I decided to switch gears today and take a break from track laying. I wanted to try my hand at weathering track.
A while back I bought a gallon of regular latex wall paint, in a lovely dark brown color.
The trick is to mix it with just right amount of water. Too much and it gets runny. Not enough and it clogs the airbrush. This is the perfect job for my ancient external mix Badger.
It really makes a difference!
Things were going along pretty well, until I accidentally dropped the airbrush and the bottle shattered. Sheered the neck right off with the threads still in the body. I took that as a sign that it was time to stop.
I also set up my drafting table. I'm a dinosaur, and don't believe in using a computer to draw layouts. Mine is too big and complicated to do that anyway. Now that the track is almost done, I can redraw both levels, get prints and mark them up for electrical and such.
No Patrick tomorrow after all. He has to work. I'll probably go back to track laying.
