Easy weathering and detailing projects will show you how to add realism to rolling stock and locomotives.
More than a dozen easy weathering and detailing projects will show you how to add realism to rolling stock and locomotives. Well-illustrated, easy-to-follow instructions make this book suitable for beginning model railroaders.
Contents:
Introduction 6 1. Turn a shiny new boxcar into rolling stock long past its prime 14 2. Add graffiti and tags: A completely legal way to vandalize a covered hopper 20 3. Weather a tank car to leave no doubt about what it’s carrying 28 4. Weather a tank car to look as though it hasn’t been weathered at all 32 5. A rusted roof is the key to a realistically weathered old auto carrier 36 6. Give your first-generation double-stack cars a contemporary look 40 7. An easy flatcar pipe load made from Evergreen styrene tubing 46 8. Loading a gondola with stainless steel pipes made from aluminum tubes 52 9. Make a heavy steel-coil load for your gondolas from styrene strips 56 10. Easy-to-make removable loads for your open hoppers 60 11. How to give your once-beautiful Warbonnets a hard-at-work weathered look 62 12. A few improvements and a light weathering bring an Atlas Dash 8-40CW up to date 70 13. Apply DCC and sound to an older Kato SD70MAC 76 14. Apply a multi-color paint scheme to a bare Kato GP35 80 Index 86