The Weathering Depot

Next project about 2/3rd of the way finished. This is a Tangent 52’6” 70 ton gondola lettered for B&O. I’ll have patched areas where the lettering will go, plus lube stencils and ACI plates. The car was faded first with an acrylic, then rust acrylic sprayed inside the gon, underside…

Today I’m showing photos of the layout as it currently looks. Not wired up yet, but hopefully soon!

In an effort to make this one of the most realistic small layouts out there I’ll soon be ordering these guys from this company. The details are I think excellent! https://ymw-modelu.com/products/9031-modern-era-crew-bundle-pre-hi-vis/

My current project is this Athearn ready to roll series car, lettered for South Branch Valley RR in West Virginia. I’m trying to replicate the prototype photo shown below along with the current progress on this model. So far this car has two layers of weathering on the car sides…

Another car has joined the roster, this one purchased on eBay as I thought the weathering looked great and wanted to check out what process and material the owner used. This car is an Athearn Genesis series car. I’m going to paint and weather the underside and paint the wheels…

Coming soon from an outfit at http://www.Coastmans.com is a bag of realistic rusted scrap, that I’ll use for my scrapyard. Apparently this is actual scrap from the gentleman who runs the shop’s 3D printer. When it arrives Monday the 13th I’ll be changing up the scrapyard a bit to accommodate…

To use with the B&O caboose, I recently purchased this Walther’s Proto B&O SW switcher on eBay, which is supposed to be already programmed with DCC and sound. As the layout isn’t wired yet, I’ve yet to test this guy, but hopefully it’s fine. I’ve lightly weathered this one ,…

The following cars I picked up at the train show recently, most of these from my main go to shop, Spring Creek Model Trains from Deshler, Nebraska. This is a great shop ran by great people with great prices and inventory! You’ll find them also at train shows all over…

While at the recent train show I visited the booth of The Colorado Model Railroad Museum, located in Greeley, Colorado. This museum is a must see if you’re ever in Colorado! Inside among other things railroad is a 5,000+ square foot model railroad plus the last wood side caboose used…

Speaking of the recent Rocky Mountain Train Show here in Denver, I was fortunate enough to pick up a few nicely weathered cars from several dealers. These are shown below. The ex-St Lawrence Railroad boxcar is I think a nicely done car patched for ICG, while the gondolas came with…

Being tied up with a full time job hasn’t given me much time to post lately, but I have been able to complete little projects on the layout modules. I’ve worked on several things recently to hopefully enhance the prototype look of the layout. These small projects include the addition…

After looking at the two modules, and deciding to keep the Tangent B&O caboose, I’m going to look for a B&O locomotive to run with it, as an interchange connection. Yes, the layout is only two modules and is mostly a display layout for my weathered models, but it will…

My latest project is this Tangent B&O I-19 steel bay window caboose. Below is the photo by Tangent of how it looks right out of the box: I had this caboose on my eBay store but no takers , so I’ve decided to keep this one for an interchange with…

More weathered hoppers!

Here’s a short post showcasing my work on hoppers for friends and local modelers. Enjoy!