Another Wrecked Weaver...

You're awfully rough on the rolling stock! I really enjoy seeing your artistry!

Gilly

Steve....your work is 2nd to none!

Peter

Hi Steve,

Great work !!!!!!

Alex

You Sir are an Artist.............

I am sorry buy I don't understand? Why would you destroy A perfectly good car?

Kenny, well I've seen both the boxcar and this hopper car threads of his and I'll just suggest some people just enjoy having less-than-sterilized-perfect wagons around on their layout?

beside there are some people that would buy a brand new just-all-brass-looking $2000 locomotive for their recent layout and weather it all the way the next day like it was meant to be that way

I only do this to Weavers.

It can’t be resold as a perfect car so this is the next best thing other than sending it to the junk box.

It was received missing parts from a collection.

Hopefully it can have a new life now.

Another salvage lesson in model railroading.

“Now you know………the rest of the story, good day”

Weathered Cars! Smashed Cars! I have seen graffiti on some cars! I bet you don't climate control the original boxes either!

     Love it. Teriffic work Steve. The standards bar moves higher again.

Ray Marion

Steve,

Down through the years our layouts featured great looking cars and engines. Occasionally  one of our Weaver cars got accidentally knocked to floor breaking a step. I always wanted are trains to look new. Now that I see your amazing work, I believe I could get into that weathered look. You have a amazing talent. Thanks for sharing it with us.

Having worked on many damaged 40's and 45's, you have captured the essence of distressed and wrecked rolling stock. I have gotten some Weaver stock from their scrab bin as templates for loads. I'm tempted to experiment with some.

Don

The only guy I know that makes rust look good 

Simply great work and your creativity knows no limits.  

Did you use a heat source to warp the end into shape?  Please share your technique for this as it looks like something I want to try.

Thanks and please keep posting your work.  It's truly fun, interesting, and speaks to the best part of the hobby for me and I'm sure many others.

Jon

You brought wreckage to a new high. 

That is NOT going to buff out!

Nice rip track as well. 

Thanks guys, you all are a great inspiration to me.

I hope to see a wrecked item on your pike one day.

I was always fascinated visiting commercial junk yards.

Maybe it was the rust colors, crushed metal, variety of items, I don’t know?

We do have to credit Ray and some other upcoming weathermen. They have presented nicely rusted items as well.

So guys, dig down into your junk box and find an item you can decorate.

Glad to inspire!

Onto the next adventure…

Next time I see a box junkers at a show I'm going to get a handful just to attempt a wreck. Just amazing!

A few years ago there were two wrecked boxcars sitting right next to Highway 15 near the Enola yards north of Harrisburg.  They must have sat there for at least a year and I always wanted to get a photo to try to recreate the scene on a layout.  Of course I didn't and now it's just a memory.  The boxcars were not more than 25' from the road and just west of the main line tracks heading to HBG.  

SIRT, your work is always impressive!