CN 400755 50' Plug Door Car

Twenty Six.

Here we have a medium weathered 50' Plug Door Car from the Branchline Blueprint Series car with some graffiti. Rather than hitting the whole car with rust I focused on the door areas. 

Twenty Seven.

Close up of door detailing.

Twenty Eight.

Door detail from the other side of the car. Notice how the oils are able to add texture to the "rust". 

Twenty Nine.
Rusty trucks with dirty car. Less focus on rust on the car with more emphasis on it being "dirty".

Thirty.

Thirty One.

Thirty Two.
Close up on graffiti.

Thirty Three.
Final shot showing second "piece" as well as how the whole car comes together.

Still need to work on those photography skills....

UO 1542 50' FMC Offset DD Box Car

Twenty One.
Here we have another Athearn car, Union Railroad of Oregon 50' FMC Offset DD Box, UO 1542. Rust was done with oils, dirt with acrylic dry-brushing. There is no graffiti on this car as I wanted to focus on heavy rusting.

This car really brought out the texture  of the rust that can be added by using oils.

Twenty Two.
Opposite side to twenty-one.

Twenty Three.
Rust detail.

Twenty Four.
Opposite side to twenty three.

Twenty Five.
Close-up detail of the trucks.

HSW 1047 50' FMC Boxcar

Nineteen.

Another commissioned piece. This  is an Athearn "Ready to Roll" Helena Southwestern Railroad 50' FMC Boxcar HSW 1047. What I was looking for on this car was less rust, more dirt and grime with rust starting to creep in. The car is still heavily weathered but a lighter version thereof. 

   
Twenty.
Same car, different shot...

MD & W 50' Plug & Sliding Door Box Car

Fourteen.
I must say, the best words I can hear are "make it dirty, heavily weathered, modern era...do what you want." This is an Athearn "Ready to Roll" MD&W 50' Plug & Sliding Door Box Car #10013.

I free handed the graffiti with paint markers, the primer panel is acrylic paints and the rust is all oils. I use Burnt Umber for the heavy rust and a blend of Raw and Burnt Sienna for the lighter rust areas.

Fifteen.
Here is a close up view of the rust. I find fading out the rust with lighter tones very effective.

Sixteen and Seventeen.
Again showing all the sides of the car. Some people have described this as extreme weathering but I draw all my inspiration from the prototype, either through online research of from train spotting. I would say that not every car in your fleet should be this heavily weathered but a handful make it more realistic

Eighteen.
Close up of the graffiti. Also like the prototype, not all graffiti is perfect. "Bombers and Writers" have to practice somewhere...

AFPX 413232 16,000 Gallon Funnel Flow Tank Car

Twelve.
Here is a commissioned tank car I did. Not to heavy on  the rust but made it nice and dirty. Graffiti was again a Blair Line decal, but I re-worked the whole decal this time.

The car is a Walther's Proto 2000 UTLX 16,000 Gallon Funnel Flow Tank Car. No added detail beyond the weathering.

 Thirteen.
Here is a detail shot of the graffiti as well as a decent shot of the trucks and wheels. 

Brittish Coach...

Nine.
This is a Hornby OO scale coach. It is modeled post WWII and was commissioned to make it grimy and dirty to reflect working in the time period. After online research I focused on the top of the car being covered with soot and rusting out the trucks with dirt and grime accumulated in the usual places. The overall call was faded using acrylic washes to reflect the gathering of dust but did not add rust as this would not have been prototypical. I did not add any details as the car owner intends to detail the interior themselves.

Ten.
Detail shot of the sooty roof

Eleven. 

Detail shot of the accumulated dirt and grime.

CN Caboose...

Five.
This is the CN version of the previously posted CP caboose from Walther's, chosen for the same reasons. This time I added some graffiti.

Graffiti was first transferred to the car in decal form. I used Blair Line decals, you may notice that some of their decals are eerily similar to some of the work on the Art Crimes web page. After the decals were applied I went back over them with paint markers to make them blend in better and "pop".

Added windows, weight and Kadee couplers.

  Six, Seven and Eight.
Different photo's of the same car...

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.

Early Work...

  

One. 
Here we have an example of some early work. The graffiti was done using paint markers, weathering was done with acrylics.

This is what I would think of as a light to medium wash. As one can tell I prefer a heaver weathering on my cars. I feel that most of my heavily weathered cars would be suitable from the late 1970's (especially cash strapped short lines) to the modern era.

On this car I wanted more of a dirty and grimy feel and was really more starting to feel my way around working with combining all the elements.

Two.
Same car, different angle.