Extremely Heavy Weathering Tips Needed

[Raeder]

Hi all,

I picked up a Genesis boxcar and found a prototype that matches it, or some prototype photos, anyway.

www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=726769
www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=830082

NADX 7649 is the car, and I am modeling it as it would look in 2006. The photos show a car that is so heavily rusted that it will likely be retired soon, and therefore isn't receiving any maintenance, let alone a paint job.

I'll have it in baby blue tomorrow, and after that, I'll be rusting it, probably with a combination of chalks and airbrushing. I am thinking about using some of the artists paint to add to the effect, but from what I've seen those look good for small spots, I'm not sure how you would do them in a larger space like on the sides of this car.

Any ideas you guys can off would be appreciated!

Kevin

[gnsteve]

A couple of washes with a thinned white will start to fade the blue. Have you looked at the "New Toys" posts by Rudy Garbely in this section? They may work on large areas as well as they do along the edges. If you want weathering inspiration join Model Trains Weathered. Those guys know how to rust plastic.

[Rudy Garbely]

The pastels WILL work on a large area like that. You can smear them to represent the faded areas you see on that boxcar. Most of the cars I did had lighter weathering than that on the sides, but the roofs on my LV and RDG hoppers had very similar weathering that I was able to easily replicate with the pastels.

Basically, just color randomly on each panel with the pastel, much like a child would do with a crayon in a coloring book. Then just smear it vertically, either with your finger or a paper towel.

I've been planning an instructional video on how to do this for a while, so maybe this will motivate me to get off my butt and work on it? ;D