Gondola empties

[cduckworth]

Receivers were notorious for cleaning out their docks into an empty gondola. Here's a Frisco model on the layout of an example.  Also a couple gons showing unpainted interiors.

[jbvb]

As a kid, I don't recall there ever being an empty gondola around my home town. I've made my interiors dirty but haven't simulated worn off paint.  Yours look like you've got more experience.

[ACL1504]

Charlie,

Well done. Love the rusted look and misc. junk.

Tom 

[Jerry]

Very nice!!

Jerry

[friscomike]

Howdy Charlie,

The interiors of the gons are fantastic.  Of course, the exteriors look great, too.

Have fun,
mike

[Michael Hohn]

Charlie,

Excellent job on the gons.  The wood floor is particularly splendiferous in its worn, weathered, and dirty state.

Mike. 

[GPdemayo]

Great looking cars Charlie.....

[nycjeff]

Hello Charlie, what a great looking group of empty gons. A lot of nice details on cars with nothing in them.

[cduckworth]

To replicate the rust I make a mixture of yellow and brown dry pigments with 91% alcohol in an old plastic coffee lid. Then using a wide, soft brush 'paint the interior.  As the alcohol evaporates it collects around rivets and other details.  Once the interior is dry you can add more of just the dry mix to the corners to add more variety.  In the CoG gon I used a yellow pencil to add scrapes to the sides. Black PanPastel was then used on the top of the sides on the insides.

[deemery]

To replicate the rust I make a mixture of yellow and brown dry pigments with 91% alcohol in an old plastic coffee lid. Then using a wide, soft brush 'paint the interior.  As the alcohol evaporates it collects around rivets and other details.  Once the interior is dry you can add more of just the dry mix to the corners to add more variety.  In the CoG gon I used a yellow pencil to add scrapes to the sides. Black PanPastel was then used on the top of the sides on the insides.

Thanks for the details.  I suspect that would work on my wood cars using different pigments to get a similar weathered effect.

dave

[cduckworth]

I built a Sunshine Models ATSF last year for a client and painted the wood portion of the interior with grays and browns and used the rust wash on the steel ends and floor.