Painting and weathering the bridges for the Keewenaw & Scenic Valley Railroad

At last, the episode that many of my viewers have been asking about. In this installment, I finally get the various K&SVRR bridges painted and weathered.
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[@tinytowntrainstv]

Super details, Peter! Weathering is something I am not that much into, but I certainly appreciate the artistry you wield as you go about the task. Very impressive work, especially the high deck bridge! T4

[@jolliemark6294]

Looking great Peter, like how they look with just a little extra attention to them. As always, I learn a lot by watching how you do thing, thanks 😀😃🙂

[@markmcdowell231]

Your train set looks so real you done a wonderful job keep up the good work.

[@rjl110919581]

thank you for your detail video from Australia

[@giulius7176]

Third!!!!! Looks great!!

[@gerdeguelle1967]

Looking nice and a nice video again

[@davidkoehler136]

great work

[@petrbucha5762]

[@donaldshroyer8633]

Nice vid. Informative, as usual. I can see just mixing paints until I get a color I like, but when you say "make a wash" I'd really appreciate if you could indicate what you use and the proportions.

[@mpeterll]

I just make it up as I go along.

[@normanrowe2831]

Hello Peter. All the bridges and unassembled parts are looking good. A question…..after applying the weathering powders and before their eventual installation, do use seal them with a dull coat of some sort? To prevent them being rubbed off or smudged. Just curious. Thanks. I look forward to your next update. Bye. Take care.

[@mpeterll]

I don't cover it with anything. It stills well enough by itself and they're not going to get lot of handling.

[@hayttom]

Splendid. What are 'bridge shoes'?

[@mpeterll]

Bridge shoes are metal castings that the corners of the bridge sit on rather than being directly on top of the masonry piers.

[@Vman7757]

Hello Peter. Thanks for sharing. When you are finished with the powder? Do you clear coat the bridges? Or just leave it at that?

[@mpeterll]

I don't cover it with anything. It stills well enough by itself and they're not going to get lot of handling.

[@TheLocutus70]

Second!😁

[@Wrathchildss]

How do you install that big bridge? Do you cut out some of the layout? And make that part lower? Or is it a huge grade that goes up to it? I’m thinking of installing one but can figure out how to put it on my layout.

[@mpeterll]

Just think of the whole reason why a bridge like that might exit on a real railroad, The only reason for it is a deep valley, far below the level of the railroad. For the model in question, the scenery will drop almost to floor level below this bridge.

[@Wrathchildss]

Awesome, thank you!

[@troybrodrick7208]

how did you seal the powders in?dullcoat?

[@mpeterll]

I didn't use any dullcoat since they will not be handled much.

[@dexterdog62]

First!

[@Shaken_AND_Stirred]

Your bridges look fantastic. Great job on weathering them. About 28 years ago I built one of the Micro Engineering 150” tall steel viaduct bridges and I didn’t have any issues on it as I recall. Sadly, I no longer have it. I just recently finished a second one and while it looks “OK”, the instructions were at times a bit confusing. Now that I have it together, I’ll know what to do on a second one, should I build another one. It takes forever to cut everything from the sprues and to sand them all during construction. Not to mention how delicate some parts are. It is not a quick build model by any stretch. I’m currently weathering it after a very heavily weathered prototype. Here is a link of my current progress if you are interested. kzbin.info/www/bejne/q3fRpIOqfLFmbLM I see that you have the Micro Engineering bridges as well. Would you say they are any more difficult than the Walther’s, or about the same? I’m currently interested in building a Central Valley Pratt Truss bridge, but they appear to be on another level of difficulty. I don’t know how they compare to the Micro Engineering models though. Again, it all looks really good. You are very good at this. Thank you