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I have a scratch brass model of Huntingdon and Broad Top Mountain 2-8-0 #37 painted and ready for weathering.  Over the years I've weathered a good number of brass locomotives using Floquil weathering paints and an air brush.  Since then the art of weathering has reached new heights as a result of new materials and techniques.  Before weathering this model I've decided it may be time for this old dog to learn some new tricks.  As jumping off point I'd like to look at several videos on the subject.  What videos have you found most helpful.

 

#37 at the PRR Huntingdon, PA station in 1952 - the look I want to capture - (note the water line on the tender)

37 Huntingdon Aug 31 1952

The unpainted model as scratch built by the late Frank Miller

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H&BT 37 almost ready for weathering

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Beautiful paint job!! 

Unfortunately there is not really a lot out there regarding videos. Most of them seem to airbrush an uniform darkness over all and everything. I don't like that. Here is a video, that I think is of good use.

https://youtu.be/2rYqQH_iBm8

 

Washes play the trick for O-scale. We have much better details and these are more visible due to the bigger surface compared to HO. I personally airbrush some brownish dirt very lightly over the lower part of the model, having all components completely disassembled. I weather the boiler, tender, all trucks and drive mechanism separately to assure good access. 

I modify the light and well diluted spray (acrylics) with alcohol and the brush. You can modify the dirt where you want it and create streaks. 

Weathering the black locomotive color is most difficult, I find. It is a harsh contrast for everything you bring onto it and all subtle effects can easily be overshot. 

 

On the basic brown I then add some greyish washes, I will try to seal the first wash against the second by giving it a thin coat of Krylon Crystal Clear for future projects because you also activate the first wash when manipulating the second. 

 

I burnished the side rods a bit and that helped to tie them a bit more to the overall appearance. 

I practiced this technique on a HO model but it did not look so good. That method is really good on bigger stuff, though. If you ask me, weathering by airbrush only is not for our great scale. 

You also might find some good content on the Brasstrains website. They have a video with weathering with Jerry Spolema and Juan Zuloaga. It gives a bit of an idea of what could be done but is not really a how to. 

 

https://www.brasstrains.com/vi...ema-and-Juan-Zuloaga

 

Kind regards

Sarah

 

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