Weekeend Update 8-30-2009

[Ed Kapuscinski]

I love that spot in Charles Town. In fact, David Smith's Z scale station and coal trestle remind me quite a bit of it.

[jsoflo]

I'm finally getting this guy ready...  lotsa weathing..

Man, Great looking SOO! I have found that white scheme to be one helluva pain to weather well, nice work!
my best,
Jan

[jsoflo]

Here's a SOO I finished (that is if this photo works- if not, sorry!):

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[diezmon]

Here's a SOO I finished (that is if this photo works- if not, sorry!):

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very nice.. tell me about your weathering?   Mine was done with washes and chalk.

[jsoflo]

My weathering is also acrylic washes and AIM powders. I used powders for the black weathering, and acrylic white washes for some paint fading. I used acrylic paints for the dark stains around the SOO lettering and side sills. I used the Pelle Soerberg spray mix on the fuel tank and trucks (dark skin tone modelmaster paint diluted in water). My white SOO SD60 came out nowhere near as good as your Sd40-2, that white is a pain to weather, did you have any trouble with it?
my best,
Jan

[diezmon]

My weathering is also acrylic washes and AIM powders. I used powders for the black weathering, and acrylic white washes for some paint fading. I used acrylic paints for the dark stains around the SOO lettering and side sills. I used the Pelle Soerberg spray mix on the fuel tank and trucks (dark skin tone modelmaster paint diluted in water). My white SOO SD60 came out nowhere near as good as your Sd40-2, that white is a pain to weather, did you have any trouble with it?
my best,
Jan

oh I dunno... it looks pretty great to me.   I really try to model for the 3-foot-away effect... I get too bummed when I see my models in macro mode LOL

I'm trying to do a nice job on the dash-2 because I plan on selling it.

[One of One-Sixty]

Spent the weekend at the Bedford N Scale Weekend in Bedford, PA.  Here are some pics.

I am loving that transfer table.