5. Some of Brian Banna’s exquisitely detailed locomotives.
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room along with a number of other exquisitely-finished loco-
motives [5].
The 2014 event also included a number of hands-on worksta-
tions. Attendees were able to try their hand with the latest air-
brushes, acrylic paint and products from Badger Airbrush with
the Badger company representatives on site. Two hands-on
weathering stations were also featured so modelers could try
weathering their own models with both paint and powders.
Dave Schroedle of
demonstrated weath-
ering using chalks and powders and provided hands-on learn-
ing both days. For more information, check out Dave’s website
at
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Also in attendance was Jeremy St. Peter with The Weathering
Shop. The Weathering Shop crew uses St. Louis RPM as their
annual gathering, and a dozen Weathering Shop guys from
around the country descended on the event to demonstrate
and teach weathering [6], and also to display and sell their
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6. The Weathering Shop Guys in Action. TWS guys bring
models, teach weathering, and perform weathering at St.
Louis using a lot of different techniques.
7. The Weathering Shop guys can take any model and make
it a work of art. Check out their amazing online resource at:
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