Weathtering of yard office

[GS4]

Here's some pics, showing how I weathered the yard office of the grain elevator. I've used 2 different buildings for this demo, as I had already weatthered the office whan I decided to do this display

What the office looked like before & after the weathering.

Before weathering, all clean & sparkling




After weathering, all dirty & grundgy











I weathered the office with dirty thinners that I used for cleaning my brushes. A Word of Warning! Make sure that the thinners won't attack the plastic. First test on a like piece of material, eg. A piece of the sprue that came with the kit.

Cheers, Simon

[wabashbanks]

Here is how I went about the same idea. It is all wood construction.


I used alcohol mixed with colored inks left over from my minuature painting days. I added some black, some brown and some chestnut inks and applied the wash. That set the base color. I then used layers of chalk starting with a black to grime up some areas that would receive the most abuse and traffic. Then came a very light tan chalk to look like dust. You can see the affect here.

[extra7000south]

Nicely done.

[stripes2]

Nice work on both buildings!

[LiveSteamer]

Looks Great Wabash

[Max Addams]

Weathering can produce some amazing effects - and well worth the effort. It adds so much more character to a layout.