Peter's Model Railroading | My Library | Railroad Model Craftsman 2013-07
Articles Listing

Weathering a Flat Car Deck

The author modifies an Intermountain flat car's deck to match the decrepit look of a prototype flat car that he was able to photograph from above. Includes prototype and model photos.

Weathering Freight Cars Without an Airbrush

Making the argument that perfectly clean freight cars don't exist in the real world (unless they were just built), the author describes his steps for weathering the wheels, trucks, underframe (skipping the couplers), body, lettering, and adding scribing and waybills.