Omg thanks for showing us your work. I made my PFE box car come to life! I used the velljho washes and pigments and it worked perfectly! Thanks again for the tutorial!
Hi Joey, good job on the video. Your voice is clear, comfortable and easy to listen to. You were concise with little to no "uhms" "uhhh" and a and "like..." Technique wise, really easy to follow and the final results were really good. I've been doing this for a while and I'll be sure to recommend your video and channel. Best. Chris
Just noticed your channel today. I have seen many good channels relating to the hobby. This is surely one of the best. Very informative and fast moving commentary.
I just wanted to say, this is the most practical video I’ve found on weathering IMO. Great tutorial! On my next round of weathering, this will be in repeat lbvs
Doing more Trackside reruns. Always good to come back to your videos Joey. Love the way you show these methods. Think you really do a great job in helping people to discover their own artistic license. Just by breaking it down into understandable chunks. As to help reduce the fear people may have getting into their models this way. Anyhow, for my humble self; it helps getting from the initial brown rust blob to fine detail nuances. Plus, the method also gives a different perspective for other applications. Can’t say I use thinner on the ProCreate palette, but definitely use the colors to age my images.
Yeah, I did like that run. We qualified from Hagerstown up there right after the merger. At first none of the NW/SOU guys wanted any part of it so I held the small pool job for awhile until they realized it paid lots of miles and the hotel in Mechanicsburg was fantastic. After that it was hard to grab even on a vacancy.
Came across this video and your site while looking up weathering. I always wanted to try weathering techniques for my n scale rolling stock. You make it look so easy. I recently purchased acrylic paints and chalks as you showed but was skiddish on doing it. You gave me the confidence to try it after watching this video multiple times. Thank you so here goes... and please keep up the great videos!
Wow! Your car looks great! Thanks for posting. I also make my own weathering chalks. I use the same kitchen grater that you use. I just grind up some white chalk and mix some food coloring in a communion cup, then add my chalk. After mixing it up I pour it out on my cutting mat and wait for it to dry. Then I use a single edged razor blade and cut it up as if you were cutting out a line of cocaine. :-) Then I store it in the cup that I mixed it in. Works really great if you don't have the $$ to buy weathering powders or weathering chalks.
WoW!!! Awsome video and great tips... I'll add these to my technique that I already use. Using a wash is something that I've been doing for awhile now with great success.
Great video and tutorial of your style of weathering! Never thought about the Chalks but I've made a note to self to get some! The boxcar turned out awesome and very realistic to say the least! I'm a new subscriber of your channel and I'm viewing your videos from Delmar, Delaware!
I took the body off the car and I have a plastic tub with some algae/maybe hopefully mosquito net current stuff, but… I took the body off, put it in the water, put cement on top, and the more decrepit uneven shaped little piece of metal that’s not a semi but a little more sharp it seems like seems to be working a little more better than/van the other more rectangular heavier piece of metal. But there still rusty when I found them or so, but just wasn’t sure how long it’d take or so
Hi Joey - Big fan! Does sealing your weathering with some version of dullcote alter your good work much? I have N scale so fingerprints from handling are my concern. Thanks!!
Any overcoating adds a film layer. I don't use it, but you could always try it. Who knows, you might even leave a finger print in the coating. Honestly, myself and most of the guys I know don't take cars on and off the layout much (handling).
I know this is years old but Im just getting to see it. In many of your weathering videos, you end with chalk but I never see you cover the chalk with anything to "set" it. Do you leave the loose chalk as is? Id think that any time you handle the car or loco after that it would screw up your work?
Thanks for the great video! However, there is one thing I cannot solve: where to get chalk in colors like brown, black, grey, dark red, and so on? The only supplier I could find, would be some high-end artist stuff, which would absolutely not be the budget type. I tried several of those craft store chains to no avail. They only stock those sidewalk chalks for children which only come in a lmited rage of bright colors. Could you please provide a retailer and/or a brand name of the chalk you are using?
Is it just my imagination, or does light scatter through the medium of most paints (a little bit like a thin layer of wax)? If so, would chalks make for sharper and more realistically lit surface on most objects?
Question: don't you to seal the weathering dust to keep from being removed by normal handling of the finished weathered car? It seems to me that the dust will fall off or come off when you pick up the completed car?
Good question Jon - In the video I use "add bite" to describe the surface we are preparing and this is the very reason. The dust doesn't just fall off, but surely you could accidentally "wipe" some of it off. I don't seal any of my freight car weathering simply because I am not handling them much. The layers settle and if a fingerprint or something does appear, then I would just touch it up. I've rarely had to do that even with the display layout rolling stock . Handle with care.....
Another thing to be aware of when weathering with chalk then using a matte finish or clear coat it will make your work a lot darker than it originally looks so keep that in mind when weathering. A little light coat of chalk gets real dark when sprayed.
