Weathered Locos & Stock

[paulc]

All sorts Steve!
Airbrush of a brake dust colour initially on the bogies, oily black where I wanted to see the colour change to the blacker-greasy areas either side of the tanks.
Brake dust coloured weathering powders over the sandier coloured areas - various shades - with the fix solution used to secure. Then a dry brush - very dry brush - of artists oils, a mix of black and browns over the whole (bogies).
I did airbrush some ‘super matt’ AK Interactive varnish on the sandier areas of the bogies.
The body was my usual application of oil paints mainly wiped back off. Then whilst that was wet-tacky I applied some gentle streaks of weathering powder down the body sides that then adheres to the wet paint.
The roof mainly airbrush, using ‘random’ masks to create the mottled look.
Finally some weathering powders on top of that, fixed using the aforementioned product.
Hope that’s useful.

Hi Podiatrist 79 , is this an AK product that you use and if so what for .
I picked this up from a deceased estate sale but don't really know what its for apart from what it says on the bottle .

 

[steve50]

All sorts Steve!
Airbrush of a brake dust colour initially on the bogies, oily black where I wanted to see the colour change to the blacker-greasy areas either side of the tanks.
Brake dust coloured weathering powders over the sandier coloured areas - various shades - with the fix solution used to secure. Then a dry brush - very dry brush - of artists oils, a mix of black and browns over the whole (bogies).
I did airbrush some ‘super matt’ AK Interactive varnish on the sandier areas of the bogies.
The body was my usual application of oil paints mainly wiped back off. Then whilst that was wet-tacky I applied some gentle streaks of weathering powder down the body sides that then adheres to the wet paint.
The roof mainly airbrush, using ‘random’ masks to create the mottled look.
Finally some weathering powders on top of that, fixed using the aforementioned product.
Hope that’s useful.

Thanks Neil it does. I think getting the colours right goes a long way to effective weathering and putting on light coats too. I ike the way the dirt on the bonnet top feathers away, just like the real thing! Did you say you airbrush pigment fixer after adding some pigments?