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paint thinned with several parts water to which a tiny drop of dish detergent has been added) will tone down freshly painted surfaces if brushed on and al- lowed to run down as rain water would wash car sides. Varying the amount of water varies the opacity of the weath- ering finish. The soap droplet prevents the water from beading up and leaving a splotchy finish. The result is that the colors appear to be naturally faded. Acrylics are good for this because they do not react with existing paints as sol- vent based paints might, there is little or no smell, and cleanup is with soap and water.
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The other nice thing about this method as compared to solvents and tube based paint is that additional thinning uses only water and does not affect existing lettering. Some folks thin acrylics with alcohol, but I find this liquid evaporates faster, can dis- solve car lettering and some paints if brushed on too vigorously, and has a volatile odor.
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Chalks are best applied with a stiff, shortened bristle paint brush so that you burnish the chalk into the finish rather than laying it on top. Rust forms beneath the paint, not on top of the surface. Fresh rust is lighter in col- or than aged rust so two colors are nec- essary to portray large patches of rusty metal. Avoid rust colored chalk on freight cars made from aluminum since this metal corrodes differently. It oxidizes with a gray tone bordering on white. Using brown or gray to simulate road grime is different than rust since the former coats entire surfaces where- as rust congregates where water has been trapped and allowed to work on exposed metal–usually at rivet lines and seams. To simulate bare metal where foot traffic has worn down the surface fin- ish (like on diamond pattern kick plates between locomotive and tender) I take a No. 2 pencil and gently rub the edge of the tip across the grain of the deck plate touching only the sur- face diamond. The same can be used on
caboose ladder rungs, freight car stir- rup steps, and handrail surfaces prone to hard use. This also applies to cou- pler faces that everyone seems to paint rusty brown as though they never made contact. The contact surfaces will not stay that way long during coupling and a touch of the pencil makes it look like the couplers actually do scrape when they operate. This technique may have to be sealed with a clear finish if the weath- ered area is likely to be handled by op- erators or, as in my case, taken to train shows where we display modules and rolling stock is put on/taken off be- tween running sessions. To flatten enamel paints for use on model people’s clothing, add a touch of talcum powder to the paint. This will not only dull the sheen making cloth- ing look more realistic but thicken run- ny paint as well. Since the talc is white, it also tones down the color giv- ing a slightly aged finish. Talc can be used as a weathering agent too where fading of clothing (like on blue jeans) is desired.
CHARLES CARTER Akron, New York
Please thank Bob Walker for the comprehensive article in the July issue of RMC on weathering freight cars without an airbrush. It was a great answer to my question in a previous letter to the editor. I especially liked his idea of doing several cars at once, one step at a time.
It inspired me to try it on a set of six 50-foot boxcar kits (Athearn–sorry Bob, not Accurail–but I’ve got several dozen Accurail kits waiting for the same treatment!). I’m about half way through the process, and it’s working out well so far. The floors and under- frames are done, and the trucks are underway. I would guess I’m saving about 30 to 40 percent in total time-to- completion by doing six at once instead of one at a time.
PHILIP GLIEBE Waynesville, Ohio
A Documentary on logging in the White Mountains of New Hampshire in the early 20th century and the preservation of this through the building of an HO scale reproduction of the Woodstock Lumber Mill. Filmed in High Definition. Approximately 2 hours.
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