The Weathering Depot

Down and dirty is what I’m calling this next side project! This is a Walther’s Mainline series coil car lettered for NYC. I’ve had this awhile but had never touched it until now. As you can see in the photos I’ve already faded the paint on the car body, rusted…

Thought tonight I’d post a little blurb with a few photos of my workshop/office which is in our den:

My next side project up is weathering this newer ExactRail Southern boxcar acquired from Spring Creek Model Trains. Stay tuned….

This week’s photo shows PC GP7 5628 getting ready to work the Union Carbide mine at Hitop, WV:

Here we go with this week’s layout photo: a view of Dickinson yard on a hazy, smog filled morning in the Kanawha Valley

While finishing up my personal projects, I’m still working away on my contract of 64 narrow gauge cars. Below are photos of six more recently completed:

Below are s few photos of this Walther’s car which is now finished. Completed the trucks and wheels yesterday and installed the ACI plates this morning. Car was done with acrylics, powders, and wash of rust texture. This may go up for sale on my eBay store, but undecided as…

This week’s photo shows off some weathering as GP7 5628 switches Spring Street yard in Charleston

Here’s this week’s layout photo, a PC hopper and caboose bring up the rear of the Nitro turn under stormy skies:

In between working on more HOn3 models, I’ve been working on this Walther’s Mainline series SP boxcar. First up was dirtying up the car sides, plus painting and weathering the underside. The car straight out of the box is shown below: After weathering up the sides and ends the car…

Although I’m currently working on one contract, I’m always looking for more work and models to weather. What happens when I do obtain work from a modeler, you go into a queue with an estimate of when your project can start. I then will provide an estimate based on the…

Here’s this week’s layout photo:

Today I’m showing a project from I believe two years ago. This car is also a Walther’s Mainline series car purchased from Spring Creek Model Trains. It started out as a bright yellow car which was first faded. I’m posting this to show what can be done with an inexpensive…

Here is a quick project that took several days to complete. I had forgotten about this model until I went through one of my train boxes checking models to either keep, some to repair, and others to put up on my eBay store. I don’t recall the manufacturer of this…