How I do it | Weathering Boxcars

Follow along as I weather up one of the railbox cars.

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[toddpilcher]

Nice modeling with good ideas on how to do things, look forward to more.

[ConradReisinger]

I learned so much. How will I ever remember so much. I am a new member at this.

[Panzermeister]

Two videos in one day! You spoil us :)

I really enjoyed your process. Yes, Micro Set is pretty much just vinegar, and it's meant to act as a sort of glue to help adhere the decal from underneath. In my opinion it is pointless and I don't use it anymore; I use Micro Sol for both before and after the decal application since the solvent melting the decal into the finish does a good enough job fixing the decal in place.

Also, really liked the speckling effect at the end with the enamel rust. Speckling is underrated for making super fine chips and rust very quickly!

[What_If_We_Tried]

Thanks so much for creating this tutorial video.

[derekalexander]

Great tutorial and excellent effects. Thanks for sharing.

[shawnpowell]

Awesome job and I'm very impressed with your techniques and stages to accomplish how weathered you want your cars! I've taken notes of this and will certainly watch this video again when it's time to weather mine. Thanks again for sharing your videos and I'm viewing them from Delmar, Delaware.

[jc_mac]

Thanks for a useful tutorial, now inspired to have a go!

[DiggerEvans]

that really does look great, nice to see your method my friend

[sandysmithvideos]

It is all about the layering, beautiful work and well produced video.

[markarnold]

Great effects. Please show the finished cars in an upcoming operations video.

[davestrains]

Looks awesome. Really looks realistic. Thanks for sharing. Dave

[ppgwhereeverett]

Newbee ! So, VERY informative for me about decals and the micro-sol stuff !! Thanks ! I will add here that I was born (1954) and raised in Torrance ! So now I have to watch some of your other videos !

[kraigsickels]

Wow what a beautiful weather job to your freight cars !! Boy, did they turn out Great 👍!!

[ruatrainman]

Great looking cars bud, I like the same paints that you use as well. You also have the perfect backyard for real sunlight diorama pics as well, you should consider that. Thanks for sharing. Dave B.

[johnarthur]

Wow that really came together well. Fantastic work!

[markhayes]

The grafitti very real especially for So Cal area. The techniques for weathering spot on.

[ictmainline]

Great content as always. Thank you for sharing.

[daletrongale]

Wow!! That's an awesome job on those cars. Seriously, you should do a detailed video/picture session on a couple cars and submit it to Model Railroader, maybe even this video on the RailBox cars. They turned out that good. BTW, this answered my question on your 'layout u0pdate' video I responded to. Thanks for this one. It is a keeper to view again. Dale in Idaho

[Kfan]

Nice video, the only thing I was wondering about is your use of a matte finish before decaling. Ive never had good results, people told me to always use a gloss coat. Even then my decaling was hit or miss until a kid at Milepost 38 hobby shop turned me on to using Future floor wax, which is acrylic. I air brush it on, a couple light coats and decals go down like glass. I model in On3 scale and the huge "Gramps" tank car decal was applied in one piece, over tank bands and rivets and looks like it is painted on. Just a suggestion, I love watching these kind of videos because you can always learn something. Thanks.

[Crookedriverandeasternrr]

Very nice job. Love the finished look. I also tend to get a little heavy handed lol