CF7 Roof Weathering

[Steve Williams]

Kurt, you really hit the jackpot as it's a Florida Central loco I am weathering.

Talk about telepathic skills!

I, too, would like to see the loco when it is finished.

Blimey, that's putting me on the spot!! The friend I am doing it for told me that they get into a right state and he wants it to look seriously mucky. I am currently at the paint fading and introducing rust spot stage. next I think it needs a squirt of Testors and then I can start on a darker wash and then some serious dirtying. I have found this project quite difficult as the original model is in quite a 'toytown red'.

This is the loco in its original state with handrails and bogie side frames removed:
   

After first stage washes: