IM 40' Refrigerator - Hormel

[railbuilderdave]

Here is an InterMountain model I purchased on eBay for the sole purpose of learning weathering.  I'm not sure it that good but I've learned on it.  Please give me all your comments I need to heat them to get better.  The paint job is loosely based on a proto photo but I need to look for the digital copy of the photo. 

This side I airbrushed


This side was all chalks to look like the other.  You can see how it's not as dark


The ends need to have some of the spray grim reduced so they don't look so dark




Here is the bottom details - I still need more dirt and weathering (open for ideas)


Thanks for looking and any comments you may have.

Dave

[John]

Very nice .. I think both sides of the car capture the effect very well .. I am leaning toward the air brush side though .. My personal experience with chalk has been less than satisfactory ..

[railbuilderdave]

Here is the model after I've washed off the last paint job and tried again.  I did open the file in photoshop and used auto on the camera so the color is a little off.  I feel it looks better but I still plan to add more layers to fix a few errors I see now.  This is based loosely on the first photo in my last posting.
Thoughts?

[railbuilderdave]

I've got some work done on this car and I feel it looks much better than before.  I still see were some work is needed but I would like to hear what everyone things before I do much more.

... and get this I didn't paint the wheels this time 
dave

[3rdrail]

Looks good so far. The roof needs more work and the ends need the wheel splashes added, but, er, that's not a boxcar, it's a refrigerator car.  :-[

BTW, the ice hatches on the roof are generally all open or all closed. To move fresh meat, they'd all be closed, while to move canned meat, they'd all be open as the car would be running as a ventilator. If they're flipped all the way open, it is at the icing platofrm.

[railbuilderdave]

Here's an update and I've put this car on the finished pile as I have more piling up that I need to move on to.  I've learned mush from this and that's what I want from it.  I may be willing to revisit if there are some comments that will help take this model to a better complete look then it is now. 

Dave