The Weathering Depot

I’ve been busy with layout and commission work these many months , so here goes on some recent projects including one I just finished. This one is a Walther’s Mainline series C&NW 3 bay covered hopper. First steps were to fade this olive green color as shown below but also…

Here are photos of this finished project of seven woodchip cars plus a WP caboose for a client in California:

Good morning everyone! It’s been awhile since I’ve posted here, as I’ve been posting on the new site! Again, this website will close eventually with my new site taking over. In the meantime, here is some commission work that I’ve obtained from a follower out of state. This is a…

Sad to say my weathering work has stopped temporarily as my paint spray booth of 14 years gave up the ghost today and quite working. Another one has been ordered with an estimated delivery date of six days from now!

This Scale Trains hopper is now completed and is on eBay for sale. This car took a week to complete using four different weathering mediums. Photos below of the car:

Project just started today, and progress so far. This Scale Trains car already has four different weathering mediums on it, including acrylic paint, rust texture, washes, and powder. When finished this will go up on the eBay store. Photos below of the car in the box and as of tonight:

Here’s my next project, in between working on several HOn3 cars. More photos when started. I’m going to hopefully replicate this car: http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=3969315

 If you haven’t visited the Colorado Model Railroad Museum in Greeley, Colorado, I highly recommend you put it on your bucket list of museums to see. Not only will you see a world class 5,000+ square foot model railroad run by volunteers, but also a lot of railroad memorabilia plus…

Another project finished! This one just went up on eBay today. One of a kind special edition car made by Rapido for the Colorado Model Railroad Museum in Greeley, Colorado. The car was weathered with six different weathering mediums. Here’s a look at the finished model:

Here I’ve started on the Rapido boxcar. So far I’ve applied acrylic paint to dirty up the car a bit, applied several mediums to the doors then took most back off leaving this effect, and applied a dirt colored powder down the sides. Here is how the car looked again…

At the recent Colorado Railroad Prototype Meet I purchased quite a few new cars to weather up and put on ebay. Here they are:

Here is another recent project that is now finished. Note the built up grime on the car sides and underside:

This guy is now finished, well, almost! After applying the decals, I’ll be lightly spraying a dirt color over the car plus a little light gray over the frame sill, then a final seal. Here’s the car this morning:

Onward to the next project. This one is an MDC gondola that started out bright yellow lettered for Illinois Terminal. This car already has three different weathering mediums applied, plus I’ve changed out the trucks and wheels, replacing the wheels with Intermountain semi scale wheels. Below are several photos of…

Below is a photo of the now finished CSX boxcar,which will also go with me to the show at the end of the month.  If the car doesn’t sell, it will go up on eBay. Also a photo of how the car started out of the box!