The Weathering Depot

I’m adding more and more to the layout page. So be sure to keep checking it out!

I still have a tiny bit of work to do to get the new website up to speed for everyone. I hope to add an actual events calendar soon to replace the current placeholder. One item here, to look for older posts from the old website simply type “older” in…

I’m always looking for commission work from modelers. I enjoy the art of weathering trains since about 2009. Not only does it help support my wife and I with being retired,  it also keeps me off the streets and out of trouble as they used to say! If interested in…

Please be sure to check out the layout page at the link at the top of the website for all the news about my Penn Central in Cincinnati layout! There you’ll find recaps of my operating sessions plus any new additions to the layout…..

Big news for me, as for family commitments I had to skip the 2025 event, but I plan to attend the Colorado RPM for 2026 as a vendor showcasing my weathering and of course seeking commission work. More details to come, but for now, here’s the link to this year’s…

Here are examples of more of my work!

This car is another project recently completed, this Athearn 50′ ft Evergreen boxcar purchased off eBay. Prototype car is shown what I tried to replicate along with what the car looked like out of the box plus photos of work along the way winding up with the finished product. Multiple…

This is actually a most recent piece of commission work for a modeler in Arkansas, this Athearn Frisco SW1500. This guy was done with acrylic paints, wash, pigments, and actual soot on the exhaust stacks:

I’ve finished this car I posted on earlier and will be on eBay on Friday. The other side of the car I’ve left fairly clean I guess you’d say ( not as grimy as the other side of the prototype) , but of course still faded. The reweigh decal says…

I’ve started on the next project for eBay, this Moloco 50’ Wabash insulated boxcar. I’m trying to replicate the prototype photo shown. So far I think it’s a fairly good representation. More photos when the car is finished:

Here is the current project I’m working on instead of the BAR boxcar posted previously. I had a short break in between commission work, so decided to whip this guy out pretty quick. This is one of the Tangent X58 boxcars that are now pretty scarce, especially this PRR scheme.…

The Tangent PRR car is now finished and in service on the layout! This guy was completed with four colors of acrylic paint, Pan pastels, two colors of pigments and Vallejo rust texture. Photos below of the finished product:

I have today upgraded the weathering on my Rapido hopper I currently have up for sale on eBay by adding rust to the roof and sides:

Currently underway is work on five models including the first one, which is this Atlas Trainman series bulkhead flat. Almost finished, this car has acrylic paints, brown wash, rust texture, and five colors of pigments, four alone on the deck. Next up is probably one of two autoracks ….

Currently working on the rest of the new website so stay tuned….!