Weathering Model Locomotives

You can always move the weathering.

Weathering model locomotives.

I think the engine looks faded and grimy. Gc weathering is a loco weathering company with over 25 years experience in airbrush artwork. 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. Weathering is a term used to describe the technique of replicating the visible results of wear and tear.

In weathering locomotives he covers all aspects of his craft from weathering techniques through airbrush maintenance to paints and equipment. It is very easy to spoil an otherwise beautiful model by the. This gp 7 was weathered with the same techniques but i applied much heavier coats of the paint. 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.

Enjoy your tour of our website and hope to hear from you soon. 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. We use oil paints acrylic paints resin graphite and pigments to give you a completely unique finish. The colour pictures are brilliant and along with extremely descriptive text provide a very comprehensive guide to a very tricky subject.

Weathered bachmann hornby graham farish dapol. When we think about our model railways we spend a great deal of time replicating the real world for the layout to look as realistic as possible. Specialists in custom weathering and general shop selling anything model railways. 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.

Therefore weathering model trains is a very important part of the modelling process. November issue 175 the samples submitted for review. 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.

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.