Hotpressmugs posted:I never looked and should have before posting this but does OGR even have a weathering forum? I created on facebook for folks to post photos and discuss their techniques and materials used and such, hell I can talk about this for hours I guess because I enjoy doing it lol. Some advice I can offer from what I found is and others may agree or not but everyone will eventually find what works best for them is to start off with dull coating the piece. Then I use a combination of airbrushing with acrylic paints, dry powders, and real dirt and rust. The reason I dull coat first is that if I feel something looked a bit too much or a whoops is that I generally can wipe it off with some warm water. Then when finishing I hit it will dull coat again, but this time from a distance as to settle on and not run off your powders and such, mist it in the air and let it settle onto the train. This is one of my earlier pieces and still my favorite, you know what they say about your first lol. Always will have a special place...
Oh and always protect windows and lights from being hit with the dull coat, tape them off.
I always used acrylic paint with a regular small brush just because that was what I had on hand and also I am paranoid about paint getting into the motors of the trains and screwing things up. Especially on steam locomotives, since the shells can be a little difficult to remove and the motors can be more exposed. TBH my one true fear in model railroading is removing shells of locomotives and poking around inside, due to the possibility of accidentally damaging something.
