My Approach To Weathering Wheels & Trucks!

You asked, I heard loud and clear! I commonly get asked how I do my wheels and trucks for freight cars, and in this video we cover the topic head on! Enjoy.

[@Fessestrains]

Hey Dan. I find standing those testors cans in hot water before you use them helps in thinning and also increases the can pressure just enough to stop the splattering

[@darrenhillman8396]

Great tutorial! I will be using these techniques in future. Thank you for sharing them with us!

[@Kansas53189]

Thanks Dan, this is just the kind of videos I want to see as well as your finished models. Excellent job of weathering!

[@beeble2003]

Thanks, Dan! It's really helpful to have these single-technique videos. Sometimes, it takes a while to figure out which car you showed a technique on.

[@stevek4153]

Nice review even for those of us who have followed you for a while. Incredible rust effects on the hopper structure! Thanks for posting.

[@RFMCabooseNP1713]

Fantastic. I have used your techniques. They are really cool. Thank you so much for your videos.

[@JohnMullerJDGCTRy]

Thanks Dan. You did an outstanding job on this post. I just did a truck and I truly liked it better than what I've been doing for years. Take care.

[@modelrailwaybackshop]

Hey Dan, I love these techniques! I've been doing a mix of your techniques with Juan Zuloaga's techniques for brass steam locomotives as it's very much the same weathering in steam era equipment. And I want to thank you for this truck weathering tutorial as now I can improve my wheels and truck weathering!

[@tonyromano6220]

Hard to go back to 1955 Pennsylvania! Maybe in the future we can time travel. Inspiring video, thank you young sir!

[@christophernorman684]

Funny I had just been using a weathering pen and powder for the wheels and trucks but I love the techniques and detail you put in! Thank you for the techniques to add and experiment with.

[@tomoconnell4235]

Great info as always. I appreciate you following up and putting this video out there as a separate technique instead of part of a full car weathering video. Thanks

[@jamesnicholas7180]

You got the skills. Thanks for sharing!

[@Cowboy_Steve]

Howdy Dan! I'm just starting down the model railroading rabbit hole... and I stumbled across your channel. Glad I did! I was looking for a detailed video on trucks and wheels without using an airbrush and this is just awesome! Earned a sub - looking forward to poking through your vids. Very well done and thanks for sharing 🤠

[@ScottTaipaleRail]

I guess thats why I saw a ton of Anitas at Ollies before christmas.

[@tracksidedalek9019]

Another great video Dan. I'm looking forward to trying some of these techniques on my UK and small number of US rolling stock at some point.

[@mitchellwhitney839]

Great video! Thank you for sharing your technique. May I suggest a ring light to get more light over your right shoulder. Hard to see sometimes.

[@UnionPacific1943]

I done that before to weathered my freight cars and the rolling bearing trucks I did use earth brown and earth black paint and I do have a some weathering powder for the trucks and the wheels

[@ronaldrondeau7870]

Thanks Dan your job is so great, for me i dont do that on my cars

[@andrewpalm2103]

Thanks for this video. My own approach is very similar to yours, but I use a mixture of brown, black, and German red acrylic primers for the base coat. I then apply craft acrylics that have been slightly thinned with water to make them semi-transparent on top of the base coat. I do some additional detailing with paint, particularly the springs. And since I model the early 60,s I get some black around the journal boxes and on the faces of the wheels. I usually leave it there, but I think now that I've seen your video I need to try some powders. Cheers from Wisconsin!

[@19scamps92]

this stuff is epic as always

[@markiannacone2103]

Thank you! Dan ,I can add a little more to my trucks now

[@russrockino-rr0864]

Your weathering skills are awesome, Dan. Thanks for sharing!

[@Benton-SouthernRR]

Great techniques!!! Thanks for sharing!!! - Brian

[@NarbonneGauchoBoingo]

thanks for sharing Dan!

[@jimjohnston7688]

Very helpful Dan, always something to learn from your videos. Just out of curiosity, have you done any work using Pan Pastels?

[@PostmoderneModelWorks]

Painting with espagnole is brilliant

[@kmagnussen1052]

Show them on the layout so we can see the effect in action well still action.

[@JohnSTL68]

Could you post the links to the other modelers you mentioned? I couldn’t fine any of the three you mentioned. Thanks!

[@daveluehr8685]

Then I found this

[@wilzdart]

Quick and clean thanks for the technic, your work is great.

[@daveluehr8685]

Thanks!! just what I was looking for. --- An after thought -- Have you tried "Rust-oleum Painter's Touch Matte Clear"? It should be near to the same as Testors Dull coat I think.

[@AnnArbor393]

Hey Dan how much would it be if you got one hopper car two Gondolas one box car but do no graffiti how much would that be let me know.

[@tonyromano6220]

19:24 ha I was thinking some white!

[@tonyromano6220]

Do wheels get replaced in pairs? I assume yes…

[@rocawjayz6fd20012]

I wish I had a dollar for Everytime you said technique I would be rich