Finished! How to Weather an HO Scale Freight Car – Part 2



Originally, I thought I could finish this car in a single video, but it was running long. Rather than cram everything in, I instead broke it into two parts.

In this video weather an HO Scale covered hopper car using a number of different layered techniques. Often when I do a weathering project, I use only Pan Pastels, but this time, there were a number of effects I was looking for, so I decided to dig a little deeper into my bag of weathering tricks. The techniques include india ink washes, painting and drybrushing with acrylics, PrismaColor erasable pigment pencils, and Pan Pastel Powders. In this video, I complete the Pan Pastel powders, as well as add rust using Copic Sketch Markers, and oil paint washes.

Chapters:
00:00 – Intro
00:48 – PanPastels
10:35 – Copic Sketch Markers… Again
15:05 – Oil Paint Washes
21:06 – Final Adjustments
22:35 – Wrapping Up

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12 thoughts on “Finished! How to Weather an HO Scale Freight Car – Part 2”

  1. I used to use pan pastels but have switched to pigments what I do is dampen the area with AB thinner and use a fan brush or a stippling brush to give the car some texture. Like the way your car turned out. Your oil washes looked very cool.

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  2. I love your weather and technique I just had one serious question… they are three points oxidation is sun beatin weathered in time..but when metal is scratched it starts to automatically starts it's progress to light rust then the dark rust that i call full bloom rust.. you put light rust over full bloom rust..why this way??

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  3. Great stuff. I've just invested in a covered hopper as a weathering project. I normally just use enamel paints but I've bought some pastel pencils and India ink so will have a go with some of your techniques.

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  4. I really enjoyed your weathering techniques the car came out looking really great. I have a question on your Indian ink . Do you use of alcohol based burn umber. Would you be able to tell me where I could pick some of this up at.

    Thanks Roy

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