Lightly Weathering an HO Scale Boxcar In this video I record the process I took to create a lightly weathered HO Scale Accurail 50' Exterior Post Boxcar kit for my fictional leasing company.
Thanks for a GREAT "How I did it" weathering video. You have some great techniques. As always, "less" is invariably more. And every car is different. Two things to remember in weathering: sunlight is the mortal enemy of any coating system, and rust never sleeps!
Love this tutorial thanks for sharing your process. Just started in the hobby and first weathering on a HO box car over the weekend. Used some cheap acrylics and pastels and happy with first go but might upgrade to some Tamiya in the future. New sub today from AUS
Nice video, great workmanship, helpful hint you might not know, Crayola makes a brown felt-tip marker that fits perfectly in the wheel about the same colors what you made up that way you don't have to pull out all the paints and get the same effect and dry time is quicker just thought I'd pass it along. Again great video in great work
Nice job on the boxcar weathering! The steps you do are quite similar to mine and I've had positive results too. I've gotten to enjoy weathering and I also do my own Graffiti. You know how some Boxcars look like a Red color from fading? Here's a tip for color choices, I use Anita's True Red Acrylic mixed with Anita's Earth Brown with water as a wash. But only do this after airbrushing white w isopropyl alcohol. Anyways, your boxcar turned out great and I definitely like it! Thanks again for sharing this video with us along with your PRICELESS time and effort! Cheers from Delmar, Delaware.
Thanks, there are some good budget friendly airbrushes that do a good job. NEO for Iwata w/ included compressor is a good first buy. It was my first and I still use the airbrush, just with a different compressor now.
Very nice. Normally, when I'm painting the trucks, I stick little pieces of painters' tape to mask off the cavities where the wheelset bearing ends go. Any overspray onto the back of the far side of the truck is kept off the bearing surfaces that way. I use acrylic paint markers to just swoop around the front faces of the wheels, again to keep paint off the axle ends. I just squirt a bit of powdered graphite in each cavity when assembling the trucks. I like the way you used the chipping technique on the roof. Thanks for an informative video.
Something I am going to try instead of tape on the inside of the trucks is to just put an old plastic wheelset in it. Doesn't matter if paint gets on that wheel.
I also have those alligator clips too,I mounted mine on 5/16 dowels cut at lengths of 6" & 12". Another good tip I have is to save those paper towel cardboard inserts,as they're are quite handy as model holders with those one piece model shells,just flatten one end of the tube and stick it inside the rail car or locomotive shell, they'll hold it firmly while you are painting even upside down in most cases then place the whole thing in a glass jar or something heavy enough to hold it while it dries,then move on to the next step without worrying about handling the model..👍
Just found your channel from the Second Section podcast. Subbed and favorited this video! Thanks for taking the time to make! Now to the Tamiya video. 😉
This process took place over the course of several days (busy home life), so it varied. Sometimes I'd apply the wash then have to get up and see what the kids were arguing about, or run an errand. You can speed the process up with a hair dryer set to low and it'll be good to go in 5-10 minutes for a light wash over the whole thing. That's what I'll be using when I go through my "production line" process when I do the remaining 8 to speed it up. The key is make sure its absolutely dry otherwise the next thing you do will smudge (take a guess how I know lol). I apply dullcote after every wash as well.
Thanks. I prefer the transparency of the oil washes. When I tried acrylic washes I'd always get tide marks when it dried that were a pain to deal with for me. Plus I've loved the smell of linseed oil ever since my college days when I used to oil paint lol
@@JoeyBPhotography That makes sense and I appreciate you getting back to me. I am an N scaler and have had success with acrylic washed but I will try your oil approach for the washes and see how they work for me. I'll let you know. Keep your great videos coming.
Sorry about that information I give you earlier about the Crayola marker that's incorrect what it is it's a Elmer's paint pen, so I wanted to send you another message so I didn't send you on a wild goose chase . Again sorry
I used really fine, gray tile grout, pressed it down firmly to make it flat, then misted it with alcohol and water. 24 hours later it was solid and could start weathering it
You can get graffiti decal sheets. I don't personally put graffiti on my cars, but if I did, I'd probably practice on hand painting them on old junker cars first, or even just on random pieces of plastic, etc. If you don't feel artistic, you can always just copy what you see in photos (which is where I'd start as well)
