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I tried to get some heavy weathered loco roofs.The prototype has a real crust of dirt collected over time. Specially the harvest gold loco looked like a toy from the eagles view.
The paint is a diluted mix of brown and black. A butt brush was used applying the paint with dab motions.
IMG_0782 by
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ps. I used the iPhone 6Plus for the photos again.
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That looks good. I like old rusty looking weathering.
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Reinhard, a very good and realistic addition.
But I would like to continue this weathering at all walkways around the motor heads, fronts and steps, my idea. Maybe not too intensely, however, a little bit.
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modelsof1900 Wrote:Reinhard, a very good and realistic addition.
But I would like to continue this weathering at all walkways around the motor heads, fronts and steps, my idea. Maybe not too intensely, however, a little bit.
Good eyes
I did the sides of the black frame but I did not do the walkways yet. They are shiny black on the birds view. That is easy to change
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Funny thing is that it looks quite different from 1 yard distance at 30°. That is what I see usually during operations sessions (playing :o )
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ps. This photo demonstrates the limits of the digital zoom of the iPhone. The Canon IXUS with an optical zoom would have produced a much better photo.
Reinhard
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Very realistic looking!
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Remember, where there is a lot of walking on the walkways the high spots will show silver metal, that would be the walkways on the cab door sides. The nose stairs get more walking as a rule then the rear steps, and the rear step on the engineer side has a little more wear too.
Charlie