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@chris a posted:

I have used several methods over the past couple of years.   I am doing about 2 dozen H21a Hoppers that will run together in a single train and wanted reasonably consistent look on the coal hoppers.  Really trying to have them look used and weathered, but not abused !

I have had really good luck on the red oxide cars mixing a thin acrylic wash,  about 75% water, 25% craft paint, and a few drops of 91% alcohol.  I ended up mixing 2 colors -  Burnt Umber (50%) and Nutmeg Brown (Apple Barrel #20521E).

The wash when dry leaves a flat finish with a fine texture. The other nice feature is you can fade the lettering by just applying the wash over the lettering.   I haven't felt the need to go back with pan pastels, or chalk powders.  On one car, I decided to deviate from my written down formula and didn't care for it, so with a toothbrush and some mild dishwashing soap I removed most of what I had done, and went back to the original formula.  I did these cars 3 years apart and its tough to tell them apart, the last 2 photos show the new batch, the hoppers done earlier have the wood blocks in them so I could see how well I was duplicating the weathering.

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Airbrush or paint brush?

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