Weathering a Corn Syrup Tank Car?

[Guilford Guy]

So I picked up an Atlas Minnesota Corn Products 17.6k tank at the National Show. What specific weathering shows up on tank cars? I understand the knuckles and trucks get covered in rust and road grime, but what about the "tank" of the tank car?
Thanks!
Alex

[wcfn100]

If you haven't seen it yet, there are some pics of one car here:

http://chicago.railfan.net/cgi/photos.pl/?page=MNCX_1040

The tank weathering is mostly around the dome.  Don't forget the grime kicked up from the wheels.


Jason

[Dupesy]

a lot of cars that have been around awhile will have hardened syrup on the sides below the dome.  It dries and cracks, and looks a lot like tar.

[Guilford Guy]

a lot of cars that have been around awhile will have hardened syrup on the sides below the dome.  It dries and cracks, and looks a lot like tar.

Yeah, stop licking the cars in Lawrence, people piss on them...

[Guilford Guy]

Finally got around to the car. Still need to add wheel splatter, get NWSL wheelsets, give them a coat of rust/grimy black, and add Sergents... I'll also need to pick up a more "colorful" blue, because the B&M blue I painted the bearing caps with looks too gray. It's difficult to tell but I used black oils to tone down the logo and lettering, and some gray powders along the ribs/seems(?) to give those a little depth.



Alex (The only 16 year old known to man working in Proto 87)

[tom mann]

Alex, you're off to a great start.  The work I did at 16 was so over the top that all the models looked like Roman Empire-era relics.

You can use a thin little piece of a foam brush for the spatter.