First you must realize that you will need an airbrush in order for you to achieve the desired effects.
Begin by first degreasing your locomotive with hot water and a solution like Simple Green. Alllow things to dry thorughly. Go to your local hobby store and purchase some Floquil paints, Buy colors like Engine Black (Matte Black) , Grimy Black (Matte Dark Gray almost black) , Rust (Matte Orangy Brown), and Grime (Matte Beige). With these few colors you can mix and simulate just about any type of weathering condition out there.
Practice on something like an old model car or something that you don't care too much about.
What you want to do is to layer on your weathering with thin paint washes. Like each successive rainstorm or season
a layer of soot, dirt, grease, and grime builds up. Layering also allows you to control the level of filth on the piece, it's personal preference to how little or how much.
Begin by spraying on a light mist of Engine Black, thinned 2 part thinner 1 part paint over the areas you want to weather if it's the entire locomotive. Spray lightly just to knock the gloss down. This will provide the base coat for each successive layer. Use vintage photographs to reference where water scale and stains and drips. Details like chains and rusted fittings can be sprayed with a mixture of rust and grimy black, there's no right way as it's your interpretation.
Thin washes sprayed of Grime, knocks down or provides a faded appearance to anything that is new, bright or newly painted. You'll find that you once you have weathered every thing you can always go back and reweather or increase the amount of layers of weathering.
Begin by first degreasing your locomotive with hot water and a solution like Simple Green. Alllow things to dry thorughly. Go to your local hobby store and purchase some Floquil paints, Buy colors like Engine Black (Matte Black) , Grimy Black (Matte Dark Gray almost black) , Rust (Matte Orangy Brown), and Grime (Matte Beige). With these few colors you can mix and simulate just about any type of weathering condition out there.
Practice on something like an old model car or something that you don't care too much about.
What you want to do is to layer on your weathering with thin paint washes. Like each successive rainstorm or season
a layer of soot, dirt, grease, and grime builds up. Layering also allows you to control the level of filth on the piece, it's personal preference to how little or how much.
Begin by spraying on a light mist of Engine Black, thinned 2 part thinner 1 part paint over the areas you want to weather if it's the entire locomotive. Spray lightly just to knock the gloss down. This will provide the base coat for each successive layer. Use vintage photographs to reference where water scale and stains and drips. Details like chains and rusted fittings can be sprayed with a mixture of rust and grimy black, there's no right way as it's your interpretation.
Thin washes sprayed of Grime, knocks down or provides a faded appearance to anything that is new, bright or newly painted. You'll find that you once you have weathered every thing you can always go back and reweather or increase the amount of layers of weathering.
