MoPac_Eagle
Well Known Member
What do you use to seal weathering powders? Do you have to mask off the windows of the engine? Any tips are appreciated.
That's a terrific job on the ore car, Greg.I also use Dullcote prior to adding any powders, for the reasons that Toot added above and during the weathering process. I like to add powders in light coats and lightly seal with Dullcote after each application of the weathering powders. The progressive coats help reduce Dullcote's inherit lighting of the weathering powders.
When using Dullcote use "Light" coats over the powders to seal them properly.
I been using Pan Pastels as the weathering medium. The Pastels seem to adhere better to the model and do not fade as much when Dullcote is applied. Just my personal choice.
Masking window on a locomotive can be done using Posted It Notes, cutting to fit pieces of masking tape, liquid mask or just removing the plastic glazing if possible. Practice on a inexpensive locomotive.
Toot nice job on the BB Rail Link box car weathering! Very tastefully done.
Greg
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A weathered ore. Ore cars will be usually heavily weathered due to the nature of the dirty work they perform. -Greg
Sheer chance actually Greg. I surprised myself.Toot: I like the roof weathering on the Rail Link car.
Greg
I use the testors spray dullcoteand it does make my powders a lot fainter. The hairspray idea is interesting I will have to try it.I'm with CambriaArea51 -- I belong to a club that has a modular layout, so equipment gets handled a lot. If I don't seal it, much of the weathering will be gone with the first two or three times I handle it.
A question about Dullcote -- are you gentlemen talking about the "rattle" cans, or do you airbrush it? I use the "rattle" cans, but I almost always lose much of my weathering when I apply the Dullcote...
One other thing... I was weathering the inside of a gondola with some Vallejo pigments, and when I hit it with Dullcote, the pigments almost completely dissapeared. So on the next attempt, I used a light misting of cheap hair spray (after masking off the exterior side of the gon, the wheelsets and the couplers) and it worked quite well! Has anyone else tried cheap hair spray (normally used to fasten down scenery effects) on rolling stock?
Regards,
Tom Stockton
Airbrush the dull coat on.I'm with CambriaArea51 -- I belong to a club that has a modular layout, so equipment gets handled a lot. If I don't seal it, much of the weathering will be gone with the first two or three times I handle it.
A question about Dullcote -- are you gentlemen talking about the "rattle" cans, or do you airbrush it? I use the "rattle" cans, but I almost always lose much of my weathering when I apply the Dullcote...
One other thing... I was weathering the inside of a gondola with some Vallejo pigments, and when I hit it with Dullcote, the pigments almost completely dissapeared. So on the next attempt, I used a light misting of cheap hair spray (after masking off the exterior side of the gon, the wheelsets and the couplers) and it worked quite well! Has anyone else tried cheap hair spray (normally used to fasten down scenery effects) on rolling stock?
Regards,
Tom Stockton
It would probably be made from similar lacquer anyway. The can should display it's ingredients to compare. A bit of perfume is likely the only extra, and that won't last.Has anyone else tried cheap hair spray