Mogul Weathering and Detailing

Nice work & a big improvement!

Nice job.  Was this done completly with pan pastels and if so how do you like them.

Gary      www.cherelvalleyrailroad.com

Gary,

Glad you like it.  Actually, the final weathering is all pan pastels.  I disassembled the engine and tender and sprayed it with grimy black, then did various washes of grays to highlight some of the pipes and the detail items I added.  The final weathering was with Pan Pastels (white, black, gray, and rust streaks, etc.).  Pan Pastels require a little bit of experimentation to learn how to blend the colors but, otherwise, I think they are superior to chalks and far easier to control; much more like painting with oils or any other medium that can be easily blended.  Clark Kooning was the one who provided the advice to me, "learn to blend, blend, blend."

Jim

By gosh Jim, you have done it again.  Are you running it on DC or DCS?

That engineer looks as if he is waiting for his wife, the blonde you showed us hanging around your last building, his lunch.

Al

Al,

Welcome back from the dry, hot, and dessicated!  Hope the fall and winter allows better train adventures!

The Mogul is running DCC.  It turned out to be a very easy install, despite the fact that this is a not-DCC-ready machine.  It will be running primarily in the new staging yard I am just beginning to build.

JIm

Jim, I noticed the coal in the tender looks pretty clean.  Did you use the coal I sent you in a sock for a Christmas present or was it Hallowean?

Al

Jim, I have more coal on hand and access to more.  Let me know when you start getting low.

Al

Al,

It is, indeed, the coal you sent to me several Christmas's ago!  My compliments and thanks.  That coal has found places all over my layout and is destined for a few more, as well!  So ... whether you like it or not .. there's a little bit of Al scattered all over the J&RG!

Jim