AEX exNAHX Lapeyrouse Grain Hopper Weathering! AEX

[@thomaspearce8271]

This has to be the best weathering job to date.

[@beeble2003]

Great work on this. "La-pay-rooz", for what it's worth (first "a" short, like "cat"). And, in case anyone's wondering, CC is the Chicago Central and Pacific Railroad, which became independent from the Illinois Central at the end of 1985, before being bought by them again in 1996. Now part of CN, as a subsidiary of Grand Trunk. The "and Pacific" part never got any farther west than Sioux City, IA.

[@shawnpowell5876]

ABSOLUTELY PHENOMENAL weathering tutorial! I get more Impressed by every video I watch! Its just mind blowing of how realistic the finished product is. You definitely have a talent that not anyone else could do! I have to tell you I've learned a lot from you and I've impressed myself w weathering my rolling stock. Thanks again Dan for sharing your videos and I'm viewing them from Delmar, Delaware.

[@MrJuvefrank]

Excellent job. When I was close to railroad cars, railroad men told me I was too close to the cars. I just told them that it's o.k., my dad owns this railroad. French words change over generations. If the words on that hopper came from French, then maybe they used to be Lapiegrouse because the French like to use an i.e. instead of an e.y.

[@struck2soon]

Great video. I haven’t watched any of your vids for over a year, but during that period your technique has really refined! Nice work, keep ‘em coming.

[@moparguy1000]

Great videos. From what I saw in Omaha,the "CC" would be Chicago Central.

[@modelrailroader5619]

That was quite the transformation. Nice detailed explanation.👍

[@Grainexpress]

Fantastic job! Always look forward to your videos! Learn more each time. Thanks!

[@Panzermeister36]

Another great video. Since I've discovered your channel I have picked up lots of tips and inspiration for some covered hopper projects. I also find oil paints are a super useful tool for rust and streaking effects.

[@mikloschriste9719]

Awsome job!

[@bobbymoses5317]

Love your work Dan. You really make'em come to life!

[@JoeyBPhotography]

Great timing finding this video. I just picked up a 3 pack of similar covered hoppers and have also recently been experimenting with oil paints for rust effects. Some good inspiration in here, thanks for posting your process!

[@josephpilmanphotography]

I left dinner to watch this lol

[@DansRailroad2011]

Now that is dedication!

[@NarbonneGauchoBoingo]

Great job Dan!

[@brtree74]

An awesome tutorial and as always the result is incredibly realistic. Outstanding work. Thanks for sharing your techniques and the weathering products that you use👍👍👍

[@missourivalleyrails]

Always love watching your videos!

[@2011Maynard]

Nice share, and great developed techniques - THANKS!

[@paulriedel4856]

I appreciate your tutorials I’ve picked up on a lot of your techniques Thank you for taking the time to do this my weathering has improved tremendously I’m going back over and redoing some of my earlier jobs. One thing I haven’t seen you use yet is AK weathering pencils I find them very useful for chips and rust. The other thing I have found them very useful for are scratches. It would be interesting to see your take on them. Again thank you for your time and putting up the videos

[@mallardducks3615]

CC is Chicago Central and Pacific. You see the CC hoppers Quite a bit on the Canadian National

[@waynemiller7382]

Dan that's because CC was one of the Illinois central gulf/IC spin offs, and the IC bought back (repurchased) the CC later in 1996. All of course became part of CN. The CC hauled a lot of grain!

[@beeble2003]

The "channeling" you add to the top of the bodyside is actually a stiffener to strengthen the car.

[@ricardovelazco2864]

Great video I like it the way you explain it

[@Marienthal1956]

Thank you for this tutorial. Greetings from Belgium :)

[@martinhanley23]

Very good tutorial

[@elijahfuller8446]

Love to see a Anderson’s hopper

[@wizehopt]

Amazing work man, would you take on commission jobs?

[@lepetitnabot]

Great stuff as usual. thanks for sharing!

[@martinhanley23]

Agree l have just started using oils

[@richardcolemanjr3749]

Good video's and advice. I'm doing plastic pellet covered hoppers from Walthers and Atlas myself. Atlas just announced a new 5250 car. Hopefully someone will offer a 6200 Trinity and ARI car. Even the 5850 Pullman Standard ribbed side car is a must. Keep the video's coming. Will we see a kitbashed or scratch build video?

[@beeble2003]

Scaletrains recently released the PS 5850s. Not sure I'd call them "a must", though -- doesn't seem like a huge number of them were built, and they're pretty rare, by now.

[@richardcolemanjr3749]

@@beeble2003 In my neck of the woods I see repaints on NS manifest trains. You would think some manufacturer would offer the Trinity 6421 capacity car since its out there in large numbers. Too many model train manufacturers offer the same rolling stock.

[@beeble2003]

@@richardcolemanjr3749 Interesting! I think your neck of the woods is a bit unusual in that regard, but that's cool. I do wish there was more variety in models. Actually, I was surprised when Class One Modelworks came along, and produced two pretty obscure models: a fairly rare well car, and a depressed-center flat. Nobody's going to buy one or two of those, so it seems like a dubious business decision to me. With all the gaps in the market for commonly seen cars, they had a wide choice of models that many people would buy a dozen of.

[@motown1703]

What kind of air brush and compressor do you use? Do you have a favorite brand of paints? Great work and am looking forward to weathering my BN covered hoppers.

[@trentonlee9700]

I work at the ethanol plant in Lima and we get some serious rust buckets. I have been able to get alot of photos of hopper cars that are just very cool to see how hey have aged. I know you have done gondolas that show how the panels are bulged. Have you ever done a hopper that is dented on the body or folded in at the top where they have hit other cars. Why we were getting cars from Minnesota for awhile they were beat up.

[@DansRailroad2011]

I've thought about trying to dent a hopper. Issue is the dents are usually are inward, compared to outward. It would be tricky to model.

[@sailormatlac9114]

@@DansRailroad2011 Have you ever seen how Tom Johnson (INRAIL) does the buckling effect on covered hoppers? He basically spray slightly darker spots with an airbrush where panels buckle inward. It looks extremely realistic and not hard to do. Did it a few time and was pleased with the result.

[@tffols227]

Great video as always. Do you sell on eBay or a website?

[@wiliamcamarda2471]

Senssacional! envelhecimento perfeito parabéns!

[@scottwilkins3577]

Hi Dan, great job. where can i buy some of you models?

[@DansRailroad2011]

Mostly eBay. I don't currently have anything listed. My user name is derri arnol.

[@robertomachado8163]

Great Video Tutorial!!! Your Grime Mix are 50% Black and 50% Brown? Thanks!

[@DansRailroad2011]

It's 60% brown to 40% black. The black is very overpowering, so you add it slowly.

[@robertomachado8163]

@@DansRailroad2011 Great! Thanks a lot!!!

[@ModularRailroading]

29:34 Minor slip up in quality, still ends up looking awesome 😀

[@rivdawg5899]

Hey I have a question where do you find pictures of the cars you model are there sites that have archives of pictures if so could you tell me some

[@packerphan66]

I’m curious how you do the parts inside the end cages?

[@DansRailroad2011]

I spray them with the air gun to build up the spray pattern and then I go in with powders and some acrylic splatter.

[@jlttrains2773]

Do you do any work for other people?