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I have seen some nice weathered projects using brick-built techniques. A good example of brick build weathering. But I have found that sometimes there is no way to create a small weathering effect typical of trains from 1900-late 1930s or even and dirt/ rust streaking effects that don't look post-apocalyptic with zombies hanging out around them. I like weathering like this, link to model train weathering, which has little rust and looks more used than new but it doesn't look like it was in a zombie war zone. More examples For the friends across the pond and a Few examples with rolling stock. So I thought why can't we just weather like this, with an airbrush or pastels. Well, I tried some 'naughty for a purist' weather with some charcoal(chalkboard black and some antique white to make a nice grey similar to dark bley. I painted it to some slopes with a paintbrush in two coats. Then I let it dry for 2ish hours until the fun began. I wanted some streaking effects(not really because I only had one color) so I sanded with a 600grit piece of sandpaper in one direction. But the result wasn't what was hoped, the part simply looked like an off bley. Overall I think it would look better if a loco/rolling stock or a test wall was airbrushed(some model trains are plastic so it should look good) just to see what would happen. Has anyone tried painting or airbrushing their models to get a better look? Please post your experiences, comments, questions, and purists your rage because someone painted a lego brick! And please post some pics if anyone has done some brick-built or airbrushed weathering. -Coal Fired P.S. soon I will post my new build and a few older ones sometime next month.
