The Weathering Depot

Now for sale on my eBay store. This is an HO scale Intermountain 3 bay hopper with upgraded weathering just completed today. Rust and rust spots added, a thin spray of dirt on the top to tone everything down, hatch brackets/latches rusted, and what I call “texture weathering “ applied…

It’s back to weathering some more narrow gauge equipment for a local modeler and friend, in this case, several Blackstone locomotives. On this first one, I’ve faded the black paint., rusted up the couplers, sprayed a light grey over the drivers and pilot to simulate road dust, highlighted the smokebox…

A bit late, as I’ve been busy weathering on several projects, but here’s this week’s photo from the old layout:

Sometimes you find a great catch online somewhere, in this case on eBay. Found this car for s great price and won the bid for this guy. I didn’t quite like the whitish appearance though it had streaked down the sides from the rusted top, so I addressed this with…

This week’s photo shows GP7 5628 leading a coal train back down the Kanawha valley towards Dickinson yard:

Grimy and worn indeed, but still soldering on, doing the job the builder EMD intended. This model of Penn Central GP9 7466 is an Athearn Genesis model I sold this past year. The model was weathered using several different mediums. Below that is my GP7 model of number 5628 based…

Here’s a link to a great catch on eBay that will be another weathering project soon, which is a Tangent 1965 B&O caboose:

Just another usual day of loading coal in Hitop, WV

Two models that I previously posted on have been completed and are for sale on my eBay store, the Southern boxcar and the NYC coil car:

Today I thought I’d write a short blog post showing a car I did perhaps a year and a half ago for another friend and local modeler. This is I believe a Tangent car. The hopper is an ex-PC then ConRail car, patched for RFMX. Obviously as shown the old…

This model is now finished after final decal work and sealing, here’s both sides of the car:

Allied Chemical on a hazy, hot day in Nitro, WV

These projects are next up. One is a continuation of the 64 HOn3 cars to be weathered for a friend. In between work and family matters it takes a bit of time to fully weather a car including the trucks, wheels, and undersides! The other project is another Railbox boxcar.…

Here’s another model that’s actually now finished as of this morning, after sealing everything and reinstalling the wheels:

This week’s photo shows GP9 7466 climbing the grade on its way to Morris Fork with empty hoppers: