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Weathering a boxcar - 1
T
here is a lot of interest in weathering freight cars these
days. A new article comes out at least once a month. I
have been caught up in the weathering craze and tried
many of the techniques. I also developed a few of my own. I
don’t pretend to be the first to use this technique, but want to
share my approach to use a plain artist’s pencil to weather a
forty-foot box car.
How to weather a box car
using an artist’s pencil
– by Roger Ball
 Model Photos by the author
Colored pencils give finer control than
brushing or spraying paint ...
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