How I Do It | Weathering the Locomotive

[@laroyechisley4028]

A fantastic weathering job on the GP9E . I will be doing this kind of weathering with all my engines . Thanks for showing how you do it.

[@socalscalemodels]

Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it.

[@BNSF59]

Takes a lot of courage to attack your $200/300 locomotive. Love the way the white powder toned it down. Like you say you only need a small amount of weathering powder. It’s very easy to go overboard. Excellent job that ends up with a very subtle effect. 👍👍🚂

[@tommynorwood5184]

Hi Rick , awesome weathering job thanks for sharing. A little power goes along way. 😎😎 👍

[@jonmarescalco1990]

Nice! I've used the Tamiya Panel Liner for grills. 😎

[@David-yo5re]

Great weathering tutorial. That's how I do mine. Everything is powders and then some clear coat.

[@craiglordable]

Nailed it. I don't think I've ever seen a clean SP loco. I grew up in SoCal and even then you could tell they were worked hard. Nice job on the weathering.

[@socalscalemodels]

Thank you very much!

[@xfiles-thetruthisoutthere8038]

If it was Rio Grande, just spray it all black! Nice job on the Geep ! That shinny plastic look has to go.

[@benmoreau8404]

Man pretty close to the other SP never knew that it could be so simple. I've been watching Boomer in his latest weathering project it just amazing, alot of food for thought from you guys.

[@socalscalemodels]

Thanks, glad you enjoyed it!

[@tracksidemike]

Looks great Rick definitely do the girls makes it stand out for sure. Nice job on the weathering enjoy the hobby. Have a great rest of your day and weekend

[@randydobson1863]

Hi Rick & it's is Randy and i like yours video is Cool & Thanks & Friends Randy

[@unkownuser8645]

Fantastic work and how to video engineer Rick! Well done as usual my friend.🎉

[@socalscalemodels]

Thank you very much!

[@ockahuna]

Great job on weathering, thanks for sharing.

[@socalscalemodels]

Thanks for watching!

[@205004gs]

Fantastic job sir and thanks for sharing with us! Now I can get my Athearn GP9 out of the box and take a look at it! Great work as always 👍👍

[@billbeverly2864]

Well done

[@maxrkmrose]

Thanks for posting this weathering demonstration. The results look incredible.

[@socalscalemodels]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@laredawg99]

Rick - Thanks so much for this video! I myself have been wanting to take a stab at weathering my Rapido SP RS-11, but didn't have the courage until now. It doesn't really appear to be that difficult, so I'm gonna give it a try. Thanks again! 🙌

[@joeraderblackrockcentralrr]

Looks like its been around for a bit. Nicely done and demonstrated

[@dkservice424]

Looks great.

[@peterkaczmarowski4523]

An excellent how to video! Perfect timing as I just received several locomotives for the holidays. Thanks!

[@jarhead58884]

You did a fantastic job !!! I love it.

[@socalscalemodels]

Thanks!

[@barry3573]

Nice video..after seeing this one and your other weathering videos I'm thinking about trying this myself. Look forward to the next one

[@socalscalemodels]

Thanks for watching! Glad you’re inspired to try it yourself.

[@markhayes6407]

Looks great. I had concerns in the beginning dulling that the light covers weren't masked but i see the dull coat didn't effect their brightness. I must get another compressor and since I have this locomotive I will want to do the same. Thanks for sharing your techniques. You are doing a modern era and SP never washed their locos. You could go even heavier on the grime.

[@MyFingerLakesRailwayLayout]

Man that came out good. I've used Pan Pastels Colorless Blender for fades in the past. But I like Tamiya Flat White with IPA better. I have a weathering project on my bench/kitchen table as we speak. Happy New Year 💥💫🎆

[@tymatter5070]

Thank you very much it looks great I definitely can say il learned something from you

[@socalscalemodels]

Glad to hear it!

[@switchitarailroad]

Your comment about getting clear coat on tires was right as locos do actually have tires on the wheels. 😉 Love your ad hoc approach to weathering brings about its own realism to the model. 😄

[@beeble2003]

Modern locomotive wheels are one-piece. Steam locomotives had steel tyres but I'm not sure diesels ever have.

[@switchitarailroad]

@beeble2003 the diesels here in the UK do so assuming the same world over, more cost effective. Worked with BR for 5 years and had to take locos down on many occasions to the wheel lathes back in the 90s

[@Wolfe351]

Nice!! I have some SP locos that will need to be done one day!! They look wrong clean........lol EDIT what you can do with those side windows is hold a piece of cardboard in front when you do around the window area.

[@jsarkozy]

fantastic tutorial, thanks!

[@socalscalemodels]

You're welcome!

[@4449John]

I have a short video slide show on my channel, and there is actually more than one clean, freshly delivered, locomotive present; mostly. There is also an ancient HO Scale train video filmed at a regional club, but the quality is about as good as that 20 year old (now) phone could film. If you watch close it's an SP reight with a GE U30C on point, a DD35, and U25B trailing a mixed manifest. I'm really enjoying your style Rick. Too bad we are so far apart, I could arrange to make a large number of late 70's cars available for filming. I'm no longer in a club running 100 car trains like the SP used to do. Cheers.

[@rodcurry6387]

Good 🎥 📽️ video. How about doing a video on Super detailing a locomotive or rolling stock and perhaps renumbering them?

[@robmagu65]

Nice, easy weathering. I would highly recommend that you at least put a piece of cardboard or protect the trucks, especially when using the clear coat. That residue can get in there and really muck things up.

[@pbaemedan]

Merry Christmas Rick, Did you pick up your GP9 at Arnies in Cypress? Great job.

[@socalscalemodels]

no, yankee dabller.

[@mikerooney7928]

I’ve always liked the “light” weathering vs heavy….

[@luvindemtrains]

Nice work. My question is, what do you use to clean the airbrush that you put the clear kote in?

[@socalscalemodels]

tamiya airbrush cleaner

[@petermenningen338]

I was shown a house painters trick many years ago to use wet newspaper as a mask for glass. I'm wondering if this might work with tissue for models, I haven't tried myself yet.

[@jeeper360]

Fyi the pieces on each side of the side windows are mirrors.

[@socalscalemodels]

Ah, thanks for pointing that out!