Best Of Adventures in Weathering

[peteski]

Nice subtle weathering. If I knew what pain/color/thinner ratio you used, and technique,  I think I could even try to do this kind of weathering - and I suck at weathering!   Looks like you mostly airbrushed it lightly from below.  Your weathering looks to be less severe than the prototype photo.

Did you have the drivers running while spraying them , or will there be a dark shadow behind where the siderods were sitting? 

[tom mann]

Looks good Josh, I am glad to see you are practicing on your model before working on my EM1. 

Whoa- I was practicing on his model!

[Lemosteam]

Josh, that large pipe on the side you did needs a dust wash in the front and down the first bend.  That thing is hanging out there and would be just as dirty as the csmokebox side just in front of it.

[chicken45]

Whoa- I was practicing on his model!

That's why I took pics of both sides!

 
Buy his book! Or wait until December when the second updated edition escapes!

Or better yet: buy his stuff!
http://m.ebay.ie/sch/i.html?sid=tom_mann77&_pgn=1&isRefine=true

[chicken45]

Nice subtle weathering. If I knew what pain/color/thinner ratio you used, and technique,  I think I could even try to do this kind of weathering - and I suck at weathering!   Looks like you mostly airbrushed it lightly from below.  Your weathering looks to be less severe than the prototype photo.

Did you have the drivers running while spraying them , or will there be a dark shadow behind where the siderods were sitting? 

It's basically the same technique I used on my K4. The pic links are broken but...the 2016 N Trak Steam Annual will go on sale soon. I have a complete in depth guide on how to weather it.
I use the Vallejo Model RR colors. I think only Micromark sells them. It's a kit.  I use 1 drop of paint to 3 or 4 drops of thinner. Spray rust first on the underside, grime, etc. build layers of dirt and grime. Then I went in with a brush and did some washes for texture. There's more texture and color variation than the pictures are showing on the boiler. I sprayed some brown and black (very thin) to blend it all together. I try to "hide" my techniques so it isn't obvious to the layman.

It is a little cleaner than the photo, but it was more of an inspirational photo than me replicating it exactly. Sometimes if you try to force a "shape" to match a photo, it doesn't look natural.

Yes, I run the drivers. I actually turn it upside down in a cradle and spray the undercarriage first. 

Seriously, @peteski, you should weather something. You can't be THAT bad.

[DeltaBravo]

That's why I took pics of both sides!

 
Buy his book! Or wait until December when the second updated edition escapes!

Or better yet: buy his stuff!
http://m.ebay.ie/sch/i.html?sid=tom_mann77&_pgn=1&isRefine=true

I have Tom's book.

[Scottl]

Buy his book! Or wait until December when the second updated edition escapes!

Looking forward to it!

[peteski]

It's basically the same technique I used on my K4. The pic links are broken but...the 2016 N Trak Steam Annual will go on sale soon. I have a complete in depth guide on how to weather it.
I use the Vallejo Model RR colors. I think only Micromark sells them. It's a kit.  I use 1 drop of paint to 3 or 4 drops of thinner. Spray rust first on the underside, grime, etc. build layers of dirt and grime. Then I went in with a brush and did some washes for texture. There's more texture and color variation than the pictures are showing on the boiler. I sprayed some brown and black (very thin) to blend it all together. I try to "hide" my techniques so it isn't obvious to the layman.

It is a little cleaner than the photo, but it was more of an inspirational photo than me replicating it exactly. Sometimes if you try to force a "shape" to match a photo, it doesn't look natural.

Yes, I run the drivers. I actually turn it upside down in a cradle and spray the undercarriage first. 

Seriously, @peteski, you should weather something. You can't be THAT bad.

Thanks for revealing your secrets Josh!   

I have weathered in the past, but I really dread doing it.  I think last time I weathered somethign was over 10 years ago - a corrugated metal shed.  This is the best photo of it I have handy.
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I'll be doing trying some car weathering once I get to where I make some graffiti decals and slap them on some modern cars.

[chicken45]

I have Tom's book.

Naw fam, his NEW book!
"The Fantabulous Weathering Contraption of Dr. Tomasso Mannéz".

[tom mann]

It only exists in a secret, Spanish-language preview image.

[chicken45]

Ok kids, big things are happening. I'm using Flickr to host my images now instead of Facebook and Dropbox, so I don't think the links will die like they have in the past.

My next project is a Key H10. Not just any H10, the one @peteski fixed up for @VonRyan!
 



Round 1:
Rust and grime sprays.


Round 2:
Brushed more rust and dirt on wheels and glossed the cylinders. Sprayed the boiler a more ashy cray color per photo. Gave it a burnt umber wash. Used dry brushing and washes on the rods and bits. Still working on smokebox and cylinder streams.







Dry brushing and washes on the face and pilots. Will need further cleanup.


Tender:
Started out with rust streaks and grime sprays. I dry brushed rust on some of the rivet lines and trucks. I later went back with some washes. The trucks are coming in a little hot so I'll tone those down.
My concern is this: do these streaks look real, or do they look like a bybroduct of a wash drying in a streak?



The other side:



Still a WIP. More to come...

[Philip H]

DUDE!  You are about to out- the  himself!

[chicken45]

DUDE!  You are about to out- the  himself!

Thank you, but for real...no. I owe most of my weathering success because of  and his book.
Tom has a killer knowledge base that I don't have yet.
The more I weather, the more I see and understand his talent.
I'm not trying to be a kissass(hat), but it's true.  It's been an fun journey doing post mortems on his stuff and as I get better, I find new things in stuff I already studied.

[DeltaBravo]

Stunning!! Still have a new EM1 and a 2-8-0 that need the Josh magic weathering touch.

[peteski]

OMG! you just ruined a perfectly nice brass model!   

Weathering looks good, but I'm also not sure about those streaks on the tender. They look strange.