The Weathering Depot

With a move to a different place in 2022 that has an internal garage, I obviously lost the space for my layout, now only having a separate den for both a layout and workshop. In measuring the dimensions I found I could use two modules from my layout in one…

Today I thought I’d post more about the current small switching layout I have, remnants of my larger, around the wall garage layout based on the NYC/PC/CR Hitop branch in the mountains of West Virginia. The original layout was a 4×8 based on Model Railroader magazine’s Virginian layout back in…

Coming very soon from Midwest Model Railroad is a Walther’s Penn Central NW2 with DCC and sound. Photos coming soon….

I’m currently working on ten BNSF hoppers from Intermountain for a modeler back east. So far work is ongoing on six of the ten as shown below. All will be weathered with some patched along with graffiti:

Once a week starting today I will post a photo from my current layout. More on my current layout can be found at: https://cincinnatiterminalsub.blogspot.com for now here’s a photo of PC 5628 switching McGraw Fuel and Oil dealer yesterday:

This ExactRail Southern boxcar is now finished and on the layout. It has light weathering on the car body and roof plus underside is done as usual. On to the next project!

Latest acquisition is this Southern Pullman Standard 5277 waffle side boxcar by ExactRail. This guy will be lightly weathered for the layout:

This Athearn car has also been finished and is now on the layout. This car was faded with a few brown washes applied plus different textures and pigments on the roof:

This guy is now finished and on my eBay store! This car was completed using two different rust textures, washes, three colors of acrylic paint, and pigments. All told this car took about a week to complete. Below are photos of the finished car, plus the next project up, this…

Another project started for sale on eBay, the Athearn ready to roll Railbox. Here’s a view as of last night on progress so far:

I’ve just received ten HO scale covered hoppers to weather for a modeler back east. Always a great feeling to have someone appreciate my work and send me multiple cars to weather! I’m always looking for work to do for modelers around the country as well. One, it gives me…

This car just arrived as well off an eBay purchase. This is an Athearn ready to roll model, one of which I’ve been looking for awhile, as I saw many of these along the numerous produce houses down along the Ohio River in downtown Cincinnati while growing up . I’ll…

Here is the finished Rapido hopper already on eBay and the next project started, this Athearn Railbox. Stay tuned as I weather this guy up for sale as well on eBay!

Here is my next project started on and actually almost finished! This one is a Rapido car acquired recently. The car has multiple weathering mediums applied to give a caked on grimy appearance. The underside alone has three colors of acrylic paint plus pigment added. I just have to finish…

All these cars have just been acquired for weathering up to eventually go on eBay for sale. The PC car will remain on the layout however. I have just started on the CP hopper by Rapido….