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chicken45

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Need opinions on boxcar weathering
« on: February 16, 2016, 09:11:40 PM »
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1. Can you guys see the images below?
2. I am trying to realize this car in it's 1954 - 1957 glory. I didn't see a lot of Shadow Keystone cars heavily weathered in the 50's so I didn't want to overdo it.
3. Did I make the roof too sooty?




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Re: Need opinions on boxcar weathering
« Reply #1 on: February 16, 2016, 09:51:19 PM »
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I like it.  The roof could get that dark in one trip from Pittsburgh to Enola if it was behind the M1.
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Re: Need opinions on boxcar weathering
« Reply #2 on: February 16, 2016, 10:14:13 PM »
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Can't see it on my phone.
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Re: Need opinions on boxcar weathering
« Reply #3 on: February 16, 2016, 10:21:35 PM »
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Is it the fade that turns the white lettering yellow?  Just curious.
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Re: Need opinions on boxcar weathering
« Reply #4 on: February 16, 2016, 10:27:53 PM »
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So, the lettering...
It was sprayed with a very thin rust color.
Should I remove the fade form the lettering?

I wasn't having a good time finding "just right" weathered proto photos.
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Re: Need opinions on boxcar weathering
« Reply #5 on: February 16, 2016, 10:39:31 PM »
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Quote from: Ed Kapuscinski on February 16, 2016, 10:14:13 PM
Can't see it on my phone.

Hmm. I can't see it now either. I used the image link from Google Photos.
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Re: Need opinions on boxcar weathering
« Reply #6 on: February 16, 2016, 10:41:03 PM »
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Re: Need opinions on boxcar weathering
« Reply #7 on: February 16, 2016, 10:41:30 PM »
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Wow!!
Looks like you may have over done the fading!!!  :D
Faded right out of site.  :trollface:

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Re: Need opinions on boxcar weathering
« Reply #8 on: February 16, 2016, 10:43:00 PM »
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Re: Need opinions on boxcar weathering
« Reply #9 on: February 16, 2016, 10:48:13 PM »
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Re: Need opinions on boxcar weathering
« Reply #10 on: February 16, 2016, 10:57:21 PM »
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I get the "do not enter" sign (circle with a bar)
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Re: Need opinions on boxcar weathering
« Reply #11 on: February 16, 2016, 11:08:43 PM »
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photos now attached to first post.
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Re: Need opinions on boxcar weathering
« Reply #12 on: February 16, 2016, 11:09:00 PM »
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Gotta  love Google Pics!
I see the images on my computer:Win XP running User agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:36.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/36.0 SeaMonkey/2.33.1) but I have no comment on the weathering.  :)
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Re: Need opinions on boxcar weathering
« Reply #13 on: February 17, 2016, 09:24:51 PM »
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Quote from: chicken45 on February 16, 2016, 10:27:53 PM
So, the lettering...
It was sprayed with a very thin rust color.
Should I remove the fade form the lettering?

I wasn't having a good time finding "just right" weathered proto photos.

I would clean up the lettering- then dullcote.  Those are nice looking cars btw.
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Re: Need opinions on boxcar weathering
« Reply #14 on: February 17, 2016, 09:57:44 PM »
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Are we sure the lettering yellowing is not from lighting?
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