Hey John I just bought The General and The Texas 4-4-0 steam trains. I'm very ,very new to the hobby. These are my very first trains. I've seen pictures as they sit in the museum. I'm sure thats not what they looked like in The Great Locomotive Chase in 1862. Any ideas on how to handle these 2 beauties, as far as weathering goes. I'm sure they will be shiny and new looking, should i weather them, or keep them shiny and new? Any suggestions would be much appreciated. And when I say new, I mean new. Maybe a month in the hobby.
All operational locomotives get dirty in different ways. I guess it depends on what sort of work you have them doing on your layout. Soot and dust are the most common, even on newer locomotives. Rust comes later. :) What manufacturer? I could look them up and give some suggestions.
@@JCsRiptrack Bachmann HO 51004 W&ARR 'Texas' and Bachmann 52705 HO Western & Atlantic Railroad, The General. Fantasy Oil Paint Starship Filth 20ml Tube is unavailable on amazon, but is available on eBay. If you wanted to know.
Hi John, seems like your on the right "track" with your videos. I'll be following along. My main inspiration for weathering models is reality. Like you said, nothing beats getting out to the real thing. It also provides a challenge for me to try and replicate the prototype that I have captured through my own images. I also use rrpicturearchives for research, one other site for images is railcarphotos.com Thanks, Terry
Inspiration for weathering comes from a number of different places. Where do you look to get ideas for the look of your model railroad?
Great Video and thank you for the credit for the achieves photos. I have bad habit of shooting everything.
Those pictures are a fantastic resource for the work that I do, so thank you for shooting them! I try to make sure I give credit where credit is due!
I'm currently working on another start-to-finish video that features the covered hopper that you photographed. :)
Great explanation of the research process, John. Nice shirt too. 👍
Thanks Ron. The shirt is very nice. 😎
Great stuff, this is just as fun as weathering the models too
Oh yes... the danger is actually doing too much research and not enough work at the hobby desk! :)
Hey John I just bought The General and The Texas 4-4-0 steam trains. I'm very ,very new to the hobby. These are my very first trains. I've seen pictures as they sit in the museum. I'm sure thats not what they looked like in The Great Locomotive Chase in 1862. Any ideas on how to handle these 2 beauties, as far as weathering goes. I'm sure they will be shiny and new looking, should i weather them, or keep them shiny and new? Any suggestions would be much appreciated. And when I say new, I mean new. Maybe a month in the hobby.
All operational locomotives get dirty in different ways. I guess it depends on what sort of work you have them doing on your layout. Soot and dust are the most common, even on newer locomotives. Rust comes later. :) What manufacturer? I could look them up and give some suggestions.
@@JCsRiptrack Bachmann HO 51004 W&ARR 'Texas' and Bachmann 52705 HO Western & Atlantic Railroad, The General. Fantasy Oil Paint Starship Filth 20ml Tube is unavailable on amazon, but is available on eBay. If you wanted to know.
You can also order that colour directly from AK Interactive. It’s becoming increasingly a staple in the arsenal of most military modellers.
I use mouring Sun freight car books , historical society books and direct observation
+Rick Chandler Nice. Nothing like getting out trackside. :)
Hi John, seems like your on the right "track" with your videos. I'll be following along.
My main inspiration for weathering models is reality. Like you said, nothing beats getting out to the real thing. It also provides a challenge for me to try and replicate the prototype that I have captured through my own images. I also use rrpicturearchives for research, one other site for images is railcarphotos.com
Thanks, Terry
Thanks for the link, Terry. That's one more to add to the list!
Hi john.
+Gerald Brooks Hi Gerald. Good to see you. :)
why are you telling at us??