Fantastic and well explained how too do this great work my friend absolutely love this channel thanks a lot for doing this for us all to learn more great technique's to improve ourselves keep up the great work
@@BuntersYard oh you are absolutely welcome my friend they help tremendously and also just take me away from stress when i just sit to relax and watch your videos mate 😉😊🙏
I make my own coal loads from a big old chunk of bituminous coal (anthracite would have been easier to use but no railroads used soft coal). I smash it with a hammer on an old piece (about 12 inches) of rail I got from the Central of Georgia (120 pound rail - mainline). I use the really small pieces for HO gauge and the larger pieces I save for my Lionel 027 gauge. I usually make my own weathering chalks. I use the kitchen grater I got at a dollar store. I grind up some white chalk and mix some food coloring in a communion cup (great little cups for mixing paints). I then add my chalk and stir it up with a tooth pick. I then pour it onto my cutting mat and wait for it to dry. Then I use a single edged razor blade to cut it up as if you were cutting out a line of cocaine. :-) Then I put it back into the communion cup for storage until I need it. For trucks, wheels, freight car bodies and locos to add rust I use REAL rust. I take a roll of fine steel wool and put it into a quart jar and fill it up with white vinegar and set it on a window sill so the sun can shine on it. After a month or two, I pour the liquid out into a stainless photo tray from my darkroom (10X14). After it is completely dry I use a single edged razor blade scraper and scrape the rust out of the tray. It usually comes out as a fine powder. I then store it in a snuff container. Depending on how long you leave the steel wool in the vinegar my batches come out with different colors of rust, i.e., some are orange and others are a deeper colored red. When I get ready to use it I put several scoops of my rust into a plastic communion cup (neat little cups for mixing paints) and add some alcohol, Elmer's white glue and a dab of water soluble glycerin. Then I just brush it on. If I want an area where the rust has eaten through the metal (plastic) I use my X-acto knife and make some gouges in the sides of a car and fill it up with my rust. To seal the rust I usually topcoat it with a flat acrylic clear coat. It looks very realistic 'cause it is REAL rust! Happy Railroading! W Rusty Lane in eastern Tennessee
That’s great. Try it out a couple of times before you use it on a model. It’s quite straightforward though tbh. Take care as is becomes very delicate when it’s wet
That looks so good I made a cover out of toilet paper , used one sheet then I used a old tea bag waited till that dryed and painted it but yours looks a lot better
Another great video. Thank you. I had no idea paper shaper was a thing! I’ll redo the tarp on my Smokey Joe using this method. I used das clay finely rolled but always though it looked a little on the thick side.
Yes. Difficult to get putty thin enough. Even if it was 1mm then it would be 3” thick in real life. Look for paper shaped on good model shop websites. They have a special paper too with a finer texture. Haven’t tried it myself
Thanks for the idea! I'm actually on the lookout for a Ruston (cheaply). If you have one that you want to send me, i'll weather it for you and create a video
I’ll put them on eBay in the morning. If you’re on Instagram then you can follow Bunters Yard and send a message and we can sort it out that way? Either way I’ll update the link in the description tomorrow morning for you
Amazing result! A cheaper alternative to the paper shaper could be watered down pva, works just as well in my opinion.
Thank you. I’ll give it another try 👍🏼
Great, I’m dying to try that now, thanks.
Good luck.VMS do a paper too which they say is better than using printer paper, but i'm yet to try it
Fantastic and well explained how too do this great work my friend absolutely love this channel thanks a lot for doing this for us all to learn more great technique's to improve ourselves keep up the great work
So nice of you. I'm glad the videos are of use and some inspiration
@@BuntersYard oh you are absolutely welcome my friend they help tremendously and also just take me away from stress when i just sit to relax and watch your videos mate 😉😊🙏
I make my own coal loads from a big old chunk of bituminous coal (anthracite would have been easier to use but no railroads used soft coal). I smash it with a hammer on an old piece (about 12 inches) of rail I got from the Central of Georgia (120 pound rail - mainline). I use the really small pieces for HO gauge and the larger pieces I save for my Lionel 027 gauge. I usually make my own weathering chalks. I use the kitchen grater I got at a dollar store. I grind up some white chalk and mix some food coloring in a communion cup (great little cups for mixing paints). I then add my chalk and stir it up with a tooth pick. I then pour it onto my cutting mat and wait for it to dry. Then I use a single edged razor blade to cut it up as if you were cutting out a line of cocaine. :-) Then I put it back into the communion cup for storage until I need it. For trucks, wheels, freight car bodies and locos to add rust I use REAL rust. I take a roll of fine steel wool and put it into a quart jar and fill it up with white vinegar and set it on a window sill so the sun can shine on it. After a month or two, I pour the liquid out into a stainless photo tray from my darkroom (10X14). After it is completely dry I use a single edged razor blade scraper and scrape the rust out of the tray. It usually comes out as a fine powder. I then store it in a snuff container. Depending on how long you leave the steel wool in the vinegar my batches come out with different colors of rust, i.e., some are orange and others are a deeper colored red. When I get ready to use it I put several scoops of my rust into a plastic communion cup (neat little cups for mixing paints) and add some alcohol, Elmer's white glue and a dab of water soluble glycerin. Then I just brush it on. If I want an area where the rust has eaten through the metal (plastic) I use my X-acto knife and make some gouges in the sides of a car and fill it up with my rust. To seal the rust I usually topcoat it with a flat acrylic clear coat. It looks very realistic 'cause it is REAL rust! Happy Railroading! W Rusty Lane in eastern Tennessee
Some excellent suggestions there. Thank you
I love the finished product and the tutorial on the tarps. Might have to give that a shot here for my logging line. Thanks for the great content!
That’s great. Try it out a couple of times before you use it on a model. It’s quite straightforward though tbh. Take care as is becomes very delicate when it’s wet
Will you ever stop being a legend, man? :)
Haha!! Stop it, I'm blushing!!☺
That looks so good I made a cover out of toilet paper , used one sheet then I used a old tea bag waited till that dryed and painted it but yours looks a lot better
Lots of people use tissue soaked with pva glue. Was a bit messy when I tried it 🥴
wow that looks fantastic i have got the blue CR livery 0-4-0 i will be weathering that soon.
Cool 👍
nice work dude!
Thank you. Glad you liked it 👍🏼
Another great video. Thank you. I had no idea paper shaper was a thing! I’ll redo the tarp on my Smokey Joe using this method. I used das clay finely rolled but always though it looked a little on the thick side.
Yes. Difficult to get putty thin enough. Even if it was 1mm then it would be 3” thick in real life. Look for paper shaped on good model shop websites. They have a special paper too with a finer texture. Haven’t tried it myself
Excellent video, superb job! If you haven’t already could you do a weathering of a Hornby Ruston?
Thanks for the idea! I'm actually on the lookout for a Ruston (cheaply). If you have one that you want to send me, i'll weather it for you and create a video
Have you got a link to where you got the chimney and handrail knobs? I've got a smokey Joe in similar need!
I’ll put them on eBay in the morning. If you’re on Instagram then you can follow Bunters Yard and send a message and we can sort it out that way?
Either way I’ll update the link in the description tomorrow morning for you
Prefer the process or product.?i enjoy the process of weathering.i repaint triang coaches into irish liveries
Hmm. Tough question. I enjoy seeing the result