12-30-2008, 08:00 PM
I've never tried weathering anything before... and really this first attempt is just that, getting a feel for it all.
It kinda happened as an accident too, I was cleaning my brush after painting something else and was dabbing it in the thiner...which by the way is pretty dirty... and the phone rang, I reached for the phone not knowing that my brush smacked my RDC1 in the roof!
Then I'm like...hey that looks kinda neat... and thus it began. The general technique I used was taking some TrueLine Trains Warm Black on my brush and dipping it a couple of times in the thinner.. then I just sloshed it onto the loco with haphazard strokes...
my results:
![[Image: 3152490358_a11c5d7059.jpg]](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3240/3152490358_a11c5d7059.jpg)
![[Image: 3152489396_70130cdc1a.jpg]](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3210/3152489396_70130cdc1a.jpg)
![[Image: 3151652529_0111ccfffc.jpg]](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3083/3151652529_0111ccfffc.jpg)
Overall I'm not overly pleased with the results. I know I overdid it on the exhaust vents on the roof...and didn't put enough into the sides.... But overall I think it was a decent first attempt. I'll try my luck on an Express wooden reefer next!
It kinda happened as an accident too, I was cleaning my brush after painting something else and was dabbing it in the thiner...which by the way is pretty dirty... and the phone rang, I reached for the phone not knowing that my brush smacked my RDC1 in the roof!
Then I'm like...hey that looks kinda neat... and thus it began. The general technique I used was taking some TrueLine Trains Warm Black on my brush and dipping it a couple of times in the thinner.. then I just sloshed it onto the loco with haphazard strokes...
my results:
![[Image: 3152490358_a11c5d7059.jpg]](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3240/3152490358_a11c5d7059.jpg)
![[Image: 3152489396_70130cdc1a.jpg]](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3210/3152489396_70130cdc1a.jpg)
![[Image: 3151652529_0111ccfffc.jpg]](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3083/3151652529_0111ccfffc.jpg)
Overall I'm not overly pleased with the results. I know I overdid it on the exhaust vents on the roof...and didn't put enough into the sides.... But overall I think it was a decent first attempt. I'll try my luck on an Express wooden reefer next!
![Misngth Misngth](https://bigbluetrains.com/images/smilies/extra/misngth.gif)
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-Luke
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