Reply To: Atlas covered hopper color

[Charles Duckworth]

It got up to the 50s today so I was able to do a more little weathering on the Atlas car. I didn’t want to over do it but figured a car built in 1965 with its original coat of paint and stenciling would have a little rust and grime 14 years later. After applying the Reeves oil paint ‘Burnt Sienna’ yesterday today I decided to sealed it with a coat of thinned Dullcote. This allows the car to be handled whereas the oils can take several days to dry. The areas around the trucks and outlet gates were airbrushed with my mixture of Dullcote, brown and black. Here’s were things went south; one of the blogs I read on weathering recommended you use turpenoid (which is not as strong as turpentine) and a Q-tip and go over the hand holds so they lighten up and stand out from the rest of the weathering. So I decided to pour a little turpenoid into the cap on the bottle and in doing so I managed to drip the turpenoid all over one side of the car. This required me to redo the rust streaks on the car side again.

Obviously this was one of those Homer Simpson ‘doh!’ moments when you asked yourself “..why in the hell were you pouring paint thinner directly over the top of the car”? Anyway the car was saved from doom and is now waiting for the COTS and ACI decals.

For reference I added a shot of the Reeves water mixable oil paint I’ve been using. I bought a set of 24 of these small tubes for under $13 off Amazon. Here’s the link http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00E9KI842?keywords=reeves%20oil%20paints&qid=1454197484&ref_=sr_1_1&sr=8-1

For weathering purposes, I use the white, black and the three different browns for rust and if you don’t like how it looks just get out the turpenoid and remove it.

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