First weathering attempt - Kato RDC1

[Wiredup]

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:




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!