Weathering Oo Gauge Locomotives

The colour pictures are brilliant and along with extremely descriptive text provide a very comprehensive guide to a very tricky subject.

Weathering oo gauge locomotives.

There are so many variations to take into consideration. Model railway weathering detailing customisation. Locomotive weathering oo gauge weathering n gauge weathering weathered bachmann weathering locomotives custom finish locomotives. He models in oo lner and n gauge br blue diesels.

I hope this lesson gives you some ideas for weathering a locomotive in about 10 minutes. Weathering can take many forms. Where the weathering service really does work. You can always move the weathering effect around with the brush before you add the water spray.

If after the water dries you notice that things don t look quite right it s possible to scrub the paint again to eliminate any imperfections. From steam and diesel locos to wagons and vehicles you can find it all here. Goods wagons for example need to show evidence of the type of traffic such as coal dust carried. Using an old hornby mainline 0 6 2 gresley class n2 locomotive i have had another attempt at weathering a steam loco as it might have appeared in the 1960 s.

Real trains spend years out in the elements and many show the signs of this long and hard service life. The type of merchandise the locomotive is used for coal oil or steel can all have an effect on its weathering. Whilst some of the skills required are similar the finishes that the modeller is aiming for are different. Welcome to the weathering works.

Weathered bachmann hornby graham farish dapol. Spend some time looking in detail at a few photographs of in service locomotives or items of rolling stock and the penny starts to drop. Re named and numbered to 56 076 custom medium weathering with driver and second ma. In weathering locomotives he covers all aspects of his craft from weathering techniques through airbrush maintenance to paints and equipment.

Rust grime patched and peeling paint and faded letters. Weathering rolling stock is designed to complement tim shackleton s previous book on the weathering of locomotives. Specialists in custom weathering and general shop selling anything model railways.