Scary but fun
- Thread starter spitfire
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A thing of beauty Val. Congratulations on getting up the nerve to do the weathering. Turned out very well.
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Fred_M
Looks just FAB, Val. I'm still practicing on $10 bits of 2nd hand junk locos. Not yet game to attack my prized ones just yet. 
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Fred_M
Thanks Val. Now I can see what you did better. Looks great, just enough to look used, but not look junked out filthy. I bet that's one sweet machine, unlike the car in my avatar. 
. Fred
. Fred
Thanks guys!!!!!! By the mid 50s these engines were not kept up as well as before. And an interesting thing I found out - NYC Hudsons actually pulled CPR passenger trains from Buffalo to Toronto and back. I had no idea this was the case when I bought this locomotive - I just bought it cuz I liked it. But it shows you, there's a prototype for everything!!!!
Val
Val
Great job and both the photography and model scenes are great also. On tip on weathering steam engines: getting anything to stick to side rods and valve gear is near impossible, so I lightly bead blast them (off the model of course). Then any washes or airbrush weathering adhear. In fact, they look pretty good as is after "beading" I suspect you could do the same with one of the small "air erasors".
This is a fine weathering job, Val! You just found the right grade of weathering - a well used but not abused loco. :thumb:
And I congratulate you to your courage to attack that model with your spray gun. (Is it a brass engine?) I still have three 'golden' brass locos - but so far I didn't have the nerve to paint, let alone weather them...ops:
Ron
And I congratulate you to your courage to attack that model with your spray gun. (Is it a brass engine?) I still have three 'golden' brass locos - but so far I didn't have the nerve to paint, let alone weather them...
ops: Ron
looks great Val. I too would be a bit concerned if I were to weather a $500 model. But it sure turned out beautiful.
Jesper
Jesper
Just the thought of paying $500 for a loco is enough to scare the hail out of me! Nice work Val, looks really good on the layout.
Nice work Val, looks really good on the layout.
Thanks a lot folks! 
Jerry, that's a neat tip about the siderods - except I can see that's taking them off is another thing that will take a lot of nerve, for me anyway.
Ron, it's a plastic model from Broadway Limited Imports. As for yours, you should practice on a cheap loco and then go for it!!!!
Val
Jerry, that's a neat tip about the siderods - except I can see that's taking them off is another thing that will take a lot of nerve, for me anyway.
Ron, it's a plastic model from Broadway Limited Imports. As for yours, you should practice on a cheap loco and then go for it!!!!
Val
I stand in awe of your courage, Lady Spitfire. I haven't the mettle to try with my own BLI C-16. Hats off to you for your amazing weathering job! :thumb: :thumb:
