SD35 CBRY 14

This locomotive started as an Atlas N scale unit decorated for the Southern Railway.  The paint was stripped and details including grab irons, MU hoses, coupler cut levers, etched fans, antenna and brass handrails were added.  Paint consists of Badger ModelFlex for the grey base and black underframe and Vallejo Color for the copper stripe and hood ends.  Decals were printed on an Alps printer for the text and numbers.  The barricade striping on the ends is built up with Microscale black barricade stripes and grey stripes at the edges.  Weathering was applied via an airbrush to the side and top of the unit, weathering powders were also applied to the top and in the grills to give depth.  A sister unit, CBRY 15, is currently on the workbench.  These two units will haul copper ore drags across the layout.

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Doug

ADN Woodchip Hoppers

Finished weathering some Deluxe Innovation N scale woodchip hoppers over the weekend.  The weathering process starts with a coat of Testors Dullcoat to give the cars some tooth to hold the various mediums to be used later; the shiny plastic of the cars will not work for weathering.  After the dullcoat, a fade is put on the cars with the airbrush.  The fade is sealed with another coat of dullcoat and then additional color is added using oil paints to get different hues of green and yellow across the car body.  The oil paints are dry brushed on to keep the paint and color build up to a minimum.  Next comes another layer of dullcoat.  Once I am happy with the fade and color transition of the car, I use powders to simulate build up of grime and dust along the sill of the car and in all of the recesses; seal with dullcoat.  Rust pits and scratches are next using a combination of different oil colors at full strength.  These spots need a few days to dry before sealing with dullcoat.  Once the pits and scratches are dry and sealed, halos and streaking are completed.  This is the part of the process that takes the longest.  Each and every pit or scratch gets a faint halo by dry brushing oil paint on and around it.  The streaking is done by building up dry brushed layers of oil paint.  Starting from light to dark, the streak is drawn straight down until the paint brush leaves no color.  Still another layer of dullcoat is applied.  Finally, the car gets one last layer of powders to help blend some of the sharp edges and to build up some more dust and grime in areas.  One final layer of dullcoat seals the car and it is ready to be put in service.

ADN 4192 is the first car completed.  This one received a very light layer of weathering.








ADN 4112 was the second car, this one received a much heavier application of rust and neglect.








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Doug

GP30 CFNR 3009

This locomotive started life as an N scale Atlas GP30 decorated for Pennsylvania.  The unit was stripped, detailed, painted, lettered for the California Northern and then weathered.  It will serve as part of the power for a local that runs on my layout.


The unit has been stripped and details have started to be added.  We can see a relocated horn, grab irons, sunshades and custom handrails in this photo.  Parts are a mixture of BLMA and Gold Medal Models.


A shot of the handrails on the engineers side.


The rear hood shows BLMA etched fans.


The model has been painted with a white base and was then masked for the green.


This shot shows the etched fans are still see through with paint applied.


The finished model shot in sunlight.


The model was weathered with mainly artist oil paints.  A white fade coat was applied and then followed by rust.  The rubber window seals were painted black and various pilot details were also finished.


The top of the hood and grill sections were weathered with both acrylic from the airbrush and weathering powders.

Thanks for looking!
Doug