November issue 175 the samples submitted for review.
Weathering model locomotives.
Gc weathering is a loco weathering company with over 25 years experience in airbrush artwork.
Good reference photographs of the prototype whether it is the specific rail car or just the general look you re trying to capture are the best tools to help your weathering achieve a realistic appearance.
Therefore weathering model trains is a very important part of the modelling process.
It is very easy to spoil an otherwise beautiful model by the.
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The colour pictures are brilliant and along with extremely descriptive text provide a very comprehensive guide to a very tricky subject.
I ve always been a little nervous about taking an expensive locomotive right out of the box and messing it up to make it look old.
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I like to think that weathering gives the model the appearance of weight and mass.
I hope this lesson gives you some ideas for weathering a locomotive in about 10 minutes.
Weathering your model trains and structures weathering your trains and structures is an important aspect of enhancing the realism of your model railroad.
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It s always a good idea to practice new techniques on an old model or a scrap of plastic or wood prior to starting your first serious model.
This is the locomotive as supplied it lacks glass in the windows there are no doors on the cab and the pipes as shown above are missing.
We use oil paints acrylic paints resin graphite and pigments to give you a completely unique finish.
This gp 7 was weathered with the same techniques but i applied much heavier coats of the paint.
You can always move the weathering.
The features missing on the model see below are the rather complex copper pipes along the underside of the water tank and cab the doors on the cab and some windows in the cab.
I think the engine looks faded and grimy.