Finished another HO Scale project. Customer request was to create the unique SPs Tiger Stripe Scheme on a SD 9 shell.
Schlagwort: Weathering
Weathering after prototype II
The most recent addition to my proto-weathered collection is done.
This time an old Roundhouse N-Scale “Route Rock” boxcar was the victim. Like to say business as usual – scribbed of the factory lettering for CAPY and COTS, aribrush/acryl fading to a very light blue, removed the fading from the big R and added new and custom printed CAPY, COTS, and reporting marks.
Next was the big rust bleeds and scratches all done with powdered pastels – tendious work but the final result is mind blowing.
A proto photo can be found here : http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=2724594
The comparison to the stock paint shows the heavy fading.
Weathering after prototype
Recently I finished a new weathering project after a protoype photo.
I had this PCA boxcar sitting on the layout for almost 2 years and came across a protophoto on RRpictrues.net showing a PCA box dating to my timeperiod around 1980. Perfect hit.
http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=2833060
So here we start off: I need some additional decal to match the two parts COTS and Weight stencils. I also designed a yellow dot, which was used around late 1970 to mark cars with intakt wheels.
Next step after appling the decals was to get a decent initial overall fade to the box.
Followed by various layer of powderized pastels.
And the finished version on an outside shot.
