The Weathering Depot

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 model to make it look… Continue reading

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 guy, but have had it… Continue reading

I’ll be at the upcoming Spring Creek Model Train show the July 8th and 9th at the Thayer County Event Center in Deshler, Nebraska. I won’t be there as a vendor, but will have one of my weathered cars there for the store to display permanently plus plenty of business cards for those interested. It’ll… Continue reading

Here’s my old layout photo for the week: Continue reading

Several in the past have asked me especially on my Ebay store about cost, and what is reasonable. As a hobby business I, like any other online store are here to make a profit, not lose money, nor give product away. With that said, I’ve seen models listed for purchase on sites for several hundred… Continue reading

I think I may have mentioned my other rail related hobby is rail photography, where i derive my prototype photos from for weathering. I’ve been taking photos for decades, and still do today when I have the chance. I miss the old days however of varied types of locomotives, various eras of freight cars, cabooses,… Continue reading

I’ve decided once a week I plan to post a different view of my old layout, now disassembled in pieces in our storage unit. I do plan to hopefully use one of my modules shown below to set up in my den/office to have a small switching layout and a display place for finished models.… Continue reading

When working on a model for a friend or client, I always look for a prototype photo of the same number car, or a car of the same builder class. I then copy the weathering on that car, the exceptions being when a modeler wants me to freelance the weathering, or wants more or a… Continue reading

Here I’ll post some detailed photos of past work for clients, showing the process it takes to thoroughly weather a model. Any comments or questions please ask. Enjoy….! Continue reading

So here I’ll explain what I do with weathering. For those followers of my previous WordPress website on my Penn Central Hitop model railroad, you already have seen my layout and weathered equipment. For those of you who didn’t get a chance to see my previous website, I invite you to check the March 2016… Continue reading