02-17-2012, 05:53 PM
Exact Rail' Garvey hoppers ( http://www.exactrail.com/evans-4780-covered-hopper-ggix ) are beautiful models but the intense green disturbs the overall impression of my layout.
They got a brush paint of a deluded light green with a touch of brown. Next are little brown spots with a tiny brush. A hard larger brush was used to do some vertical strikes over the still wet brown spots. Finally a black wash. I did only find a photo of a very old green ex Garvey's hopper. It has been used to estimate normal bleach and rust.
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They got a brush paint of a deluded light green with a touch of brown. Next are little brown spots with a tiny brush. A hard larger brush was used to do some vertical strikes over the still wet brown spots. Finally a black wash. I did only find a photo of a very old green ex Garvey's hopper. It has been used to estimate normal bleach and rust.
Reinhard