Weathering Black Locomotives

I ve removed the ann arbor reporting marks in order to have it represent a private owned industrial locomotive.

Weathering black locomotives.

Add grimy black to the exhaust stacks. According to the company the weathering powders are made from real rust and other. We think it really makes a model look like the real thing. You won t have to replace any of the colors for a long time.

Posted by anonymous on saturday may 4 2002 8 57 am i have a black atlas nw c30 7. If you use the weathering powders carefully. Weathering is virtually the norm in the smaller electric model railway scales and can t understand why it doesn t occur far more in the larger models. A lot light rust dust bowl brown and dark rust in various areas.

Brushing the weathering powders on a locomotive rolling stock and buildings give instantaneous results. Tips for weathering locomotives. Then i lusterless it more. If after the water dries you notice that things don t look quite right it s possible to scrub the paint again to eliminate any imperfections.

Brush paint the tanks on the bottom of the loco grimy black or flat black. This creates beautiful under tones that can t be made by sticking to just black gray and white powders. Here we have a selection of photos showing some of our weathering unusually for live steam models upon locomotives. You can always move the weathering effect around with the brush before you add the water spray.

Use a dry brush to apply steaks to the cab roof. Member since april 2003. Weathering a pristine model can be intimidating but it is not impossible. The weathering powders require no drying or curing.

Rust grime patched and peeling paint and faded letters. I hope this lesson gives you some ideas for weathering a locomotive in about 10 minutes. I d like to weather it rather heavily since it represents an 40 year. A black wash should be applied with a brush to all the grills and louvers.

Posted by gd891 on monday february 7 2005 12 41 pm i ve got a proto2000 s2 that was originally painted in the black ann arbor scheme. 302 278 posts weathering black locomotives. Weathering can take many forms. There are almost as many ways to recreate the ravages of time and nature.