MER Clinic: Weathering Rolling Stock

There are as many weathering techniques as there are colors of dirt. Two of the most popular are painting with washes and drybrushes (lots of thinned paint and just a little paint, respectively) and dusting with artist chalks. The first step is to take a look at prototype cars to see how nature ruins the railroads collections. If you model the modern era, all you need to do is to continue to photograph the train after the engines pass. If you model an older era, there is a tremendous variety of published material with good color pictures of dirty, rusted, dented, stained and grungy rolling stock. Just what we re looking for! This clinic will describe the steps required to use these techniques to make your own rolling stock look like it works for a living.

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