After much swearing & cussing I finally assembled a Tichy Train Group flatcar. I saw a video of the assembly and really liked the under frame brake detail (which no one will ever see). I followed the instructions to the tee and wish I hadn't. After installing the stirrups in a previous step I broke every one of them off while installing the extra added bronze phosphor wire grab irons. If you ever build this kit install the stirrups as the very LAST step! I did end up making some stirrups out of staples from a desktop stapler that were the correct size for my HO scale model. I think I spent as much time chasing small parts across the floor as I did assembling the model, LOL! After finishing the assembly I painted the whole underside rail brown and hand painted every board on the deck a different shade of brown mixing the acrylic paint in a small plastic communion cup as I went along. It came out looking very realistic and believable. I did weather the trucks, wheels and the Kadee couplers. Cheers from eastern TN
Great video, Jason. I'm impressed at your fearlessness - you took a "finished" model and attacked it pretty mercilessly with saw and knife. Scary! But the end result is incredible. Thanks for showing your technique.
Yeah, usually I do it before the car is painted and finished. Obviously attacking a 'finished' car is something I'm willing to do after literally a dozen cars, so confidence is high that I'll not be 'destroying' the model, but improving it. I encourage all modelers to try the techniques... but maybe start with some scribed styrene from Evergreen styrene! :)
I bought a small hairdryer to help with speeding up drying time. High, Low heat; High, Low fan, and a quick COOL button to kill the heat temporarily. Works great,
I've got some Craftsman acrylic paint called Espresso & Latte which translates to coffee & creme which I use a lot for rust. It' almost the same color as oil transparent red ocher. I've got a lot of Craftsman & Apple Barrel acrylic paint. Cheers - TN
Thank you for the feed back! I've thought about doing one on the beet rack... I'm hoping to get the splice plate add-on etchings before I do such a project. That way everything could be done in one video. Unlike deck weathering... building one of the beet racks tends to take several hours. So there will be lots of editing and stuff, or ya'll are gonna be asleep by the end! :P I'm working on a couple conventional blog posts on the Beet Racks. I assume you'd rather have the cliff notes version of the beet rack video than this weathering video where it's done almost in one take? Let me know.
I don't do railroads per se as I build model kits, but I have some 1/35 WWII railroad cars that this will be perfect for. I like techniques for chewing up random sections of deck as my cars are transporting AFVs running on unpadded tracks.
Nice video, I have been weathering flat car decks for a long time. I have always done it with the expensive powders and paints. Money is tight and it is nice to see someone getting good results with craft paints. I will be trying this, thank you! Do you ever go back over the deck and back drag a blade between the boards to separate them better, or does that just mess it up with these paints?
Matt, you certainly can rescribe the board edges with either a razor blade/Xacto or use the razor saw blade if you want more definition on it. It may also be helpful to do a dark wash over the deck before your totally finished to get a more contrasting look at what you've done so far. Happy modeling!
Yes, i've done several videos on making plastic models with wood parts look like wood. Often in the real wood parts in this scale and smaller font take distressing well... the plastic can be distressed in more realistic ways, as long as the final painting looks realistic too.
@@NightOwlModeler It was realistic enough to me that I didn't know what it was. I'm not interested in model trains but your take is very intriguing. It's very inspiring to see someone so relentlessly interested in something, although it is beyond my understanding why anyone has that.
After much swearing & cussing I finally assembled a Tichy Train Group flatcar. I saw a video of the assembly and really liked the under frame brake detail (which no one will ever see). I followed the instructions to the tee and wish I hadn't. After installing the stirrups in a previous step I broke every one of them off while installing the extra added bronze phosphor wire grab irons. If you ever build this kit install the stirrups as the very LAST step! I did end up making some stirrups out of staples from a desktop stapler that were the correct size for my HO scale model. I think I spent as much time chasing small parts across the floor as I did assembling the model, LOL! After finishing the assembly I painted the whole underside rail brown and hand painted every board on the deck a different shade of brown mixing the acrylic paint in a small plastic communion cup as I went along. It came out looking very realistic and believable. I did weather the trucks, wheels and the Kadee couplers. Cheers from eastern TN
Great video, Jason. I'm impressed at your fearlessness - you took a "finished" model and attacked it pretty mercilessly with saw and knife. Scary! But the end result is incredible. Thanks for showing your technique.
Yeah, usually I do it before the car is painted and finished. Obviously attacking a 'finished' car is something I'm willing to do after literally a dozen cars, so confidence is high that I'll not be 'destroying' the model, but improving it. I encourage all modelers to try the techniques... but maybe start with some scribed styrene from Evergreen styrene! :)
I bought a small hairdryer to help with speeding up drying time. High, Low heat; High, Low fan, and a quick COOL button to kill the heat temporarily. Works great,
You did a great job on the video. I love to super close up shots.
Thanks John!
Wow! Great video. I plan on trying your technique.
Look forward to hearing how it goes!
Fantastic job. I'm heading to my work bench! 😁
You can do it!
I've got some Craftsman acrylic paint called Espresso & Latte which translates to coffee & creme which I use a lot for rust. It' almost the same color as oil transparent red ocher. I've got a lot of Craftsman & Apple Barrel acrylic paint. Cheers - TN
Thanks I needed this video. Great!
You're welcome Steve. Be cool to see viewers trying this themselves!
Great video. Hope to see more videos of your modeling. Any planned videos on the Blackburn sugar beet racks?
Thank you for the feed back!
I've thought about doing one on the beet rack... I'm hoping to get the splice plate add-on etchings before I do such a project. That way everything could be done in one video. Unlike deck weathering... building one of the beet racks tends to take several hours. So there will be lots of editing and stuff, or ya'll are gonna be asleep by the end! :P I'm working on a couple conventional blog posts on the Beet Racks.
I assume you'd rather have the cliff notes version of the beet rack video than this weathering video where it's done almost in one take? Let me know.
Personally I'm a fan of this style of video. Raw and largely uncut. Either way, keep up the good work. :)
I don't do railroads per se as I build model kits, but I have some 1/35 WWII railroad cars that this will be perfect for. I like techniques for chewing up random sections of deck as my cars are transporting AFVs running on unpadded tracks.
Nice video, I have been weathering flat car decks for a long time. I have always done it with the expensive powders and paints. Money is tight and it is nice to see someone getting good results with craft paints. I will be trying this, thank you! Do you ever go back over the deck and back drag a blade between the boards to separate them better, or does that just mess it up with these paints?
Matt, you certainly can rescribe the board edges with either a razor blade/Xacto or use the razor saw blade if you want more definition on it. It may also be helpful to do a dark wash over the deck before your totally finished to get a more contrasting look at what you've done so far. Happy modeling!
I genuinely had no idea what this was. I thought it was a woodworking tutorial? I suppose it is.
Yes, i've done several videos on making plastic models with wood parts look like wood. Often in the real wood parts in this scale and smaller font take distressing well... the plastic can be distressed in more realistic ways, as long as the final painting looks realistic too.
@@NightOwlModeler It was realistic enough to me that I didn't know what it was. I'm not interested in model trains but your take is very intriguing. It's very inspiring to see someone so relentlessly interested in something, although it is beyond my understanding why anyone has that.