I bought 24 Weaver cars off Ebay years ago for $10 a car. Composit hoppers were a little to far in the past but I couldn't pass up that deal. They were originally PRR hoppers but I had packs of Archer dry transfer letters and just had some fun. Made up a few Milwaukee Road and Rock island hoppers for some coal drags.
Fast Freight, not only do the cars look good. So does the scenery, weathered rails and water tower. Nothing looks out of place. Nicely done.
@Dave_C posted:Fast Freight, not only do the cars look good. So does the scenery, weathered rails and water tower. Nothing looks out of place. Nicely done.
Thank you Dave.
@Jesse ferguson posted:
An old ex Conrail gondola re-lettered NYC for the CSX is still serving the scrap metals industry.
@Jesse ferguson I got "Image not found"
John
An old ex Conrail gondola re-lettered NYC for the CSX is still serving the scrap metals industry.
@Jesse ferguson posted:An old ex Conrail gondola re-lettered NYC for the CSX is still serving the scrap metals industry.
Wow! Excellent work, Jesse!
@Jesse ferguson posted:An old ex Conrail gondola re-lettered NYC for the CSX is still serving the scrap metals industry.
Jesse:
That is a SUPERB weathering job!!!! Also, your scenery is excellent! Thank you for sharing this photo. We hope to see more of your work in future editions of Weathering Wednesday.
Had to wet sand someone else's weathering job on these (2) two PRR Ball Herald H21a PRR hoppers on the front track left hand side.
Used 800 grit paper and wet sanded off what was done then applied Pan Pastels. Produced some interesting effects as I couldn't get all the prior weathering done.
While I was there, figured I'd photo the entire kit bashed coal mine tipple scene. Pretty much everything here is weathered, buildings, brick, retaining walls, track, support timbers etc. Built this whole scenery module back in 2018
Summer is officially here. I hope that you and your families have some fun activities and trips planned. BUT, with summer also comes sweltering heat!!!!! So, use my cure for heat. Stay indoors where it is cooler and weather your engines, rolling stock, buildings, scenery and post your results here on Weathering Wednesday. I and your fellow forum members are eager to see your see your artistry and learn from your techniques.
But first, here are the forum ground rules:
I will start today’s Weathering Wednesday with several photos. The first is a Weaver, PRR Mogul ten-wheeler weathered for us by Harry Hieki, of Mt. Ephriam, NJ. I asked Harry for a light weathering job.
The next two photos are of old Stemmers Run station that is currently on the Amtrak (former PRR) mainline in Baltimore County, 5 minutes from my home. It was originally a stop on the Philadelphia and Baltimore Railroad mainline a small railroad that was bought by the Pennsylvania Railroad in the early part of the 20th century to become part of the PRR's trackage to Washimgton D. C. The first photo is as it exists today. The second is a scratch-built model of the station as it would have existed in its period of a working train stop. The photos of this station were few. The model is the best that I could do reproducing the station from several old black and white photos. The model was built for the Lockheed-Martin company's Christmas train display in 2022.
Now it is your turn to show us your weathering artistry as well as how you achieved yours results.
@Randy Harrison posted:Summer is officially here. I hope that you and your families have some fun activities and trips planned. BUT, with summer also comes sweltering heat!!!!! So, use my cure for heat. Stay indoors where it is cooler and weather your engines, rolling stock, buildings, scenery and post your results here on Weathering Wednesday. I and your fellow forum members are eager to see your see your artistry and learn from your techniques.
But first, here are the forum ground rules:
- Have fun and enjoy!
- Post only photos that you have taken.
- If you post a photo taken by someone else or a copyrighted photo be sure you have express written permission from the photo's owner to post their photo.
- Any individual who posts copyrighted material is subject to legal liability. Furthermore, that individual will be banned from the OGR Forum.
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I will start today’s Weathering Wednesday with several photos. The first is a Weaver, PRR Mogul ten-wheeler weathered for us by Harry Hieki, of Mt. Ephriam, NJ. I asked Harry for a light weathering job.
The next two photos are of old Stemmers Run station that is currently on the Amtrak (former PRR) mainline in Baltimore County, 5 minutes from my home. It was originally a stop on the Philadelphia and Baltimore Railroad mainline a small railroad that was bought by the Pennsylvania Railroad in the early part of the 20th century to become part of the PRR's trackage to Washimgton D. C. The first photo is as it exists today. The second is a scratch-built model of the station as it would have existed in its period of a working train stop. The photos of this station were few. The model is the best that I could do reproducing the station from several old black and white photos. The model was built for the Lockheed-Martin company's Christmas train display in 2022.
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Now it is your turn to show us your weathering artistry as well as how you achieved yours results.
Great work Randy. I’m almost ready to put my toe in the pool. I have 8 hoppers that I’m preparing to haul sand. They were a blank canvas; I gave them a second coat today to catch all my misses from the first spraying. So I’ll give them a few days to cure then I get the decals out. After that I’ll be ready to age them. Problem is I lost that video that your son Chris provided. I’m not sure what to search for.
One of my MTH PRR I1sa 2-10-0 Decapods…weathered with airbrush early in my O scale career…
Dirty and worn paint…typical Hippo!
Tom
At a local gathering of model railroaders Saturday at my friend Rick's house, I could not pass up photos of these beauties. Its doubtful any of these cars have had a proper inspection. They would be banned on my layout.
@pennsyfan posted:Great work Randy. I’m almost ready to put my toe in the pool. I have 8 hoppers that I’m preparing to haul sand. They were a blank canvas; I gave them a second coat today to catch all my misses from the first spraying. So I’ll give them a few days to cure then I get the decals out. After that I’ll be ready to age them. Problem is I lost that video that your son Chris provided. I’m not sure what to search for.
Bob:
Here is the link to Chris' video.
(82) Easy weathering with spray paints. ModelRailroad DIY HowTo - YouTube
I am eager to see your finished products.
I really enjoyed your layout video and the way you have remembered your friends and family members from over the years by dedicating, different scenes to them in the layout. Also, I wish that I had room in my already overcrowded layout for an urban station like your Pennsylvania Station. I vividly remember the real station from my youth. It was an architectural work of art and engineering. Seeing it in the early to mid 1960's being demolished only to be buried in the New Jersy meadowlands was downright heart breaking.
@Rob Leese posted:Some simulated exhaust buildup using black and gray chalks and a few coats matte or dullcoat makes it look like you went to the coach yard with a "shrink-ray gun" and came back home with these:
Rob:
The appearance of your weathering job is perfect for passenger equipment that most likely ran behind Diesel locomotives. It looks to be the result achieved by your great eye for color and detail coupled with the finesse to resist the temptation of the over-application of weathering materials. BRAVO, sir! You captured the look perfectly.
@Bill Park posted:At a local gathering of model railroaders Saturday at my friend Rick's house, I could not pass up photos of these beauties. Its doubtful any of these cars have had a proper inspection. They would be banned on my layout.
Bill:
If heavy weathering is the look one desires, these cars are well done. But other railroads, such as yours, take greater care to maintain their rolling stock.
@Krieglok posted:One of my MTH PRR I1sa 2-10-0 Decapods…weathered with airbrush early in my O scale career…
Dirty and worn paint…typical Hippo!
Tom
Tom:
You have really made a superbly detailed model of the mighty PRR "Hippo" even more wonderful! The look is definitely of a Pennsy freight hauler that has been hard at work on the mainline. BRAVO!!!!!! You have captured "reality" and transferred it to 1:48 scale!
The old Chessie System hopper originally B&O and now re-lettered CSXT sits it the yard waiting to be picked up as an ethanol unit train eases by early in the evening.
@Krieglok posted:One of my MTH PRR I1sa 2-10-0 Decapods…weathered with airbrush early in my O scale career…
Dirty and worn paint…typical Hippo!
Tom
Tom - your decapod looks absolutely terrific!!! Wonderful weathering job!!!
Here are a couple shots of a Pennsy decapod which I took last August when visiting a rail museum/ railroad in Hamburg NY. I think (?) this is the only one still in existence.
@Bill Park posted:At a local gathering of model railroaders Saturday at my friend Rick's house, I could not pass up photos of these beauties. Its doubtful any of these cars have had a proper inspection. They would be banned on my layout.
Wow Bill!! These cars look like they've been sitting on an abandon siding for decades! At least that's the what my eye interprets them as being. I think they look great!!
@Rob Leese posted:Some simulated exhaust buildup using black and gray chalks and a few coats matte or dullcoat makes it look like you went to the coach yard with a "shrink-ray gun" and came back home with these:
Excellent work, Rob!!
@Randy Harrison posted:Rob:
The appearance of your weathering job is perfect for passenger equipment that most likely ran behind Diesel locomotives. It looks to be the result achieved by your great eye for color and detail coupled with the finesse to resist the temptation of the over-application of weathering materials. BRAVO, sir! You captured the look perfectly.
IMO, truer words have never been spoken regarding weathering. The best "weathermen" I've learned from will always tell you less is more. So many people just can't resist that temptation to overdo it. I know firsthand as I did the same thing when I got started.
It's really interesting to compare photos of my first attempts from about 10 years ago to my most recent. I don't think those first cars would actually be allowed on the rails in the real world...LOL!!
@trumpettrain posted:Tom - your decapod looks absolutely terrific!!! Wonderful weathering job!!!
Here are a couple shots of a Pennsy decapod which I took last August when visiting a rail museum/ railroad in Hamburg NY. I think (?) this is the only one still in existence.
Right you are, Patrick! The very last I1sa, out of 598. I am a member of the group that moved it from Pittsburgh to Hamburg, NY. It has been there for almost 40 years now. It was the face of the WNYRHS in its day.
I spent a couple summer vacations in the early 90’s painting the boiler with primer and black paint! The engine was shuffled over the years from siding to siding by the host railroad. Now it sits on a sinking track.
It’s supposed to end up at the Buffalo Industrial Heritage museum but it seems to be dying a quiet death in Hamburg. At this point, I would like to see it go to the PRR museum in Strasburg.
I have a number of MTH I1s just because of this engine. Obviously, a personal favorite…
Tom
If you look at color photography of Frisco streamlined passenger cars they often look shamefully faded and grimy. This coach lounge, Huntleigh, is still due to receive a rooftop antenna, but most of the weathering has been done in advance. The bright reds weather to become mottled maroon, and the stainless panels become dull and tired looking. This car is part of my METEOR consist conceived long before 3rd Rail’s offering. 
I’m posting this 3 days early as my ranch work will consume me for the next 144 hours.
@Krieglok posted:Right you are, Patrick! The very last I1sa, out of 598. I am a member of the group that moved it from Pittsburgh to Hamburg, NY. It has been there for almost 40 years now. It was the face of the WNYRHS in its day.
I spent a couple summer vacations in the early 90’s painting the boiler with primer and black paint! The engine was shuffled over the years from siding to siding by the host railroad. Now it sits on a sinking track.
It’s supposed to end up at the Buffalo Industrial Heritage museum but it seems to be dying a quiet death in Hamburg. At this point, I would like to see it go to the PRR museum in Strasburg.
I have a number of MTH I1s just because of this engine. Obviously, a personal favorite…
Tom
If you send it to the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania, it will end up like 6755, 3750, and 520!
It is that time of the week again. Time to show off your weathered engines, rolling stock, buildings, and scenery here on Weathering Wednesday, 4th of July Eve, 7/3/2024 Edition. I and your fellow forum members are eager to see your see your artistry and learn from your techniques.
But first, here are the forum ground rules:
Below are two photos of one of my son Chris’ work on the Great Northeastern Railway’s weathered bobber caboose in Mt. Carroll Yards.
The first photo of is the bobber coupled to the Great Northeastern Railway's (GNR) tank engine weathered by Pat Whitehead. The bobber was also originally weathered by Pat. Chris added the decals and applied additional weathering.
Below is the GNR bobber coupled to a train pulled by the GNR's tank engine, behind a tank car (also Chris' weathering job) and ready to leave the yard.
Now it is your turn to show us your weathering artistry as well as how you achieved yours results.
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