Weathering Locomotives and Rolling Stock

[@a.butler8908]

Hi Richard, ... really admire your passion and attention to detail. I would never have the patience you demonstrate in each video. The presentation is also excellent and even though I am not a modeller myself, the end results show this to great effect so well.Thank you very much.

[@modelrailwaynoob]

Very good job Richard. I like the look weathered but I can't bring myself to do mine.

[@trainmanbob]

I am close to weathering 400 plus N gauge wagons. This video was excellent and has given me lots of tips and thoughts. Thanks for sharing Richard. Cheers, Bob

[@derek-press]

soon as I saw this I made a cup of tea and a sandwich and settled down for an hour of great viewing!

[@siraujus101]

Thank you for sharing your craft. I think you are doing an amazing job on your layout and watching you videos for a few yrs now I see how you continue to perfect yourself. I wish I had the room to build and even a bit of your skill in making it look amazing .. thanks again.

[@thescrapline4905]

Great video Richard. Some nice touches to each model. I'll be doing a how too GUV weathering video soon with the faded / chipped and that generally un-loved look. You captured the roof well on yours. Its so easy to over weather a model,, I've stood back and looked at 2 of my 50s and thought I've over done them! That said they're replicated on real images in the last moments of service.. Light weathering could easily be my weakness lol.

[@maxheadroom7687]

Richard you are a bloody artist....both on your weathering, layout and your car! All the best from Oz!😎🇦🇺👍

[@rossbowman202]

That was very well done. You are they master as far as I am concerned. Thank you for the wonderful videos you out out.

[@BladeRunner21577]

I must say I really do like your weathering. Its quite refreshing to see realistic looking weathered trains. More often than not people go over the top with it. The only time I remember the trains looking really run down was at the end of the winter months (which your layout doesnt support, and neither does most others) and at the point when BR started to change over the private hands like Virgin Trains on the WCML.

[@RoamingAdhocrat]

14:00 I have a reeeaaalllllly rivet-counter criticism of the VDA there - it has the pre-1960s overhead warning flash, with the large single lightning bolt. For the 80s it should have the version with two red lightning bolts with the word DANGER in between. Looks much better than the current yellow warning triangle!

[@harrisonsmith8738]

i admire the attention to detail with this, top job!

[@doogs126]

Excellent tutorial. I'd never thought of doing the door shut lines...

[@onlineWOF]

Very well done. I have a VDA van in an alternate RfD livery (possibly earlier version), but with more subtle weathering, as these were quite new to Scotland in the late-80s era i am modelling. Maskol fluid is a must have, really useful material

[@stephendavies923]

Amazing and excellent work as always. A wonderful near hour spent watching.

[@4468]

It's amazing what a bit of decent weathering can do to a model, from toylike to realistic. It really is a skill that's worth mastering.

[@Avondaleandhalshawmoor]

Nice one!.....all part of modelling!....Great to see a bit of background on were you started. I'm rained off today so working on my n gauge up I loft 👍

[@martinbateman2467]

Brilliant, you have given me the confidence to give it ago on a VGA. I made the mistake of using a small brush to start off with for the wash

[@corunnarailwayline7130]

Another great video Richard. Some great info and tips there.

[@Kaine96853]

Excellent tips, I've just got myself an airbrush to spray some diecast models but I'll definitely be trying some weathering too. I've got the GUV in N and I think that will be getting the same treatment.

[@garylester55]

Fabulous video Richard, it’s always interesting watching your videos and you explain everything well. Thank you for making these videos. Regards Gary.

[@ModelTrainOutsider]

Excellent work. Attention to every detail pays off. Very instructive and easy to follow along. I am not a weathering person, but enjoy the skill on display.

[@teammoont]

This is an excellent video. It gives beginners like me the what, where, and why of weathering.

[@Benimation2006]

Very helpful and does make a huge difference. Must take weeks with so many large trains you have. Glad you didn't make it too uniform and there's some more natural and uneven grime. Great job!

[@jamescarryl9690]

Richard great weathering techniques. I love the look of the used an older used wagons both passenger and freight. Carry on mate

[@klingklangwerk3319]

Excellent as usual everard junction

[@IamRobotMonkey]

Great work as always fella. Looking at the carriage I almost found myself scratching my arms from all the fleas on board!

[@ChadwickModelRailway]

Cracking video as usual Richard and great to meet-up today at the Hattons stand at Ally Pally. Regards Charlie

[@philbartlett7898]

Great tutorial Richard Thanks for the inspiration. It is appreciated

[@karlsage3064]

Brilliant work, Richard. Weathering makes all the difference. I enjoy your videos. I am building an n gauge layout.

[@pileofstuff]

Nice assortment of techniques, and a good result. I tend toward only using washed s and dry brushing. I'll have to give airbrush weathering a go one of these days. It really adds to the effect.

[@NathanielKempson]

Im a simple man, i see Everard Junction has uploaded, i drop what im doing and I watch it. she wasnt so impressed, shes on the floor now.

[@MrVinnyh]

Some great tips there Richard, the only thing I think you manage to miss was the fact carriage washes miss the area from carriage ends to vestibules, where a bit more grim would be.

[@WarleyModelRailwayClub]

Another fantastic video Richard very informative and fits in nicely with the video you have done for us as well, many thanks and good luck to all those entering

[@BrianSeaman]

Very helpful and absorbing video - thank you. Not sure I'm going to attempt such detail in N Scale. I have done some work on wagons which went reasonably well, but I will need a huge magnifier :)

[@Pat.Mustard]

Thanks for sharing, I really enjoy these videos. The GUV is my favourite.

[@jeremysmith9696]

Thanks for leaving the sound on the time lapse. I love hearing the shuffle shuffle sounds!! :-)

[@NicholassTrainChannel]

i have been waiting for a video like this Richard i will certainly give these weathering ideas a go on my own stock great video and cant wait for the next one.

[@Gus-jb8cm]

Great tutorial video. Though not bad at brush painting, I've not got a spray machine. So may invest in one.

[@warrenpark5516]

Great Video Richard, I will have a go at weathering some of my stock using your techniques, Cheers

[@davidstrains4910]

Great video that weathering is looking really great

[@AndyHudson-ModelRailwayBuilds]

Excellent video Richard and very informative, I liked the mk1nicely weathered without going too far Andy

[@tomo6368]

Excellent video again Richard, always daunting weathering £200 plus of stock

[@ausfoodgarden]

Lovely job as always. I'm not a fan of over the top weathering that some seem to like, but your weathering looks just right.

[@jetmorgan6735]

Just catching up on your excellent videos. For the washes and grime have you ever considered using Flory Models clay washes. I just used the dark dirt and grime washes on a Parkside Dundas CCT model, very good results and easy to use.

[@alexhill9169]

Thanks for the excellent video richard, I am not far off trying my hand at some weathering, I am modelling in the mid to late 70's and I want my older 16t wagons to look filthy, working but not in their best condition. I may try some vallejo paints for this, I have a wargaming store nearby and they stock the entire range.

[@pauls5981]

another wonderful video love your work

[@Sandlingjunction]

Richard a great insight and will be so helpful in my own efforts, best wishes Paul at Sandling Junction

[@aidanB.]

The GUV's weathering looks spot on. They never got a wash. I saw lots in my BR days.

[@NQY-flyer]

Agreed perhaps and I know it’s a small issue the door handles perhaps would show a slight whitening effect as Railmen and post office workers gloves would of worn some of the grime away Otherwise a really fantastic weathering job 👍

[@locowerke]

Hugely informative and very useful information; thanks for posting your hard work.....great results!

[@Synthematix]

That weathering effect happend because its where the plastic is stressed/molded at the factory, microscopic holes

[@ericsainte290]

Hi Richard. I will be in Ally Pally this WE, I'll do weathering demo/clinic at the MRC stand. As I'm suffering frob a bad back injury that left me disabled (walking with a cane, and with difficulty due to a multi-staged discal hernia (L2-S1) doubled with discarthrosis (discs slowly degenerating)) I'll be most of the time at my stand. A friend of mine will be coming with me from Belgium to showcase how to easily create a bloc system with signals usinng easy to find abd affordable components ( as arduinos...). Hope to have a nice chat on sunday, Eric.

[@Georgeasaurus2001]

On the 47 you also have to remember the kick panels at the bottom of the door allways wore quickly,obviously

[@onnomulder9775]

Thanks Richard for this educational video!!! I saved it for later use! Cheers Onno.

[@oceanfroggie]

Another superb instructional and informative video Richard. I noticed you don’t use a rotary paint stand for swapping sides. Love your subtle weathering effects.

[@martinbateman2467]

I attempted to VGAs.....more practice needed, you make it look so easy😀

[@Deano084]

Very very nice mate!! Streaking on the loco maybe a tad heavy or uniform maybe? Love what you did to the windows!! Overall brilliant to see! Been watching from the start!

[@urielmorpheus]

Great job, Richard! :) I like your weathering style! One thing I miss though: some blackish varnish on the "oily" parts (wheels, tubes, bogies, etc.) would lighten up / break the similarity of the paint job. I can't wait your next video :)

[@czerskip]

Your skill is admirable!

[@marktaylor3564]

Thanks for the inspiration. Your models look great.

[@trevorward3016]

You have a remarkable talent of observation and then being able to replicate it. Enjoy your videos immensely and hope to put some of your weathering techniques into practice on my new layout. Thank you for what you do. By the way, is it Tamiya masking tape you use when weathering? Regards, Trevor

[@JamesPetts]

Gosh. Weathering. I am in the early (i.e. pre-baseboard) stages of an N gauge layout set in 1989. Just imagine doing all this to models half the scale! I have at least made some progress with renumbering in this scale.

[@sgkingly8392]

Excellent video. I will use this for making scale aircraft models. I think I could adapt this for aircraft.

[@robertrodriguez6978]

Hi Everard! I've been watching your videos for quite a long time, and I just can't keep from watching them! I'm blown away from what you've done with your highly detailed layout! I actually live in the US, but I admire a lot the British trains and railways, and to be honest You are the actual inventors of this transportation method! I mean the very first railway and subway, or underground, was built in England! I don't have the skills you have in modelling layouts, weathering, etc, but by just seeing your techniques, I'm getting a hang in different things! Sorry I'm extending too long with this text, but my question for you is: for the ones like myself, who can not afford to buy a spray paint gun, would it be possible to use acrylic and/or enamel paints to weather not just locos and train cars, but structures and things like that? Sorry if my English is a little broken, since Spanish is my first language! Be Safe! Robert.- PS: I'm building a small NewYork City styled subway layout, actually an elevated section! I don't know if you have been in NY, or maybe seen some video of the NYC subway! If so, please let me know!

[@AVFCAM]

Not sure where I fall on the roof repairs...I’m not sure whether it’s because I’m used to seeing pristine roofs or not...another quality video though, throughly enjoyed watching as usual!

[@Chris-BognorRegis]

Absolutely brilliant, now lets see if I can do that with my N gauge, cheers Richard.

[@davidhewitt1535]

Any particular make of masking tape you prefer / find works really well? Is it effective in preventing paint-bleed (appreciate with weathering it doesn’t really matter that much) or do you always overspray with varnish first to seal any gaps? Sorry if this has been asked before - haven’t seen all your videos yet.

[@mattseymour8637]

Very useful video and great weathering. What colour and make of airbrush paint did you use for the coach roof?

[@WatsonTmaxwell]

Happy Birthday to Vanessa Hudgens who turns 32 today 🎉🎂🥳 What's your favorite Vanessa Hudgens movie and why?

[@BrewsAndMk2s]

Thanks very much for keeping up till 1:12am hahaha

[@oceanfroggie]

Superb yet again. One question Richard at the end you sprayed matt varnish over the whole model including the windows, how did you prevent them from going frosty opaque due to the varnish?

[@markosolowey5887]

Extremely good video gives me some ideas cheers mate great work.

[@SammyBFilms]

The weathering on the coaches really is, just right! :-)

[@SuperRed1969]

Black soot, streaking and staining around that exhaust Richard, also fuel staining and streaking on the tanks. I was a fitter for British Rail for many years, trust me these things got $hit up ;)

[@martbernie9113]

wow and I thought I had mastered the art of making something (my bedroom) messy and unkempt. These look fantastic, could you bring one on Sunday for close inspection?

[@ListerDavid]

Was great to meet you today.

[@2H80vids]

A very interesting video Richard, nicely shot too. Not a criticism by any means, just a thought: you used "before and after" comparisons on a couple of occasions; would it be an idea to do this after each "stage". Something like: so, before I did the black on the roof, it looked like this; afterwards, it's changed to this.... I haven't explained that very well but, instead of comparing the model back to the untreated one(straight out the box), compare it back to just the one step earlier - if that makes any sense. Just a thought ☺ Dougie.

[@cheekytek]

Hi Richard great video buddy QUESTION the black wash did you just dilute with water or did you use acrylic thinners ? Any help appreciated Cheers Garry 😉👍

[@EverardJunction]

Just water mate, the vallejo paint works just fine with it. Cheers

[@cheekytek]

Cheers buddy I’ll give the Vallejo ago 👍 gaz

[@alexhill9169]

You beat me to it, thanks for asking.

[@chrisuddin9760]

Hi hello mate, I noticed when you were doing the class 47 you put a varnish over the top to seal everything but I don't think I saw you do this with the coaches and the wagons was that the case? Plus I saw a video where someone spread varnish on first so that the weathering had something to stick too again is that something you did or didn't do with the items in this video??. Are you supposed to varnish everything first and then again at the end after you've finished.? Many thanks.

[@BellshillBranch]

Cool new video thanks Richard

[@quarryfield]

Wonderful video, very interesting and informative indeed.

[@rezpiper]

What type of paint and color did you use to create the streaks on the dark blue car sides?

[@steventrout4055]

Great video Richard I will certainly use this for reference when I get on to weathering my stock , could you tell me what make of Matt varnish you use thanks.

[@mokanlines]

I noticed when you apply the wash you're applying the it as if the car were upright (a natural tendency since that's how we see the world). Since grime would fall due to gravity, why not flip the model upside down and apply the wash that way so that any pooling of the wash would be on the top of the detail rather than the bottom. A different color could be applied to parts of the bottom detail to mimic grime being kicked up by the wheels. I surmise that the effect you had of the pooled grime on the bottom detail happened when you sat the wagon on it's wheels and got the same effect. Just a thought, you're work is excellent in any case!

[@Steelshadow104]

I'm sure you've said it in other videos before, but what made you wanna focus and model in that time period?

[@CrossdressGamer]

by next the end of next year i am going to start my own model railway it's be all new to me i can't wait 😊

[@princeofsheffield]

Awesome stuff. Think this will give me, and others, a lot of confidence to have a go. Thanks. PS. Do you think using a really pale brown pin wash around the doors of the 47 might work? You’d get the effect but subtle enough for the white?

[@ListerDavid]

Love it when you do a weathering video, The wash on the doors really adds some depth. Looking to take my eldest to Ally Pally on the Sunday if he want to go. Will keep an eye out for you if we go.

[@stevesandford1437]

Excellent detail as always... (Even to the point of the background music, which sounds very late-period-'80s/'90s Indie/Smiths/Cure/ to me!!!) xx SF

[@bambostarla6259]

Your modelling is top notch. But I like my things blingy and shiny :)

[@9C85-g4b]

How do you get the bogie frames off a Bachmann Class 47? I am plucking up the courage to weather my BR Blue example. Thanks

[@johnjmortell5788]

Hi thank you for the ecellent video and advice. What mixture would you suggest for a black wash?

[@WJimmy90]

So good! Keep up the good work!

[@trerod]

Watching your weathering vids i would like to have a go, unfortunately i do not own a airbrush, could i get away with the aerosol cans you can get from model shops etc.?

[@TheDaf95xf]

Fantastic Richard 👍🏻 What’s the background music?

[@EverardJunction]

It's all from the KZbin audio library. I use several different tracks in most videos, almost all are from the rock category. Cheers

[@gh7319]

The HMG thinner that you were using, I know that it's the brand offered by Railmatch for use with their paints, is it okay to use with Phoenix Precision paints as well?

[@matthewjones9259]

I see you've finally got 47576 I also got one nearly 2 years ago

[@agachocho]

Great video as always, I want to start weathering and not had the guts to do it yet, can I ask some stupid questions please? 1. How much of paint and thinner do u add? As in quantity. 2. What thinner do you use for the stage one and again with quantity Many thanks in advance

[@randalwilliams2362]

Hi Richard - I learn so much from watching your vids. I am having problems with the 'Nylon Screw' approach to dcc fitting a Hornby Pancake motor (in a class 110 dmu). Unlike many vids I have seen, my model does NOT have a left pickup connection to the metal chassis. I have tried to engineer my own - a hole drilled in the chassis and a self tapping screw threaded in, to which I have soldered a lead - but the problem of DC running persists (I have fitted an 8-pin socket harness to the loco with the correct colour leads fitted in the appropriate places and fitted a blanking plate the correct way round). Do you have a video with this type of pancake motor being modified?

[@greghale9972]

Brilliant tutorial Richard. Cheers Greg

[@jonelson1983]

Brilliant informative video.