Building a (small) fleet of Mount Blue Boxcars

[Zephyrus52246]

The cars turned out great.  The railroad's customers will be happy with new rolling stock.

Jeff

[elwoodblues]

The cars turned out great.  The railroad's customers will be happy with new rolling stock.

Jeff

Thanks Jeff,

I do plan to weather the cars in the future but I have very little experience weathering cars, I think I need to find a couple of donor cars to practice on. 

[deemery]

The cars turned out great.  The railroad's customers will be happy with new rolling stock.

Jeff

Thanks Jeff,

I do plan to weather the cars in the future but I have very little experience weathering cars, I think I need to find a couple of donor cars to practice on. 

That's a great use for cheapo train show cars.  But make sure you get wood cars, metal car weathering is very different, and there's no wood grain to add/enhance.  

dave

[elwoodblues]

The cars turned out great.  The railroad's customers will be happy with new rolling stock.

Jeff

Thanks Jeff,

I do plan to weather the cars in the future but I have very little experience weathering cars, I think I need to find a couple of donor cars to practice on. 

That's a great use for cheapo train show cars.  But make sure you get wood cars, metal car weathering is very different, and there's no wood grain to add/enhance. 

dave

Dave,

I think the best way to do this is to make some wood car blanks painted and lettered to practice on. 

[deemery]

Dave,


I think the best way to do this is to make some wood car blanks painted and lettered to practice on.

Yeah, you can do this by painting, lettering (decals-gone-bad) and then experimenting on scrap pieces of scribed siding.  Do add a couple NBWs or similar details to the wood testbed.  But my experience is that most (not all!) car weathering techniques work the same on styrene and wood.  

dave

[Michael Hohn]

Ron,

Very classy fleet of cars.  Well done.

Mike

[elwoodblues]

Ron,

Very classy fleet of cars.  Well done.

Mike

Thanks Mike.