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Painting castings - Large misc. variety - Karl. A
On a recent trip to Dallas I was fortunate enough to receiveand bring home several random boxes of the incredible Sierrawest resin detail parts and some metal mixed in, Here are a few of the boxes I brought back.
I haven't been able to model much over the past couple of years, and not at all over the past 9 months.
Hopefully working on some of these will ease me back into it, just on the painting/weathering side of things to start with and get me going again.
As there are many duplicates I might do some videos of the process for different ones.
So let me know if you want to see anything done in a VIDEO.
First thing I decided to do was to sort out the castings into groups and store them in trays so I could see what I had.
Once all the larger castings were pulled out and organised this is what was left in the boxes.
These smaller items were then separated and put into trays also.
Now it is time to start working through the trays and painting these beauties.
I haven't been able to model much over the past couple of years, and not at all over the past 9 months.
Hopefully working on some of these will ease me back into it, just on the painting/weathering side of things to start with and get me going again.
As there are many duplicates I might do some videos of the process for different ones.
So let me know if you want to see anything done in a VIDEO.
First thing I decided to do was to sort out the castings into groups and store them in trays so I could see what I had.
Once all the larger castings were pulled out and organised this is what was left in the boxes.
These smaller items were then separated and put into trays also.
Now it is time to start working through the trays and painting these beauties.
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This appeared in the Mill Engine and Boilerhouse kit which was Brett's first kit in O scale, I'm not sure where else it was offered.
After choosing my first victim it was time to drill some holes and insert the toothpicks to use as handles.
The castings were then spraed flat black from a rattlecan as they represented mostly metal.
Next was picking out some of the beautiful detail. Using craft paint I picked out the bottles in green, a can in blue and some various macinery parts in shades of brown.
Once the colours were dry I highlighted the metal parts by dry brushing them with reaper 'tarnished steel'
The exterior of the steel buckets was then dry brushed with tarnished steel also to give a metal look.
It doesnt show up well in this pic but later on you can see the effect when it is back in the tray better.
Even though they wont be used yet I chalked a couple of them with 411.3 to give them a rust effect and show the result.
Parts back in the box and time to decide which one to do next...
Decisions, decisions...
Jerry
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Finished the Loco and Service Shops and waiting patiently for the Riverfront to make an appearance.
Nick