What Do you Use As a Fade Coat for Your Weathering Projects?

[Greg@mnrr]

I for the most part never used a fade coat on my ore cars which are weathered using Pan Pastels, washes and spray paint. I am about to weather a "cheapo" locomotive and I'm looking for suggestions for a fade coat before doing any of the other weathering techniques.

How do you apply your fade coat?

Thanks.

Greg

 

[wheeler1963]

Personally I use a very thinned out coat of white paint. Or the same color I am painting over 2 or 3 shades lighter. I air brush it on.

 

[flyboy2610]

Testors Model Master Light Ghost Gray acrylic thinned about 4 parts thinner to 1 part paint. Airbrush it on in very light coats. Use multiple coats to get the effect you want.

 

[Espeefan]

On most colors, a thin coat of white. On black, Payne's Gray.

 

[IronBeltKen]

Greg, I use ultra-thinned flat white, same as Jerome [above]. After each "shot" with the airbrush, I let it dry (only takes an extra minute or two) and then set the shell on the layout under normal layout lighting - to see what it will look like in its native habitat, as well as to avoid overdoing it.

Here is a before-n-after view of an Atlas GP40 I weathered using this method [shell only - trucks painted separately]:

 

[tootnkumin]

Greg, I use ultra-thinned flat white, same as Jerome [above]. After each "shot" with the airbrush, I let it dry (only takes an extra minute or two) and then set the shell on the layout under normal layout lighting - to see what it will look like in its native habitat, as well as to avoid overdoing it.

Here is a before-n-after view of an Atlas GP40 I weathered using this method [shell only - trucks painted separately]:

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Did you pull it apart into it's individual bits Ken? or did you mask the "glass" and number boards?

 

[IronBeltKen]

Did you pull it apart into it's individual bits Ken? or did you mask the "glass" and number boards?

Ray, I just pulled off the shell and applied pre-cut rectangles of masking tape over the windows. I've built-up a supply of sheet styrene templates to match the window shapes of the various loco and caboose models in my roster.

 

[tootnkumin]

Ray, I just pulled off the shell and applied pre-cut rectangles of masking tape over the windows. I've built-up a supply of sheet styrene templates to match the window shapes of the various loco and caboose models in my roster.

Thanks Ken.