. If you need a new in the box ST reefer contact me. I have a few new in the box I can sell…
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Here is the fourth CMO covered hopper
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I do have 2 of my own CMO cars but I left in the box and on the shelf!
Yep, I have been busy.
Clear coats are Tamiya xf86 flat clear thinned 50/50 with Tamiya thinner x20A
Fade coats were all Tamiya xf-2 flat white. Thinner was the 91% concentration of Isopropyl Alcohol in a 20% paint to 80% thinner mix
The roof pigment on the box cars is Dark Rust from AK Interactive applied to a base coat of AK Streaking grime while still wet and tamped down
Any questions, comments and thoughts are welcome