Got a few hours in today, weather was perfect and humidity was low, so I decided to take the Lionel Grain elevator I got at yesterday's show for $5.00 assembled and airbrush and weather it... Not done yet, but at least it's the color I wanted and the roofs are weathered and everything to this point is sealed with flat clearcoat. Tried a new method I'd been reading about for the corrugated roof.... brush painted it silver, then added black pastel powder scraped and worked it into the silver paint before it dries. Produces a pertty nice weathering effect on corrugated roofing.
I have found it's best if I do the airbrushing in the garage rather than the basement, even though I am using acrylic paints, I am adding an Acrylic paint conditioner by Wagner, which does a great job, but it's tough on the sinuses !!! Haven't done any air brushing in quite a while so this was good practice on a short money model.
Also experimented with oil base washes on a wood sided boxcar, but it will have to dry overnight, before I can evaluate the results.....
Hoping to open the new digital level that arrived today and evaluate the track work tonight.
Johan nice job on the Gulf Tank car !!
