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I'm trying to show some use and abuse that is typical to todays railroad. SP's engines, non washed, paint peeling, rusting and burned paint under the dynamic brake grid. Also I would like to find out how to warp plastic to look like metal thats been bent (hump yard mistakes), buckling, and tears. I would appreciate any and all comments. Gotta make it look realistic. Thanks, Allen
Southwest Chief Member # 1227
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I'd also like to know how to warp plastic on HO models. Would look great on Superliner skirting where there always seems to be some damage.
Chuck Walsh Member # 677
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The Nov 03 edition of MR has an article on realistic weathering.
To warp plastic I used an outdoor 75watt flood light close to the subject.
Challenger Member # 1298
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For the rest of it you can get the Kalmbach Book "Painting and Wheathering Railroad Models." It covers the rest of what you would like to cover. However I would like the note that in my ovservations, that the conditions you have noted are mainly characteristics that were pretty much exclusive to Southern Pacific. Sure Some of the old BN and Santa Fe locos on BNSF are now pretty faded and chalky, Every time I see their locos they look like the have seen the washrack in the last couple of weeks. and peeling and burnt paint is not to be seen. These are just my observations however.
Another thing I would like to Comment about freight Car weathering. I have noticed that people when just winging it and not basing their weathering off photographs for a particular car, seem to over weather models. For example. A modeler seems to model the late 50s. Will take a model of say a 40 foot AAR Box Car made in 1948. and wheather it like it has been in service for 30 years, This then creates a time line discrepency in my opinion becasue the car then looks 20 years to old for the stated time period. Anyway this is just some observations I have made and my opinions about them.
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