01-24-2016, 01:43 PM
@Faraway - no problem! Let me know what you think of it if you decide to get it 
I managed (finally) to take some photos of my recent efforts at vandalism in natural daylight (a rare luxury!), as well as the chain-link fence that no surrounds my corn syrup unloading spur. The second photo down depicts a patched-up boxcar (perhaps some particularly unpleasant graffiti was sprayed on?!)
The graffiti was applied using decals (produced by Dapol, I think?) I think the end result is ok, but I think if I had the skills to hand paint these tags on myself then that would ultimately look more effective. I am a long way from being able to do this yet though. However, I am practising my skills regularly on scrap cardboard to get to the point where I can attempt it freehand. For now, I will stick with the decals. The key to them is making sure the varnish only covers the decal, and is not smeared all over the car. In some cases I weathered the decal as well - not all graffiti is going to be newly added after all.
This weekend I have also made an inventory of all my rolling stock, indicating what state it is in, and what I need to do with it in the future, i.e., weathering, detailing, etc. I was inspired to do this by this blog post <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://oregontrunk.blogspot.co.uk/2015/07/inventory-and-project-planner.html">http://oregontrunk.blogspot.co.uk/2015/ ... anner.html</a><!-- m --> which provides a template to follow as well. By doing this I hope this concentrates my efforts, while making it easier to identify things that I may need to purchase in the future.
I managed (finally) to take some photos of my recent efforts at vandalism in natural daylight (a rare luxury!), as well as the chain-link fence that no surrounds my corn syrup unloading spur. The second photo down depicts a patched-up boxcar (perhaps some particularly unpleasant graffiti was sprayed on?!)
The graffiti was applied using decals (produced by Dapol, I think?) I think the end result is ok, but I think if I had the skills to hand paint these tags on myself then that would ultimately look more effective. I am a long way from being able to do this yet though. However, I am practising my skills regularly on scrap cardboard to get to the point where I can attempt it freehand. For now, I will stick with the decals. The key to them is making sure the varnish only covers the decal, and is not smeared all over the car. In some cases I weathered the decal as well - not all graffiti is going to be newly added after all.
This weekend I have also made an inventory of all my rolling stock, indicating what state it is in, and what I need to do with it in the future, i.e., weathering, detailing, etc. I was inspired to do this by this blog post <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://oregontrunk.blogspot.co.uk/2015/07/inventory-and-project-planner.html">http://oregontrunk.blogspot.co.uk/2015/ ... anner.html</a><!-- m --> which provides a template to follow as well. By doing this I hope this concentrates my efforts, while making it easier to identify things that I may need to purchase in the future.