Weathering Rolling Stock, a Continous thread


AemJaYstrains said:
i have a question for all the weathering pros. iam following FOS Youtube channel, and some others. when it comes to weathering there is a technique or something what i dont know.

if a wash gets applyed to the surface, sometimes they are using something to "earease" some parts of the wash? Its i guess a liquid, but what liquid?

I hope you know what i mean and hopefully can help :)

cheers
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If the medium being used is oils they most likely are using a mineral spirit type liquid to remove it. They are many types of mineral spirits available to the artist and painter community.

It’s a wipe on, wipe off type of activity. While they truly are not wiping off 100% of the medium they are leaving a slight film or coverage. Do it again to build up layers
 
AemJaYstrains said:
i have a question for all the weathering pros. iam following FOS Youtube channel, and some others. when it comes to weathering there is a technique or something what i dont know.

if a wash gets applied to the surface, sometimes they are using something to "erase" some parts of the wash? Its i guess a liquid, but what liquid?

I hope you know what i mean and hopefully can help :)

cheers
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If you are using oils like Tom mentioned , you can use mineral spirits to remove some of the wash to get certain effects.

If you do an acrylic paint wash and let that dry between coats... you can use Isopropyl alcohol to remove paints to get certain effects also.
You have to be cautious with the alcohol and take your time, start with a small area and work that till you get the hang of it. It will pretty well remove all that you added.

It is available in different strengths like 50%, 70% and 99% and is pretty well available anywhere.

Weathering things by adding and then removing stuff is just as effective as just adding.

Hope this helps you out man.

Z
 
got some stuff today (video coming thursday) :D

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let the weathering start :D
 
i never heard about "Abteilung502" but found it funny because of the german word. And i think FOS Scale Models talked about them in a video, so i just ordered some to try out :) everything in weathering is totally new to me. till now i only did some airbrushing for some models or buildings. so lets see where the ride will take me :)
 
Smudge617 said:
Have to admit, Department502 sounds much better in German, wonder how they came up with the name.
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that what i was also thinking. but i like the Name :D
Its like the RWB Porsches from this japan guy. he translated the name with google translate i guess. RWB stands for Rau Welt Begriff what does not even makes sense in german hahahaha
 
@Smudge617 according to google search "Abteilung 502" was a heavy Tank battalion in 2nd worldwar... so i guess they have the name from there. maybe because they produce "heavy" colors...

they also use the same logo as they had on the tanks back then. so its definitely the name from back in the days. why to choose a name like this i dont know. but it makes sense now when i look at the name, the logo and the style of the font...
 
AemJaYstrains said:
i never heard about "Abteilung502" but found it funny because of the german word. And i think FOS Scale Models talked about them in a video, so i just ordered some to try out :) everything in weathering is totally new to me. till now i only did some airbrushing for some models or buildings. so lets see where the ride will take me :)
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I have over the years seen some of FOS scale model videos on YouTube. He has a great video on putting graffiti on an urban setting retaining wall.

For actual techniques I do prefer others:

You Tube content providers

Boomer Diorama

dansrailroad2011

JC’s riptrack

There are many others but, those three are the creators I keep going back to

For oils especially, JC’s Riptrack to me is invaluable. He is who introduced me to the Abeitlung502 oils. He has stopped producing content and was veering away from Model Trains but he is still an excellent resource

I think you’ll find doing weathering on models, either trains, boats or planes is fairly similar. No matter the mediums used, the equipment (spray or hand brush) used to apply, it needs to be done in layers.
 
Thnx for the tipps! Boomer i also follow, hes for me like a wikipedia of knowledge.
the other two i will check out! thnx. And of course i know the retaining wall graffiti video from FOS :)
 
AemJaYstrains said:
@Smudge617 according to google search "Abteilung 502" was a heavy Tank battalion in 2nd worldwar... so i guess they have the name from there. maybe because they produce "heavy" colors...

they also use the same logo as they had on the tanks back then. so its definitely the name from back in the days. why to choose a name like this i dont know. but it makes sense now when i look at the name, the logo and the style of the font...
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Yes, they saw service on the Eastern front, and were part of the II SS Panzer division.
 
Hi Tom, Here is that group of cars I will be "fading down". As you can see, these are all old timers. All I have is rattle cans and paint, NO airbrush so this is what I am trying:

1. Remove and paint trucks (done)
2. give cars a coat of dull coat
3. Use a white wash to fade the cars. Maybe a little dust around the bottom/front/back
4. A little soot at the top, from the coal steam

I dull coated one side, will be doing the other side tonight then maybe wait till the weekend to experiment with the white wash.

You can see some of the cars have been tinkered with a little. This is my first experience at "batch weathering".

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Most of these are Roundhouse, but I kept the trucks separate anyway. May be a week or so before I post the progress...

Dave LASM
 
logandsawman said:
Hi Tom, Here is that group of cars I will be "fading down". As you can see, these are all old timers. All I have is rattle cans and paint, NO airbrush so this is what I am trying:

1. Remove and paint trucks (done)
2. give cars a coat of dull coat
3. Use a white wash to fade the cars. Maybe a little dust around the bottom/front/back
4. A little soot at the top, from the coal steam

I dull coated one side, will be doing the other side tonight then maybe wait till the weekend to experiment with the white wash.

You can see some of the cars have been tinkered with a little. This is my first experience at "batch weathering".

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Most of these are Roundhouse, but I kept the trucks separate anyway. May be a week or so before I post the progress...

Dave LASM
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Dave

Have fun and follow your plan

You should be able to do the other side of the car roughly 1/2 hour after you spray it. Depends a lot on atmospheric conditions in the space you are working on. If you are uncomfortable about the 1/2 hour for sure 1 hour and at worst in 2 hours everything should be thoroughly dry. But your plan is fine and as long as your comfortable that’s what counts

Enjoy the process
 
TLOC said:
Dave

Have fun and follow your plan

You should be able to do the other side of the car roughly 1/2 hour after you spray it. Depends a lot on atmospheric conditions in the space you are working on. If you are uncomfortable about the 1/2 hour for sure 1 hour and at worst in 2 hours everything should be thoroughly dry. But your plan is fine and as long as your comfortable that’s what counts

Enjoy the process
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Thanks, Tom. I was going to do what you said, exactly what I was thinking, but wife persuaded me to wait. I guess it didn't hurt but next time I will move forward without asking the wife -- kind of a bad habit I got in, trying to include her in my model tasks. Honestly, she is not that interested but does sometimes does feign interest .

Worst part is when she wants to touch stuff on the layout. She is like an 8 year old with some super clumsy fingers. I cringe everytime she reaches in there.

Dave LASM
 
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