MTH PRR N6b repaint

Norm, are you using chalk for the black weathering or air brushing or both?

Love your work. I think I've watched every one of your videos on YouTube.

Ralph

Exceptional Norm!  You've done a wonderful job on the "standard cabin car of the Panhandle"! 

George

Wow, this is a blast from the past! Ralph, thanks for the kind words. I probably gave it a light black wash using tube acrylics, then airbrushed Model Masters Grimy Black. The Polly and MM colors are now long gone. I just found that Vallejo Model Air Black Grey is a good replacement. I've also recently tried Tamiya German Grey. Still hoarding a few bottles of MM Grimy Black but I'm not as fearful of running out now that I've found some viable substitutes.

Norm,

The black roofs seemed to start right after WWII - late 1940s.     At first it was just roofs, and then it spread to entire cupola.     Also the yellow handrails started about the same time or a little later.

@Norm Charbonneau posted:

One of several mini projects that I had cluttering up my workbench was this caboose that I had attempted to 'fix' a not-so-great weathering job on. This gave me the opportunity to burn up another precious decal set and to try out another PRR paint mix suggested by this site:

http://pennsyrr.com/index.php/...-modeling/172-paints

I went for the half special oxide red and half zinc chromate primer mix, two colors that are now gone with the death of Polly Scale. For some reason I didn't paint the cupola thinking it was supposed to be all black but a quick internet search now tells me I will be fixing it tomorrow night. Aw well, here's some quick shots anyway.

I have yet to dust it with a bit of grimy black, not sure I will...

Fantastic paint job ! Just think only in America do we go out of our way to make something look weathered and old !

Beautiful paint job !!!!