The Weathering Depot

I’ve just received a great find on eBay with a car I’ve been looking for to run on my module, especially since I model Penn Central. This P&LE car is an Athearn Genesis series car. I’ll weather this one up soon… Continue reading

Here is the latest car finished, a Walther’s car I believe. Car sides, ends, roof, and underside are all lightly weathered with primarily a dirt colored overspray with some spots of rust here and there. New wheels and Kadee couplers were installed as well. Soon to go on eBay…. Continue reading

I didn’t quite like all the weathering done on the ex-BN covered hopper I previously posted, so I added a bit more! I patched out the Burlington Northern roadname , one side with paint, and one side with patch out decals by Smokebox Graphics.. I then lightly sprayed some rust paint over these to blend… Continue reading

My current project involves reworking the weathering on this coil car from Walther’s. Several different mediums were used on this guy, along with lube stencils and ACI panels added. Note the texture on the one rusted hood! I’m now just awaiting the arrival of another Walther’s coil car kit to replace the small panels the… Continue reading

This week’s layout photo shows a Penn Central Alco as it brings its train back through Nitro, WV Continue reading

This project to rework the weathering on this car is now finished and will shortly go back up on my eBay store site. Don’t miss this one! Photos below once again show the car when started and the finished look: Continue reading

Here’s the latest photo from my past layout, this one shows GP9 7466 and cabin coming off the service track in Sixth Street yard in Charleston, WV Continue reading

As of this morning, here’s the current status of my latest project. Just need to apply the remaining decals and seal and thus guy will be ready for my eBay store! Continue reading

One of my current projects is reworking this BN covered hopper. I’ve had this car for awhile so don’t recall the manufacturer. The car only had a light weathering as shown below while on my eBay store: I decided to take it off eBay temporarily to rework the weathering on the car. In doing some… Continue reading

Next up after delivering two weathered Blackstone narrow gauge locomotives and five more HOn3 cars to a local modeler is reworking the weathering on these two covered hoppers I have for sale. Stay tuned for updates…. Continue reading

I recently picked up this previously weathered model on eBay, as I wanted this particular railroad and the boxcar seemed to be fairly nicely weathered. Sometimes though looks are deceiving. Upon receiving the car I noticed in starting to tweak the weathering that I’d have to rework quite a bit on the car. This I… Continue reading

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 to the underside. Enlarge the… Continue reading

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 with some gun metal paint,… Continue reading

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

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 some rust powder. I also… Continue reading