O
ne of my favorite aspects of the model railroad hobby
is weathering rolling stock, locomotives, and buildings.
Whether it’s a plastic model in the out-of-the-box fac-
tory paint, or a resin model I’ve just painted and decaled, it just
doesn’t look right until I’ve taken a few steps to make it look
like it’s been in service. Here’s how I weather my freight cars.
I always work from a photograph of a car to help me stay
within a weathering boundary. It’s easy to get carried away and
