CPAA #204526 #204527 #204512, 50' Berwick Boxcarr, Branchline Blueprint Kits

CP 365342 & 365345 100 ton hopper

 Eighty One

Again these are nice Bowser kits. Easy to assemble, nice detail, and at a good price. These two cars were weathered to appear not to long in use, 2-3 years. Most attention was paid to dirt, grime and rust. The weathering here is done with acrylics, the technique used is primarily dry brushing. 

 

 Eighty Two

 Eighty Three

 Eighty Four

Eighty Five

Eighty Six

CP 400259 62' Tank Car

 Sixty Five

Here we have another commissioned work. This is an Athearn tank car kit that was given to me assembled. I did a medium weathering job with some rust and went light on the graffiti. Weathering was done with acrylics, rust with oils and graffiti with paint markers

As a side note, in searching RR Pictures Archives it appears that CP mostly used these cars for MOW or internal purposes.

 Sixty Six

 Sixty Seven and Sixty Eight

Close up of the rust and of the "streaking" letters. I did the streaking with several light washes of acrylic paint. 

Sixty Nine

The other side of the car

 Seventy

I took the idea of the red paint off a prototype photo

CP Caboose...

Three.
Here we have CP caboose 439418. This is a Walther's Trainline caboose. I chose to do some work on this caboose because 1, it is inexpensive and 2,  it is a low detail car that gave me the opportunity to demonstrate how weathering can make "lower end" models look good.

I added window glazing via some scrap thin plastic, weighted the gar using self-stick lead weights and added McHenry couplers. I also added a figure in the copula.

Dirt and grime was done using acrylics. I use both washes and dry-brushing techniques. Rust and rust streaks were added with oils. There is no graffiti on this car.

Four.
This is another shot of the same car. My apologies for the lighting and camera work, I have never claimed to be a photographer.