Westerfield rebuilt Texas & Pacific
boxcar
3. As with the B&O wagon top car, this T&P model was
finished using MIG pigments. I dipped a small brush
in the brown pigment, and ran it vertically over the
seams. In addition to the brown, a “mid-east dust”
pigment was used to weather the trucks and lower
body ends. The final step is to use some of the black
to weather around the running boards where soot and
grime collects. Go lightly on using the MIG pigments
– they don’t come off easily as chalk pigments do.
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Weathering freight cars - 3
Funaro & Camerlengo Pennsylvania
X26c rebuild boxcar
4. I wanted to show this car in heavy use from a
Northeast industrial area, so I painted it an oxide red,
and decaled it using Jerry Glow’s
decal set. After the decals were dry, I weathered
the vertical seams and the lower panels with black oil
paint. The area below the car sides was given more
black oils to increase the shadows and add dirt and
grime where they naturally collect.
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MRH-Jun 2014
