Weathering N scale cars

I’ve been enjoying some attempts at weathering N scale cars.  Mostly I’ve been following the techniques outlined in Tom Mann’s Weathering book (I highly recommend you pick up a copy if you are interested in weathering freight cars).

Here’s an example.

Weathered N scale Concor Grand Trunk autorack.The results have mostly been pleasing and it is a lot of fun to hone the various techniques to achieve the results I’m looking for.

I have created a folder on my Flickr site of my results and many of the pictures have annotations with some commentary on how the car was weathered.  Some of the cars have been weathered more than once as I have tried out the different techniques.  You can access all my pictures on my Flickr site.  And if you see a pocture you like on the little panel on the left, clicking on it will take you to that picture.

I plan to do more and it turns out that weathering is the sort of thing that requires little setup and tear down once you have the acrylics and chalks.  Give it a try, it’s a lot of fun and can dramatically change the realism of your rolling stock.

Cheers,

Coxy

Comments

[NGaugeTrains.org]

I've always struggled with getting the weathering on my N gauge trains to look the way I like. I will try Tom Mann’s Weathering book to see if I can get the results that you show above.

[IWMR]

Ugh! No updates in almost a year! I'd decry the death of one of my favorite Model Railroading Blogs, but I still have an ounce of hope for your return.

[Steve Cox]

I'll get back into it, I have just been overly distracted on other aspects of life tha need my attention unfortunately - Steve

[John]

very nice work, I have a sign on my air brush booth " DON'T OVER DO IT" keep this in mind sometimes the most simplified weathering looks the best, over done and it just doesn't look right, your work is out-standing! Just spent a lot of time looking through your pics. keep up the good work! send me a e-mail with your location.
JOHN

[Jamie]

Good work on the weathering effect, the pictures look great, thanks for the advice.

[Railroading]

wow. this looks almost real. just don't over do it though to make it more realistic.

[edmonton dad]

And I can't access your Flickr site now.

[Steve Cox]

It should be fixed now. Let me know if you are still unable to access the Flickr site.
- Steve

[Railroading]

yay! thanks. the flickr site is now accessible! i can go back to watching <A HREF="http://www.trainsoscaleus.com">railroading</A> pictures again.