Recently I documented the weathering process from an almost straight out of the box locomotive to one thats made to look like it's seen over 20 years on the road. FRA Block Decals: www.ebay.com/itm/323760654112...
i’ve never done numberboards yet and I think you’re the first person that actually showed how to renumber them so thank you! If you’re worried about the paint when you remove the numberboard decal, they are removable I’m pretty sure. I think they are glued with a soft tacky glue so the do come off. I found this out because an athearn genesis gp38 I got had crooked numberboard and they were popping off.
Great weathering video. Although SP units were fairly new when UP took over. I won't be weathering them but your video is a great reference point for other Athearn engines.
Beautiful work .. I do not have the guts to attempt this!! looks great but I just can't !!! U lose me at disassembly.. I have very little patience for small parts . so I love thru guys like you that do such great jobs !!
Very nice overall job ! I would prefer seeing you putting more accurate couplers but I like the way you're handling it. I'm doing jobs like this but on some older engines. It shows everybody how complicated it can be and that it needs time and skills to do it. Keep on you're good work.
Thanks! Wish I could use more prototypical couplers although the track at my club isn't very even and if the couplers are too small it'll separate the train
@@kylescustomtrains Ahhhhhh !!! Train clubs. I've learned a lot there but god preserves me from beeing part of another club for the rest of my life. If there's a place to get frustrated... Train clubs. No one is working the same way and no one is working at the same speed. At least I know why you're still using KD #5. Keep on your good work.
I model spring/summer 2008, and while the FRA reflective tape became mandatory in 2005, there were timetables for implementation that didn't mandate every single locomotive and piece of rolling stock get them overnight. 100% implementation on all rolling stock wasn't required until 2015 (2010 for locomotives), so I actually have a mix of cars that have and don't have the stripes in my fleet. For the most part I use prototype photos to determine if the item I'm currently working on would have had them, and if so where.
Interesting video, good to see some techniques before I tackle my own Warbonnet. I like the way the white fade coat lightened the silver and turned the red bonnet to pink. A couple of observations: applying the dark panel wash at the beginning would have prevented the problem you encountered when you tried to take the excess paint off later. Also, you re-applied the handrails but left them in a virginal condition, most photos I have looked at of the locos show at least some grime build-up in the stanchion recess particularly on the lower end. Keep the videos coming!
Thanks for the tips! I used to do the wash last as I wasn't sure if the fade would blend it in too much although seeing as though I essentially did the wash first in the video I'll have to do it first going forward. I'll probably hit the handrails with a wash going forward as well, or just reinstall them after the wash and hit them with the airbrush along with the rest of the locomotive
I thought your weathering results were great, but what really impressed me were the graffitied grain cars at the end of the video. I was just wondering why I never saw any graffiti in any videos and how it would add more realism to the layout!
Do you do anything to protect the electrical components in the wheel sets during weathering or have to do anything afterward to ensure good electrical connection between track & locomotive?
Often times I will have to clean the wheels on the locomotive if too much paint finds it's way back there, although it isn't too difficult to remove with a little bit of rubbing alcohol and a q-tip
Nice, let's see more of your trains running, ☺️👌😁👍 Do have the B 50 series locos warbonnet, and have you weathered them?????? I believe these are the cabless engines, and ONLY EQUIPPED WITH 4 axels. GREAT VIDEO 👋🥺😁👍
Recently I've had more luck with an sand/tan color paint which looks pretty much the same as a white fade with less paint clumps visible. I'd say a few coats of that would work just as well if not better on yellow than white would
@@kylescustomtrains If you're getting clumping on a fade coat, dilute the paint more, and use a high-quality modelling acrylic like Tamiya or Vallejo. I find that gives a much more uniform result than random craft acrylics.
Looks good at arm's length but I think you went way too heavy on the trucks and fuel tank -- especially all that thick brown overspray from doing the trucks. Road vehicles splash dirt up the sides from the wheels because the wheels come right to the edge of the vehicle; rail wheels are ~5ft apart under a vehicle that's ~10ft wide, so you don't get splashing like that.
@@kylescustomtrains Hi again. Some are using Testors. Some are using Vallejo (I herd it's the best). I tried it. Not what I thought it would be. I've started using Testors at the end of the 90's. I got frustrated of the result so many times. I switched to Tamiya flat clear and I'm VERY satisfied since.
Haha! I farm and I’ll be darn if I want to come home and work on an old antique tractor. 😂 That is why I do model RRing. Back in the 80’s when I got out of college you couldn’t hire out on the RR so I just started my own(HO scale) 😉
The Dash 9s have been newly tooled for Genesis but Athearn is coming out with a new run of Gevos that have been updated to meet the new higher detail standards of Genesis and will have pretty much all the same features as the dash 9s like lit numberboards, roller bearing trucks, ground lights, etc.
@@pacset2 asked a few of my engineer buddies and the consensus seems to be that EMD doesn't have it to begin with and GE has it overall although you'd be lucky if it works/was filled
@@kylescustomtrains missed opportunity to say you “combined the two locomotives from Unstoppable”. The joke isn’t exactly accurate, but I’m sure some people would get the reference, like some people in the comments. But still, good video overall, the end product looks really good!
777 (in the movie) is from AWVR. In reality, 777 is actually from Canadian Pacific, and had a twin. One was in perfect condition, and one was weathered, numbered 9777 and 9782 respectively.
