Odd weathering projects

Thought I would post a few before and after shots of some of the wagons found wandering around Cramdin Yard.  Here is a batch of four wagons that were worked on for a couple of hours one evening.

A Bachmann Limpet in plain grey





Another Limpet in Load Haul livery.






An EWS MTA






A ZKA in Dutch livery.








These were all treated in much the same way.  First up some black, brown and white acrylic diluted heavily with water and a tiny splash of washing up liquid, was washed over everything.  Then a slightly more brown wash was applied to the underframe and sometimes the lower wagon sides.  Rust colour splodges (Tamiya Nato brown or similar) were added as the base for rust spots. These can be streaked downwards if required and/or have a dab or two of different rust colour weathering powders added.  The backs of the wheels were painted rust colour.  A touch of mud/dirt weathering powder was added to the underframe and lower body sides.  The interiors were treated with rust colour paint and weathering powders.

These are all pretty good models but you can use the same technique to hide all manner of sins.  This is a Parkside kit knocked together as per the instructions.




This was then very roughly painted in engineers livery of grey with a yellow band.  No way I can get a straight line between the colours across all those ribs.  I'm also a cheapskate so I didn't want to fork out for transfers for this wagon that will spend all its life parked up at the end of a siding.  So the solution is to scribble on some very approximate lettering.  Looks awful doesn't it.



No option but to rust it up to disguise it. 



It'll do for a scenic item.  ;-)

Cheers
Dave

Very impressive Dave:thumbs

Nice work, Dave.  Could I suggest that you dust the wheels, springs, etc., with some brown weathering powder?  A quick spray with lacquer hairsparay and dust it on with a makeup brush.  Then hide the brush.

[user=269]MaxSouthOz[/user] wrote:

… Could I suggest that you dust the wheels, springs, etc., with some brown weathering powder?  A quick spray with lacquer hairsparay and dust it on with a makeup brush.  Then hide the brush.

You most certainly can.  I have to admit I get lazy by the time I get to the wheels, they're a fiddle.  Next time I've got the weathering bits and pieces out…

Cheers
Dave

I am still 6 pages back and trying to catch up here!  Love that Limpet though - the rust looks great.