Amoskeag Northern - Simonds Industrial Branch

[Chris333]

Could that above photo be of a bridge that was "red lead" at once and later painted black?

[LKOrailroad]

It appears the image is less than accurately colored probably due to levels adjustment by either the camera or photographer. The red-orange hues are way too similar throughout the photograph - leaves, rails, bridge, distant trees, subtle hue of the deck ties, etc. That fact is what leads me to believe the photo has been color manipulated. The look is indicative of a filter having been applied. Still, the orange of the rusty rails is very similar to the bridge color suggesting the bridge was originally black and most of the paint has worn away allowing the steel to rust. At least that is what my eyes see in the picture.

[wazzou]

Could that above photo be of a bridge that was "red lead" at once and later painted black?

That's the way it looks to me as opposed to a black bridge, rusting.

[Sokramiketes]

This modeler needs to refine his dry-brushing techniques. Could use improvement...

But seriously, try black with some subtle rusting effects. If it were me, I'd hit it with just one shot of RustAll.

With most weathering techniques, the weathering color ends up in the nooks and crannies... washes, powders, etc...  A rookie error I frequently see is a black painted bridge poorly weathered with the addition of rust.  The rust ends up in the wrong locations.  Instead of baked off paint and surface rust, you get pools of rust in the crannies. 

I think Ian's on top of this y'all.  Starting with the rust color and toning it down with darker washes and paint applications has a much better chance of looking right in the end. 

[Ian MacMillan]

Could that above photo be of a bridge that was "red lead" at once and later painted black?

No, I am 90% sure they were bare steel and then black "dipped". The complete rust is something that I have seen on just about every bridge in Northern New England. Formerly black and not maintained. The rust does need to be toned down. But the stand in is just that, a stand in.

I took some photos of the truss on the former B&M Conway Branch that is down the street from my house. We run motorcars and snowmobiles over it now. These I just grabbed with my cell phone.




Matt thanks for catching the mistake...that's what I get for typing things very early in the morning.

[Ian MacMillan]

It appears the image is less than accurately colored probably due to levels adjustment by either the camera or photographer. The red-orange hues are way too similar throughout the photograph - leaves, rails, bridge, distant trees, subtle hue of the deck ties, etc. That fact is what leads me to believe the photo has been color manipulated. The look is indicative of a filter having been applied. Still, the orange of the rusty rails is very similar to the bridge color suggesting the bridge was originally black and most of the paint has worn away allowing the steel to rust. At least that is what my eyes see in the picture.

No image manipulation at all. That image is from my old RebelXT.

[mcjaco]

Matt thanks for catching the mistake...that's what I get for typing things very early in the morning.

No worries! 

Those bridge pictures are hawt.  Hope you get to bring this out to Trainfest next year! 

[wazzou]

Well those images look completely different.  That's why I use Nikon.    You certainly can see that it's rust that we're dealing with now though.

[TrainCat2]

Could that above photo be of a bridge that was "red lead" at once and later painted black?

Ian is on the right path (crooked maybe ...). The Whitford bridge was first painted with Red Lead and then black. This is how that treatment looks today.



Too bad you don't have room for a 12" bridge, I have a great one in mind.   

[Ian MacMillan]

No worries! 

Those bridge pictures are hawt.  Hope you get to bring this out to Trainfest next year!

I am hoping to. I am using up a weeks vaca this month, and my other 2 weeks in July for Alaska, so I am trying to schedule some swaps and use some P days to work out Trainfest. I would need Thurs-Monday off since its about a 22hr drive...maybe longer this time as I will have the trailer. I also need to hear back from Trainfest.

The layout will be making its first 2013 tour stop at Railfair in Shirley, MA on April 7 where a good amount of sceney is expected to be completed. It will be the first N scale layout in attendance at the show. Hoping to have all the signal logic done by then as well, my buddy Matt who is a Pan Am Rwys signal maintainer is doing all the NORAC logic.
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Well those images look completely different.  That's why I use Nikon.    You certainly can see that it's rust that we're dealing with now though.

I have always been a Canon man. I love my 7D that I picked up this fall. 

Too bad you don't have room for a 12" bridge, I have a great one in mind.   

Bob I looked at that one... beleive me!

Maybe you should make a 9 3/4" one!

Ok here it is spray bombed black. No more evergreen comments!




Heres a distance shot of that bridge on the Conway Branch.


and more on the bridges on the MEC Mountain Div.

3rd Iron - Harts Location, NH



2nd Iron - Harts Location, NH



And then there is the bridges on the Maine side of the MEC Mountain Div
Hiram, ME

[Ed Kapuscinski]

You should've just misted it black to tone it down. Dummy.

lol

[Ian MacMillan]

You should've just misted it black to tone it down. Dummy.

lol

I dont have my airbrush running or the space to do it, so I had to spray bomb it numbnuts.    Plus some RustAll primer and shes back to "rust"

[Ed Kapuscinski]

Lol. I meant with the spraybomb.

Now that I think about it, we should make a modeling how-to book in the vein of my current favorite cook book:
http://www.amazon.com/What-Should-Make-Dinner-Everyday/dp/0762441771

[TrainCat2]

I dont have my airbrush running or the space to do it, so I had to spray bomb it numbnuts.    Plus some RustAll primer and shes back to "rust"

Soooooooooooooooooooo,

Do you adjust your wheelset gauge with a sledge hammer when the right tool is not at hand ???????   

[wazzou]

Ok here it is spray bombed black. No more evergreen comments!

It looks like you missed some at the far end there Chief.