Show us your weathered boxcars and covered hoppers
- Thread starter Dallas Modern HO Scale
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Excellent start, Randy. Getting that overall rusty look with the right streaking is going to be tricky. You've got the graffiti down good though. 
Looks like they restenciled the dimensional data and put on the reflective tape after the graffiti job. I'm surprised they didn't restencil the car number at the same time.
Looks like they restenciled the dimensional data and put on the reflective tape after the graffiti job. I'm surprised they didn't restencil the car number at the same time.Thanks guys.
Here's some shots of it on my freshly finished diorama after a little more work.
That's very nice. I don't model modern trains, but if I was young again and starting in the hobby, your pic would certainly inspire me to go modern.
Cheers.
K-Pack
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Here's one in progress. It's an old Athearn Railbox model that I salvaged from when I was a kid. I'm still working on one of the sides, and have a few more touch-ups to make (add couplers, drop steps, and some more weathering).
After removing my childhood attempt at weathering, I tried doing a heavy wash using acrylics and totally botched the job. I removed that, then used Dullcote and artist's chalks and got a much better result. The grafitti is hand-painted using a couple techniques that I'm experimenting with (I'm new to weathering). The trucks and wheels were done using dark brown as a base, then various shades of brown chalk, followed up with faint highlights of yellow chalk.
After removing my childhood attempt at weathering, I tried doing a heavy wash using acrylics and totally botched the job. I removed that, then used Dullcote and artist's chalks and got a much better result. The grafitti is hand-painted using a couple techniques that I'm experimenting with (I'm new to weathering). The trucks and wheels were done using dark brown as a base, then various shades of brown chalk, followed up with faint highlights of yellow chalk.
Charles Smiley
cspmovies
Your second Railbox is almost perfect. All it seems to need is edge-outlining on the left side graffiti.
Here's one in progress. It's an old Athearn Railbox model that I salvaged from when I was a kid. I'm still working on one of the sides, and have a few more touch-ups to make (add couplers, drop steps, and some more weathering).
After removing my childhood attempt at weathering, I tried doing a heavy wash using acrylics and totally botched the job. I removed that, then used Dullcote and artist's chalks and got a much better result. The grafitti is hand-painted using a couple techniques that I'm experimenting with (I'm new to weathering). The trucks and wheels were done using dark brown as a base, then various shades of brown chalk, followed up with faint highlights of yellow chalk.
Nice work. Looks great.
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Dallas Modern HO Scale
Modern HO scale modeler
Here's one in progress. It's an old Athearn Railbox model that I salvaged from when I was a kid. I'm still working on one of the sides, and have a few more touch-ups to make (add couplers, drop steps, and some more weathering).
After removing my childhood attempt at weathering, I tried doing a heavy wash using acrylics and totally botched the job. I removed that, then used Dullcote and artist's chalks and got a much better result. The grafitti is hand-painted using a couple techniques that I'm experimenting with (I'm new to weathering). The trucks and wheels were done using dark brown as a base, then various shades of brown chalk, followed up with faint highlights of yellow chalk.
i love them cars dude! u wanna sell em? and share ur secrets for graffiti
railBuilderDhd
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K-Pack
Member
railBuilder - nice, very convincing. I love the fade and the streaking. I also like the attention around the hand grabs...behind them is grimy, and the grab itself is lighter than the car, suggesting they have been used. Great job.
Dallas - Thanks for the comments. I'm not selling anything yet, but if I do in the future I'll let you know. In the next few weeks I'll see if I can put together a little tutorial on how I do my graffiti...it's nothing special and I'm sure there are better ways, but in my limited experience it has worked well for me.
Dallas - Thanks for the comments. I'm not selling anything yet, but if I do in the future I'll let you know. In the next few weeks I'll see if I can put together a little tutorial on how I do my graffiti...it's nothing special and I'm sure there are better ways, but in my limited experience it has worked well for me.
