How Do You Start Weathering Freight Cars? Applying a Weathering Base Coat and Painting Wheels!

From time to time in the hobby press you may see articles about how to weather a freight car, or how to weather a locomotive, etc. Often these are presented as a step by step method, and while that can sometimes be useful, it can also lead to doing things the same way over and over.

This can actually decrease realism rather than adding to it.

Having said all that, Dan starts the weathering process the same way for most models, doing some basic things that set up the car for additional layers of weathering later.

The weathering base coat idea takes care of some of the generic aspects of the weathering process.

The appearance of the freight car is not altered too much. If you want to work with photos to do additional realistic weathering, this process is a good starting point.

Even if you don't do any additional weathering, the cars will look more realistic after these basic steps.

If you've been wanting to give weathering a try but didn't know where to start, then follow along as Dan applies these techniques to five different example freight cars!

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