Things I Wish I Knew When I Started Model Trains | Model Train Graffiti with Pencil Crayons!

In today's video, we're talking about Things i wish i knew when i started model trains. I'm also continuing to work on a HO scale Hopper using Pencil Crayons. Yes, you heard right. Model Train Graffiti with Pencil Crayons! Everyone starts the model train hobby without knowing anything. I don't know the first thing about model trains! Where to I begin with model trains? How do I get into model trains? These are all very common questions. I'm going to share with you a few things I learned along the way that I wish I knew when I started with model trains. I'm also going to be working on some hand painted model train graffiti using pencil crayons. Use these techniques to make your HO scale trains look realistic, or to make your N scale trains look realistic. Don't forget to subscribe for more content like this and remember, They Make It Like That!
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[@MarkBennettCameraCrisis]

Just get started - ok - currently graffitiing my neighbours car. It's a Civic. Thanks!!

[@TheyMakeItLikeThat]

Haha! I’m sure they’ll appreciate it! Especially if you use these techniques 🤣🤣

[@michaelpfister1283]

Great points and work on that car! Love the grafitti look. :-) My tip: Find a mentor and/or a local NMRA affiliated group, someone to ask questions and get advice! I have a couple of friends who took me into their group and I attended my first shows with them. They helped me avoid the "vintage" trap and find good solid equipment to start with that looks good, was DCC equipped and ready to roll. They also got me into metal wheels, good couplers, and good and CONSISTENT track. All key elements to smooth operations. And WATCH ALL THE KZbin VIDEOS YOU CAN FIND! 🙂

[@TheyMakeItLikeThat]

Exactly! A good club goes a long way! That’s how I started

[@elleryparsons2433]

One Day or Another I will Learn that Skill And Be Proud of it.

[@lowcountryrailroad7701]

You described what i did at first. Now i save and get quality over quantity. You do great work. Thanks for the video

[@TheyMakeItLikeThat]

Haha I think we all start there 🤣

[@elleryparsons2433]

When Model Railroading you do what You Can to your Ability and Go with what you Can.All N All I Will Never Stop Model Railroading. When Going To Model Train Shows you will make Friends Maybe join a Train club. And It’s The Best Therapy anyone can Get in life. Model Railroading Can Make you think and It Will Talk to ya of what Would Go where. Trust your Feelings. Having a Train Party is Better than Any party Amaginable.

[@TheyMakeItLikeThat]

I agree! It’s a great community

[@joeraderblackrockcentralrr]

very enjoyable video. lots of tips for the newbees

[@TheyMakeItLikeThat]

Thanks brother! I wish I knew this stuff when I started 🤣

[@happybengalispice.1603]

Nice 👌

[@TheyMakeItLikeThat]

Thanks!

[@TriGogglin]

Alot of sound advice, and yup I've done everything you warned about, and still am doing🤣 but I'm getting better at not doing. Love your work, heck we all do.

[@TheyMakeItLikeThat]

Thank you! We’re all in this together

[@modelrailer]

Awesome video brother!!!!!

[@TheyMakeItLikeThat]

Thanks man!

[@needs2quit1atgmail87]

Nice bro. Good vid

[@TheyMakeItLikeThat]

Thank You! Glad you enjoyed it!

[@keonisan]

To your first point, my mistake was buying so many random things. I'd buy most Norfolk southern stuff but I also got an FEC GP40, and I really liked the CN GMD1, I also like Switchers so I got about 7 of those in the URR scheme cause I wanted to do my own steel mill. That ended up not happening and with N MP15's being ultra hard to come by I grabbed whatever I could when I could, getting all of them with dcc already installed. I've since divested myself of a lot of the random stuff. Trades and selling stuff online. I will say that I'm known in my club for having just the worst luck with new engines. I've had 5 Engines brand new in the box have serious issues. Two scaletrains, two Atlas and the Rapido GMD1. I've had zero issues with Kato and I don't want to even give Broadway limited a try cause I've seen what poor quality they have, and to be frank I don't need any more issues.

[@TheyMakeItLikeThat]

You’ve gotta just do what makes you happy. I love Kato. They’re always my go to for n scale

[@keonisan]

@@TheyMakeItLikeThat Problem is with Kato they don't come with Loksound from the factory and they don't make 4 axle units. I'd kill for some N CF7's so I could model FCEN which is my hometown railroad.

[@TheyMakeItLikeThat]

@@keonisan that’s fair. Maybe someday they will!

[@medwaymodelrailway7129]

Wow nice video you put together

[@TheyMakeItLikeThat]

Thank you!

[@APWPaint]

I have some weird obsession with used stuff. I don't by junk, but I love used stuff for some reason.

[@TheyMakeItLikeThat]

Nothing wrong with good used stuff! Some of it is great!

[@kents.2866]

Yep vintage is not always better. Those 3 dollar cars are good for one thing. Weathering and practicing kit bashing so when you go to work on your 30 dollar car your don't totally mess it up.

[@TheyMakeItLikeThat]

You are exactly right, my friend!

[@kevinjansen2738]

Great points. Feels like there could be several more of these videos. There is a lot to learn

[@TheyMakeItLikeThat]

Definitely more of these to come!

[@modeltraintherapy5376]

Keep these videos up man. I like em

[@TheyMakeItLikeThat]

Thank you!! There's more where these came from! Thanks for watching

[@4everdc302]

Haha.Everything ya mentioned except for crappy bench&track work I don't have is my channel🤣 including DC block sections🚂🚃🇨🇦

[@TheyMakeItLikeThat]

Haha!! As long as you’re having fun it doesn’t matter what you do 🤣

[@eugenb.8448]

Have you tried using calligraphy pens (the fountain pen types) and inks instead of Sharpies? You can clean the tips and also use any ink, acrylic or otherwise. Might save you money and aggravation.

[@TheyMakeItLikeThat]

That’s a fair point! (Pun intended 🤣) I should try that out!

[@eugenb.8448]

@@TheyMakeItLikeThat Your proficiency in dad jokes is impressive! This from a 60 year old granddad. Hats off!

[@TheyMakeItLikeThat]

@@eugenb.8448 haha! I grew into my ability of dad jokes. I’ve been making dad joke since high school but I now have two kids and one on the way. I come by it naturally

[@carllarssen652]

Do you clear coat afterwards to seal it

[@TheyMakeItLikeThat]

Yes, I should've mentioned, I do that after I weather it which is the next step.

[@justinburns3262]

My wife suggested that you could potentially clean the sharpie tips with rubbing alcohol. Something to try to save money maybe?

[@TheyMakeItLikeThat]

That’s awesome! I’ll have to give that a try. I just bought another 8 pens today 🤣🤣

[@justinburns3262]

@@TheyMakeItLikeThat I can’t imagine that they’re very cheap 😂

[@shawnpowell5876]

Great video and tutorial of your Graffiti work. I did the same thing months ago with buying cheap pieces of rolling stock to practice weathering and graffiti. It certainly helps bcuz you learn from your mistakes on your own rolling stock instead of someone else's! I also do airbrushing for Grime underneath as well as the sides and ends. I had 15years of experience with an airbrush b4 deciding to do weathering. I like your styles and techniques for Graffiti. Thanks for sharing this video with us along with your time and effort Tim! Cheers from Delmar, Delaware US.

[@TheyMakeItLikeThat]

Thanks Shawn! I appreciate hearing that. I also use an air brush sometimes but right now I’m not set up to use it. I will definitely be doing more of that in the future!

[@HumancityJunction]

A course on model railroading, especially your weathering and graffiti, would be fun!!

[@TheyMakeItLikeThat]

Definitely!! There will be more tutorials to come. Thanks for watching! #blameheath

[@GoViaorgohome]

Great video. Great car. Great graffiti. Couldn’t ask for more.

[@TheyMakeItLikeThat]

I hit the trifecta!!

[@MMRails]

Ok, I give up, what does “shate” mean? Is that a hipster term? Great video. In a few years this will be vintage footage.

[@TheyMakeItLikeThat]

Skate 🤣🤣🤣

[@modeltraintherapy5376]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@nicolayzielinskifryland6142]

Super stoked to have found your channel . Diggin your work man . Hi from Norway 🇳🇴

[@TheyMakeItLikeThat]

Thanks brother! Glad to have you here!

[@RoyEltham]

Really good advice that I wish I had heard a year ago. I bought a bunch of crap before I learned to get better stuff. I enjoyed your live, looking forward to future ones.

[@TheyMakeItLikeThat]

Haha! I think buying crap is a right of passage 🤣🤣🤣

[@RoyEltham]

I had a bunch from the 90s, and bought more from ebay when I got back into it last year. I've upgraded a bunch with new trucks/couplers/wheels, but a bunch will just stay as is, and I'll use them to learn weathering and such.

[@TheyMakeItLikeThat]

@@RoyEltham that’s a good idea!

[@HumancityJunction]

Do you dullcote your cars? Maybe I missed it at the end, but I did not see you add anything over the work you did.

[@TheyMakeItLikeThat]

I do, but I didn’t yet. I still have to weather it so I left it alone for now

[@keonisan]

Having experiemented on a few autoracks now, I have to point out that coloring pencils don't work very well on auto-rack cars. They don't have the same kind of smooth surfaces that a covered hopper or a boxcar would have. I've been doing Concor and Micro-trains ones and the pencils just don't work very well on the surface panels, either the metal or the plastic sides. I tried the oil paint pens and they look ok but are very splotchy and downright impossible to maintain straight lines, I'm switching now to thin brushes to see if I can make it look any better. You were 100 on those sharpie pens and even the micron pen lasted a bit longer than the sharpie but now stopped working. That's frustrating. Does anyone make a thin tipped marker that can work on any surface?

[@TheyMakeItLikeThat]

They do last longer if you let the paint cure for a long time. But I haven’t found anything that doesn’t die. It’s just a bad surface 😝

[@NScaleDystopia]

Good tips. Brand new equipment I bought 20 years ago and put away is so inferior to what's available today it's disheartening. (That's why I focus on structures now) 🤫

[@TheyMakeItLikeThat]

Haha! I hear ya there. Ive gotten rid of a lot of my older stuff but then I’m left with not having a lot of stuff and I’m tripping my layout size 🤣🤣 now I have to fill it somehow

[@PrinzEugen176]

another thing on "minimum radius", don't trust Walthers on their long cars, those 89ft flats will say "Kinematic couplers work with 18in radius", the cars do not. if you run those 89ft cars on an 18in radius you'll end up with a 89 scale ft long shorting device, the wheels will wear the paint away from the metal frame and bridge the rails, boom, short circuit. Ask me how I know.

[@DIYD]

Absolutely ... I almost fell for "vintage" early on. Used for most dcc is still pricey 😤. I just dropped 400 on the complete Kato BN smooth side passenger set with leds 🤣 ... ... 😥 All for a layout to be established 15 years from now 🤣🤣🤣

[@TheyMakeItLikeThat]

Haha! It’s true. But it’s like anything, we spend money on what we want 🤣

[@bobainsworth5057]

I had more experience in model trains when I started ( 8yrs. Old) then I do with this phone I have in my hand. Who came up with the idea ,( that's now spreading into model railroading), that you have to spend an hour on the internet to find how to work this expensive thing I have in my hand, or better yet how to open an HO engine?

[@HumancityJunction]

I would like to see side by side comparisons of metal versus plastic wheels, especially the newer micro-trains wheels, in regards to friction.

[@F40Productions]

Is the CN blue devil running again or is it just on the layout?

[@TheyMakeItLikeThat]

I gave it a cleaning and it’s runs intermittently. I’ve gotta pull it apart again and have a look. I had it running as a helper but not on its own