Speaking of Early Conrail

[faraway]

..."Your loco is the wrong shade of black!"

Well, I did not have time to put them for 25 years in the backyard and another year in the trash can. That would be the correct weathering technique....
But I go a little bit "automatic weathering". The shells are ex SP and I removed the tiger stripes with airbrush cleaner from the black base paint. That cleaner attacked the black paint to and I left it as it is. That results in a very uneven black finish not to bad compared to the prototype. Trucks, porch and the lower parts got a wash of diluted brown/black.

Seriously, those run down engines would need a master of weathering especially for the fading black. I will leave them alone as they are not to ruin them.

ps. I am still exited of the Walthers SW1 model each time I run them. They are extreme well runners and have a nice low pitch sound.