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garethashenden

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How do I weather this?
« on: February 27, 2015, 10:11:49 AM »
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I have an Atlas SD26 that's nice and clean and looks like this:


I'd rather have it look like this:



Can I do this without painting it from a bare shell?


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Re: How do I weather this?
« Reply #1 on: February 27, 2015, 10:41:10 AM »
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It would be easier to start with a Santa Fe shell and Springfield Terminal decals, weathering it in the same order like the real thing weathered.  The ST paint can be partially scrubbed off as it dries.  I would also use a salt and hairspray mask for the frame and cab.
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Ed Kapuscinski

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Re: How do I weather this?
« Reply #2 on: February 27, 2015, 01:17:25 PM »
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Wow, Guilford really can't have nice things...
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Re: How do I weather this?
« Reply #3 on: February 27, 2015, 08:11:16 PM »
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Quote from: tom mann on February 27, 2015, 10:41:10 AM
It would be easier to start with a Santa Fe shell and Springfield Terminal decals, weathering it in the same order like the real thing weathered.  The ST paint can be partially scrubbed off as it dries.  I would also use a salt and hairspray mask for the frame and cab.

Thanks Tom, I was afraid that was the solution. I may renumber the one I have and keep an eye out for a Santa Fe one.
Quote from: Ed Kapuscinski on February 27, 2015, 01:17:25 PM
Wow, Guilford really can't have nice things...

Cheap/bad paint is the usual explanation given, as opposed to badly applied paint. Apparently the D&H painted locomotives were the worst.
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« Reply #4 on: February 28, 2015, 09:15:22 PM »
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Re: How do I weather this?
« Reply #5 on: February 28, 2015, 11:25:52 PM »
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...hairspray mask?
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Re: How do I weather this?
« Reply #6 on: March 01, 2015, 12:32:28 AM »
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Tom, please explain "Hair Spray Mask"
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Re: How do I weather this?
« Reply #7 on: March 01, 2015, 06:39:49 AM »
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Hairspray masking is what a lot of military modelers do to replicate rusty scratches in metal. It is used in the same way as a salt mask, and provides for a "unstable" surface that permits the top coat to be scratched off.
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Re: How do I weather this?
« Reply #8 on: March 01, 2015, 07:05:12 AM »
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Up hear in the New England area where this unit traveled it had a nickname of Ganta Fe!!! :D :D

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