Weathering bench

[Dempsey]

First in line of my weathering projects has been my 10 Tara mines wagons from Irish Model Railways which I've spent the last few days working on and I'm extremely happy with the results. 

First layer of dry brushing.

Second layer.

 

Airbrushing of the lid and along the upper portion of the wagon

Airbrushing of the lower portion of the wagons with frame dirt to finish it all off.

All that remains is to apply grease marks to the buffers and varnish.

Very happy with how they all turned out with a good varied look throughout the 10 wagons. Look forward to hearing your thoughts as always.

[Noel]

Excellent 

[RedRich]

Excellent work. The best weathered models are always the ones where the modeller weathers what he sees on the prototype and not what he thinks it should look like. You have done the former.

Rich,

[Dempsey]

Just now, RedRich said:

Excellent work. The best weathered models are always the ones where the modeller weathers what he sees on the prototype and not what he thinks it should look like. You have done the former.

Rich,

Thanks Rich, Google images is a great resource and of course the people who go out and share the pictures they've taken.

[Strimmers]

Pure dacent

[RedRich]

Flickr is fantastic for pics of rolling stock from all angles from the ground and from above covering most angles.

The Tara's are arguably one of IRM's finest wagons. I love the prototype 

Rich,

[Dempsey]

I really like them myself. The only thing I've noticed is if you attach the vacuum pipes the couplers seem to hit off them when turning . I dont know if its to do with the tension locks they come fitted with or is it dependent on the radius curve you use or if a different type coupler would be better 

[flange lubricator]

Nice weathering job, not too much but enough . 

[DJ Dangerous]

Absolutely fabulous!

[Dempsey]

Thanks everyone. Guinness liners next and I've 16 of them to do.

[Sean Hogan]

6 hours ago, Dempsey said:

First in line of my weathering projects has been my 10 Tara mines wagons from Irish Model Railways which I've spent the last few days working on and I'm extremely happy with the results. 

First layer of dry brushing.

Second layer.

 

Airbrushing of the lid and along the upper portion of the wagon

Airbrushing of the lower portion of the wagons with frame dirt to finish it all off.

All that remains is to apply grease marks to the buffers and varnish.

Very happy with how they all turned out with a good varied look throughout the 10 wagons. Look forward to hearing your thoughts as always.

Brilliant job well done

 

Brilliant job well done

 

[burnthebox]

8 hours ago, Dempsey said:

First in line of my weathering projects has been my 10 Tara mines wagons from Irish Model Railways which I've spent the last few days working on and I'm extremely happy with the results. 

First layer of dry brushing.

Second layer.

 

Airbrushing of the lid and along the upper portion of the wagon

Airbrushing of the lower portion of the wagons with frame dirt to finish it all off.

All that remains is to apply grease marks to the buffers and varnish.

Very happy with how they all turned out with a good varied look throughout the 10 wagons. Look forward to hearing your thoughts as always.

Damm it sir, there AWSOME very very well done, 

BTB

[JasonB]

On 12/10/2020 at 1:12 PM, Dempsey said:

Anybody can give a model a blast of an airbrush. But as Rich has said above, the trick is to try get it as close to what you're looking at, rather than what you think it should look like. You've nailed it, that's a top job. 

[Dempsey]

On 16/10/2020 at 9:01 PM, JasonB said:

Anybody can give a model a blast of an airbrush. But as Rich has said above, the trick is to try get it as close to what you're looking at, rather than what you think it should look like. You've nailed it, that's a top job. 

I have been guilty of doing that in the past but as the skills grow and grow I find the airbrush more useful for applying varnish or doing a full repaint. 

Appreciate all the feed back guys thanks. More to come on this feed.

[Dempsey]

Next on the weathering bench were my resently acquired weed spray wagons. Thought i had gone somewhat over board although accidentally however i did manage too find some images that show the real ones in a similar state. 

As always your thoughts and comments are appreciated. 

[Strimmers]

top class work

what method of weathering was this achieved with?

[Noel]

Really nice job. Transformative to the pristine dayglo yellow

[Dempsey]

37 minutes ago, Strimmers said:

top class work

what method of weathering was this achieved with?

Just light dry brushing with small amounts and cooper and browns to give the effect of bleed through rust. Then watered down railmatch frame dirt with thinners and misted the model with a few coats. The over thinning allowed the paint to run and gives the streaking effect as if washed off with rain. 

[popeye]

That looks great, nice job.

[Rob]

Absolutely fantastic- looks brilliant.

[Dempsey]

Next on the weathering bench is the guinness wagons. Kept it simple by dulling down the paintwork on the cages, frame and bogies with a coat of frame dirt along the bottom to finish. Hope you enjoy. 

And since i have a new addition in a class 121 seemed fitting for it to take them for a spin

[JasonB]

On 6/11/2020 at 1:37 PM, Dempsey said:

It's not always easy to tone down bright colours when weathering, without it looking like you've gone too far. No worries on that front with these. That's a lovely job. 

[Dempsey]

21 hours ago, JasonB said:

It's not always easy to tone down bright colours when weathering, without it looking like you've gone too far. No worries on that front with these. That's a lovely job. 

Thank you very much. Much appreciated. 

[jhb171achill]

Many of those containers ended up looking almost like they'd been PAINTED brown instead of orange in the first place, due to the uncleaned brake dust patina all over them! The above looks very realistic indeed....

[Dempsey]

Latest project saw no.156 receive the weathering treatment. 

[Noel]

Very nice job. Pleasing result seems just right, not over cooked. 

[Dempsey]

Cheers Noel. Bit of practice before the 121 gets the same treatment 

[Dempsey]

No.130 given the same treatment as above as I intend to run both 156 and 130 together in the future. 

Thoughts and comments as always are appreciated. 

[Noel]

Excellent job and superb result. The pair look great together.

[irishthump]

Very nice! They look like they’ve been coupled together for ages!

[Dempsey]

3 hours ago, Noel said:

Excellent job and superb result. The pair look great together.

Much appreciated thank you. I'm delighted with how they both turned out. 

 

[Dempsey]

2 hours ago, irishthump said:

Very nice! They look like they’ve been coupled together for ages!

They'll be working together a lot

[Dempsey]

Latest project the is the IRM ballest plough and wagons. 

Thoughts and comments as always are appreciated. 

[irishthump]

I'd try some light washes on the ballast wagons to vary the overall colour but that's just me.

The plough vans are spot on though, they look fantastic.

Overall, really nice work.

[Dempsey]

Unfortunately the camera wouldn't pick up the base layer work I had done on the wagons. 

I'm really happy with the end result.