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Yes, it’s a model - 6
7b: Here's another of Tom's covered hopper weathering jobs on
a different ExactRail PS4427 low hip hopper. Tom says:
“The yellow hopper was done the same way as the gray hopper. I
used a different faded weathering color on this car: white with just
a small amount of yellowmixed in with the rest being thinner and
Dullcote. Again, about 20% paint and the rest thinner and Dullcote.
I like to start with 20% paint most of the time and then add more if
it's too thin.
“Again, I wiped the ribs clean with a Q-Tip soaked in thinner. I'll go
back and add some rust spots on the ribs (I don't always do this)
and go over them again with my thinned fading color so the ribs
don't stand out too much.
“I weather using random photos (not always of the road name
modeled) for reference. I also weather per the mid 80s with little to
no graffiti. Not a lot of rust buckets in the mid 80s. I use mostly Tan-
gent and Exactrail hoppers, with a few from Intermountain.”
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