great idea i may give this ago on the track this is the beauty of you tube because the established channels like yourself are so gracious with there ideas and new tricks it gives new kids on the block like me the opportunity to improve my layout 👍👍
Fascinating stuff Richard. This is a job I have to do and like you won’t be using an airbrush. The results are very good too. Time to get my experimental board out and start dabbing. Paul
Great to see some weathering at last Richard! Good thing about it you can always add different textures etc as and when you discover them. I did mention adding some gloop inbeteen rails to replicate a biild up of oil and grime thats almost covered the sleepers. Typically seen in station areas. God im now itching to start ballasting my track just so i can weather it.
Great video and experiment. Love what you are trying to achieve. Having just completed building my baseboards, your videos and those of Everard Junction, will save me a lot of time and effort. Ta very much
You nearly answered my question. Where do trains stop in a through station? 0-6-0/ 4-6-2 etc. Two coaches, three coaches, four coaches and where will your new one stop? Just paint all the tracks in the station and the problem is solved. (Of course, new trains do not have oil leaks.) Great weathering. I learn from you every time. Regards to all New junctions Martin. (Thailand)
Good work, patience is the name of the game! I have done my track with washes & powders great results can be obtained without the need for an airbrush.👍🏻 Enjoyed the video, looking forward to seeing the rest of the station develop.
Hi Richard, great job on weathering your track, I am with you it always pays to do a test run before you do the real thing. Well done really nice job, and thanks for sharing. Regards George..
Great stuff Richard a very interesting experiment with colours and painting Technics its amazing what affects can be achieved without a airbrush well done i know a lot of people use paint pens for track work for rusting up track work to dull it down then go over with the track grime i will be very interested to see i will look forward to seeing your next video thanks for sharing ... regards Pete
Real good video Richard I do like the effect with the watered down acrylics, and a better result by far than weathering Powers I used. Thanks for the video- very useful Garry
Nice video! I'm a big believer in painting the track with a brush and in applying washes to the ballast, rather using an airbrush. That's how I do my ballast. ...Roy
Great video - not so sure about the Ground Force sound track! ;-) - and I think you have to be pretty confident with an airbrush to weather your track without weathering three quarters of the layout, so using a brush is a great technique
This is a great approach, I like the final result. I'm working on ballasting around the station now, and would be looking to weather along the same lines as this. I'm not a huge fan of the weathering pens either, but you could just run them quick along the side of the tracks to take off some of the sheen? Iain
I'm not sure I can justify the expense of an airbrush, especially as I doubt I would want to repaint locos, wagons and coaches, so I had been thinking along similar lines. I have also thought about colouring the PVA when doing the original ballasting, it would be easy and quick to do this as different shades if using Rob McCraines method of using a wash bottle rather than a syringe to apply the diluted PVA. Not seen any one else using your approach, so well done sir, a brave step and one I shall follow!
Nice end effect on the ballast and sleepers, but I feel the rail sides need a bit more heavy-handedness on them. Rails get very grimy and rusty on the sides, it should almost look matt...
Richard as for the rails tey joes rusty paint ive used it on mine works great look in 1 of my videos great video though mite try this myself Cheers paul
looks far better Richard that track needed weathering, im gonna stick with my airbrush tho, far quicker method, but its always about whats best for you Andy
Would love to see a flashing red light on the back of my last container wagon have you ever considered doing it for a future video? I have some electronics experience in past but would appreciate a walk through using a kit via a You Tuber showing how it should be done.
You will find it better to dab the brush as you will get a more even coverage that way instead of sweeping strokes you want to get in the habit of doing it that way it will make life easier for you from an artist me myself i use acrylic paint as it is so much cheaper and you can mix your own shades one tube will do the hole model for three pounds a tube or even cheaper but if you cant mix shades then what you are using is well acceptable but a little expensive but great videos i have subscribed as iam starting a N gauge model in the summer as the loft is finally being converted to stand in and some lighting and empty all the crap you gain over thirty plus years lol.
Nice work! Just a quick question for you is what brand of ballast do you use? I found the best ballast for weathering is to use screened gravel rather than the commercial ballast which like Woodland scenics is usually crushed walnut shells and resists colours more than actual rock based ballast. I order some sieve screens used by labs. I then went to a friendly garden centre and asked them if I could screen their gravels. I got a good c supply (enough for many layouts!) and only had to pay a minimal amount. The reason I did this is that when I measure the commercial ballast under a microscope it is still equivalent to a small boulder. The fine ballast looks so much more realistic and takes washes much better. Looking forward to your next video I love your layout and could spend a lot of time admiring the trains running. Regards
Great video as usual Richard. It's good to see that you can achieve a decent weathered finish without resorting to an airbrush. Out of interest, is that Woodland Scenics medium blended grey (or gray) ballast??
Hi Richard, what a big improvement to your layout! I also thought of this kind of track weathering before. Shouldn‘t it be possible to reach the same effect with a mixture of black and brown very thinned much cheaper acrylic colours? I think I’ll try that someday. Guido
Hello ... I'm not familiar with the product having an orange label/blue lettering as I live in Canada. What is the manufacturer's name? You are using the "sleeper grime" colour as your base which seems like a great starting point Also, what is your experience with acrylics adhering to metal rail weathering (eg. rail web/side) especially if a wash. Thanks ~ Hugh
.Hi yes very nice ,but I would clean the top rails ,so it would look has the loco s ur train have run on the rails so be a shine of Steel ,very nice sleeper s kev philipines
great idea i may give this ago on the track this is the beauty of you tube because the established channels like yourself are so gracious with there ideas and new tricks it gives new kids on the block like me the opportunity to improve my layout 👍👍
Layton Junction very kind of you to say so!
Good video, Richard. Brave man using the other halfs hairdryer.
She didn't notice!
Great idea Rich doing a comparison test to see exactly what one wants the desired finish to be.
Fascinating stuff Richard. This is a job I have to do and like you won’t be using an airbrush. The results are very good too. Time to get my experimental board out and start dabbing. Paul
Just done exactly the same on my layout. Looks fabulous, not done the oil spill yet
Great stuff
New Junction just uploaded my latest and credited your work took no credit for this..thanks very much
Great to see some weathering at last Richard! Good thing about it you can always add different textures etc as and when you discover them. I did mention adding some gloop inbeteen rails to replicate a biild up of oil and grime thats almost covered the sleepers. Typically seen in station areas. God im now itching to start ballasting my track just so i can weather it.
Great video and experiment. Love what you are trying to achieve. Having just completed building my baseboards, your videos and those of Everard Junction, will save me a lot of time and effort. Ta very much
Glad you enjoyed it! :-)
The still shot really helped to see the effect much clearer.
You nearly answered my question. Where do trains stop in a through station? 0-6-0/ 4-6-2 etc. Two coaches, three coaches, four coaches and where will your new one stop? Just paint all the tracks in the station and the problem is solved. (Of course, new trains do not have oil leaks.) Great weathering. I learn from you every time. Regards to all New junctions Martin. (Thailand)
Another great video Richard. Station looks amazing.
Paul Armstrong very kind!
Excellent video thank you as you haven given me some ideas for my track weathering. Love the music also.
Thanks Kevin
Good work, patience is the name of the game!
I have done my track with washes & powders great results can be obtained without the need for an airbrush.👍🏻
Enjoyed the video, looking forward to seeing the rest of the station develop.
Station with no name BR WR Can't wait myself, it's getting exciting.
Hi Richard, great job on weathering your track, I am with you it always pays to do a test run before you do the real thing. Well done really nice job, and thanks for sharing. Regards George..
George Wyatt Thanks as always George!
Great stuff Richard a very interesting experiment with colours and painting Technics its amazing what affects can be achieved without a airbrush well done i know a lot of people use paint pens for track work for rusting up track work to dull it down then go over with the track grime i will be very interested to see i will look forward to seeing your next video thanks for sharing ... regards Pete
Great idea for in and around stations, sidings etc. In open country air brushing may still have the edge. Best of two
This is brilliant! I love the technique, I believe I may have to borrow said technique when i come to weathering my track!
Steam With a Scooby Your welcome to it! :-)
Looks very good Richard
that is a great video on doing the track. different layers. give different outcomes.
Real good video Richard
I do like the effect with the watered down acrylics, and a better result by far than weathering Powers I used.
Thanks for the video- very useful
Garry
Brilliant Richard I’m not a big fan of airbrushing mostly for the cost I’m trying to make a grime colour to save more money
Excellent video Richard, ill definitely try this on Sealand central! 😁
Nice video! I'm a big believer in painting the track with a brush and in applying washes to the ballast, rather using an airbrush. That's how I do my ballast. ...Roy
Great video - not so sure about the Ground Force sound track! ;-) - and I think you have to be pretty confident with an airbrush to weather your track without weathering three quarters of the layout, so using a brush is a great technique
Great work and saved a lot of money not using an airbrush.
Great vid.
Finally with some proper music that fits with British Industry. Which band is it?
This is a great approach, I like the final result. I'm working on ballasting around the station now, and would be looking to weather along the same lines as this. I'm not a huge fan of the weathering pens either, but you could just run them quick along the side of the tracks to take off some of the sheen? Iain
I'm not sure I can justify the expense of an airbrush, especially as I doubt I would want to repaint locos, wagons and coaches, so I had been thinking along similar lines. I have also thought about colouring the PVA when doing the original ballasting, it would be easy and quick to do this as different shades if using Rob McCraines method of using a wash bottle rather than a syringe to apply the diluted PVA. Not seen any one else using your approach, so well done sir, a brave step and one I shall follow!
thank you for posting very good video
They look really effective, I prefer to do it by hand also. I might give the washes a try after seeing your results
Joe
Nice end effect on the ballast and sleepers, but I feel the rail sides need a bit more heavy-handedness on them. Rails get very grimy and rusty on the sides, it should almost look matt...
Really great intro i love the class 67
Richard as for the rails tey joes rusty paint ive used it on mine works great look in 1 of my videos great video though mite try this myself
Cheers paul
Great tutorial will definitely help me when I come to doing this sort of thing
good job. It adds more detail to your layout.
matt slade been filming the 60 today on the track and it really compliments it!
Looos great what size paint brush did you use for the black and the sleeper grime
looks far better Richard that track needed weathering, im gonna stick with my airbrush tho, far quicker method, but its always about whats best for you Andy
Would love to see a flashing red light on the back of my last container wagon have you ever considered doing it for a future video? I have some electronics experience in past but would appreciate a walk through using a kit via a You Tuber showing how it should be done.
Is it possible to see the weathering effects on track with concrete sleepers?
Might need some bits of toilet paper on the track from the HST's ;)
Your track looks nice though! Might have to try this for myself :P
Cheers!
Ed.
Looks fantastic! :)
Hi if I was going to weather something I would try the dry brushing method because I have heard that it is very affective.
Very nice.
Great. Does getting paint on top of the rail affect the loco pickup?
Yes but cleaning it off is easy
Thanks
You will find it better to dab the brush as you will get a more even coverage that way instead of sweeping strokes you want to get in the habit of doing it that way it will make life easier for you from an artist me myself i use acrylic paint as it is so much cheaper and you can mix your own shades one tube will do the hole model for three pounds a tube or even cheaper but if you cant mix shades then what you are using is well acceptable but a little expensive but great videos i have subscribed as iam starting a N gauge model in the summer as the loft is finally being converted to stand in and some lighting and empty all the crap you gain over thirty plus years lol.
Great video cheers, what's happening with the columns ??
simon price work in progress, that's a big project and will take a while before it reaches your screens.
Great video. I think I'll be doing this. Does it effect the running of the train though?
Not at all, keep the tops clean
Do you use cork as your underlay
Nice work! Just a quick question for you is what brand of ballast do you use? I found the best ballast for weathering is to use screened gravel rather than the commercial ballast which like Woodland scenics is usually crushed walnut shells and resists colours more than actual rock based ballast. I order some sieve screens used by labs. I then went to a friendly garden centre and asked them if I could screen their gravels. I got a good c supply (enough for many layouts!) and only had to pay a minimal amount. The reason I did this is that when I measure the commercial ballast under a microscope it is still equivalent to a small boulder. The fine ballast looks so much more realistic and takes washes much better.
Looking forward to your next video I love your layout and could spend a lot of time admiring the trains running.
Regards
Michael Churchward I use the Woodland scenics stuff, this side is Fine Light grey mixed with fine Grey.
Great video as usual Richard. It's good to see that you can achieve a decent weathered finish without resorting to an airbrush. Out of interest, is that Woodland Scenics medium blended grey (or gray) ballast??
Nick Wilcock Its a mix of Grey and light grey this time, there is a video on it a few updates back if you need more info.
Regards
Richard
New Junction Cool, thanks. I'll rewatch it
Hi Richard, what a big improvement to your layout! I also thought of this kind of track weathering before. Shouldn‘t it be possible to reach the same effect with a mixture of black and brown very thinned much cheaper acrylic colours? I think I’ll try that someday. Guido
Fluo66 Most people use cheap acrylic, this is what I had laying about.
Hi what size brush did you use please
Hello ... I'm not familiar with the product having an orange label/blue lettering as I live in Canada. What is the manufacturer's name? You are using the "sleeper grime" colour as your base which seems like a great starting point
Also, what is your experience with acrylics adhering to metal rail weathering (eg. rail web/side) especially if a wash.
Thanks ~ Hugh
Music from Ground Force
Do you use flex track as well
Yes and Cork underlay
Very cool
what made you decide to use a wash instead of airbrushing to weather the track ?
nicholas de bona I fancied a bit more of a hands on aproch.
.Hi yes very nice ,but I would clean the top rails ,so it would look has the loco s ur train have run on the rails so be a shine of Steel ,very nice sleeper s kev philipines