Dirt, Paint fade and Graffiti on a rake of Bachmann VGAs

Weathering a rake of 6 Bachmann OO Gauge VGA wagons based on those seen on the rear of A Fenny Compton MOD train.
00:00 Intro
00:49 The inspiration
02:20 removing decals
03:38 Yellow ends
07:12 weathering the ends
09:18 Airbrushing the dirt
19:16 Patching up
20:20 Graffiti tags

[@terryrawlinson-uj5en]

Love the work, once again your attention to detail is outstanding, a great watch

[@WesternSignalman]

Thanks Terry glad you enjoyed

[@andrewstevenson5449]

Glad you changed your mind, and posted this. Very nice work, and good explanation of your processes.

[@WesternSignalman]

Thank you very much glad you enjoyed the video.

[@EmperorsPath]

These look great James! the attention to detail is spot on, and your panel low lighting with the grey is great too!

[@WesternSignalman]

Cheers mate these where a challenge just to the complexity of the weathering but certainly satisfying at the end

[@jamfjord]

Nice work, I'm glad you decided to upload this after all. Hopefully this turns out to be a decently performing video after all - it's weird that people request videos that they don't end up watching. In any case, I have a playlist of weathering videos that I cycle through for inspiration, this video is one I'll keep coming back to. Cheers 👍

[@WesternSignalman]

That’s great to know and I’m glad my work can be used to inspire you, unfortunately this video seems to be doing terrible, never mind 😆

[@MrVinnyh]

Great job done

[@WesternSignalman]

Thank you

[@bennihulls6851]

See you should never doubt yourself about posting videos lol. That was a great video, I am genuinely impressed with your vandalism 😂😂👍

[@WesternSignalman]

Thanks, unfortunately the video has bombed it’s one of my worst performing. Weathering videos are a real enigma 😆

[@tonywise198]

I particularly liked the idea of putting graffiti on one van from twp prototypes. Great if you only have a limited number of vans, but it still gives you variety.

[@WesternSignalman]

Thanks Tony, that’s problem I have with basing weathering on a photo you only get one side at least this way the side isn’t made up

[@dibsyardshuntinglayout]

Superb work!

[@WesternSignalman]

Thanks you very much

[@miranda_imp]

Cracking detail 👍

[@WesternSignalman]

Thank you

[@courtybellaroadmodelrailwa1906]

You’ve done a fantastic job on these mate, really capture the worn work staining of the real vehicles.
As an aside, I didn’t realise you were a Bobby at TVSC, I started there in 2017 on link 3 before going to Wales ROC. Really enjoyed my time up there, but the 100 minute each way drive wasn’t sustainable unfortunately.

[@WesternSignalman]

Thanks, it took a lot of time and effort but certainly worth it.
I’ve been at TVSC since 2015 (except when I went to Chiltern for a bit in 2020) I would have been in link 1 when you were there.

[@courtybellaroadmodelrailwa1906]

@@WesternSignalman I didn’t venture up to the expensive seats 😂😂

[@WesternSignalman]

@courtybellaroadmodelrailwa1906 fair enough, although they’ve moved them to the other end of the room now

[@courtybellaroadmodelrailwa1906]

@@WesternSignalman How is Irish Marc ? The nomad of network rail, top bloke just doesn’t settle at any one location for long lol

[@WesternSignalman]

@courtybellaroadmodelrailwa1906 he came back start of the year to join link 4 after working in Sussex for a bit. But he’s well.

[@user-sv4pj5jl8n]

Good looking subtle weathering. I'm not supprised you sold off your TT. Not much trade support outside of Hornby.

[@WesternSignalman]

It’s a shame really as it’s a nice scale but I can’t just run A3s and A4s for next few years waiting for something else

[@user-sv4pj5jl8n]

Most mere mortals pick a scale which has the equipment and accessary's for the World they'll create. TT died in the United States in the early 1960's after a five year run due to lack of trade support. It was an interesting foot note in books when I began the hobby in the early 1970's. Model on!