Hi Bob; The principle technique is to brush a fairly heavy wash of "grunge" color over part of the car (one side of the door, for example) and then wipe it off with a soft sponge, cotton swab, etc. wiping in the direction of gravity. The color will remain in and around details like rivets, panel lines and door latches, as well as leaving some color on the whole car side. You can use craft store acrylic paint, artist tube acrylic or oils.
Chalk and airbrush effects can be added over the base coat to blend or simulate load spillage. Pieter Roos Sent from my iPhone On Sep 10, 2013, at 10:23 AM, Bob Werre <b...@phototraxx.com> wrote: > > > I really like the 'grunge' weathering on Jim's car. Particularly the rows of > rivets and the braces on the Murphy roof and how the dirt collects in the > joints. This is something that I would like to obtain. I've done a fair > amount of airbrushing and some powder applications but none seem to work as > well as I'm seeing presented here. Any hints on accomplishing that look? > > Bob Werre > PhotoTraxx > > > On 9/9/13 7:30 PM, Pieter Roos wrote: >> >> Hi Bill; >> >> Neat! Those are based on the 1932 ARA/AAR car with flat plate ends and roof. >> I posted a link to the Jim Six article on building the freight version a >> last month. >> >> http://www.trainlife.com/magazines/pages/155/11262/january-2003-page-48 >> >> Pieter E. Roos > > > >
