50' Evans Double Door Boxcar

[analogbeatmaker]

Hi everyone! I just completed a boxcar and would like to drop a few flicks on ya's. I'll start first by showing the model I started with:


This pic shows the main proto side I was copying everything off of:


Here is the model version:


Here's the "other side" of a similar proto:


And the model version:


Misc. views.

[WC 7499]

Dayum! That looks amazing. Great work Nick!

[analogbeatmaker]

Apr 17, 2015 13:53:17 GMT -5 WC 7499 said:

Dayum! That looks amazing. Great work Nick!

Thank you Steve!

[tankcarsrule]

Nick, you've done it again, super fine!

Regards, Bobby

[simulatortrain]

Another winner! How exactly do you do your graffiti?

[analogbeatmaker]

Apr 17, 2015 19:19:32 GMT -5 tankcarsrule said:

Nick, you've done it again, super fine!
Regards, Bobby

Thank you for leaving another kind word Bobby!

Apr 17, 2015 21:41:52 GMT -5 simulatortrain said:

Another winner! How exactly do you do your graffiti?

Thanks Adam! I use acrylic craft paint (cheap stuff you find at Walmart) thinned down to the consistency of skim milk. Then, with very small brushes, I layer it on. It takes several layers to build up opacity and it can be very tedious, however, it dries super thin and is the most realistic way I've seen of duplicating graffiti. The overspray is oils lightly applied with a brush that almost all of the paint was wiped off of. These are techniques I learned from Gary Christensen over at The Rustbucket. Thanks for asking!

[gnsteve]

Well done. Your eye for fading, shading et al is right on.

Steve

[simulatortrain]

Thanks for the info. I had tried using that cheap paint full strength, but it dried too thick for my liking. I'll have to give it a try thinned. Seems like that will be helpful for the one piece I need to do on my bulkhead flat since it's old and partially transparent.

[analogbeatmaker]

Apr 17, 2015 23:49:49 GMT -5 gnsteve said:

Well done. Your eye for fading, shading et al is right on.
Steve

Thank you for the kindness Steve!

Apr 18, 2015 9:36:28 GMT -5 simulatortrain said:

Thanks for the info. I had tried using that cheap paint full strength, but it dried too thick for my liking. I'll have to give it a try thinned. Seems like that will be helpful for the one piece I need to do on my bulkhead flat since it's old and partially transparent.

It's a technique that works really well and as you can tell, you can vary the transparency to create a lot of effects. Good luck Adam!