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Weathering Washes

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This box car illustrates the result of weathering washes outlined in this blog post.

A recent weathering blog post generated questions about the washes used in the processes. Let’s take a look at the materials and the steps I use in applying weathering washes to freight cars.

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Author Eric HansmannPosted on August 13, 2016August 25, 2016Categories WeatheringTags weathering washes11 Comments on Weathering Washes

Resource Pages

  • A guide to 1920s era HO scale plastic freight cars
  • A quick guide to Westerfield Models for a 1920s model railroad
  • Accurail Prototype Data
  • B&O Freight Car fleet of 1926
  • RPM event calendar
  • USRA Freight Car Assignments
  • W&LE Freight Car Fleet of 1926

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  • Frank Hodina's Resin Car Works
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  • George Dutka's White River Division
  • Jeremy Dummler's Thoughts on Modeling Prototype Trains
  • John Golden's Railroad Prototype Modeler
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  • Marshall Stull's Small Model Railroads
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  • Michael Hauk's Susquehanna & New York
  • Mike McNamara's Northeast Kingdom Railroad
  • Modeling Steam Era Freight Cars
  • Pierre Oliver’s Wabash Railroad in southern Ontario
  • Rene Gourley's Pembroke:87
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  • Ted Culotta's Prototype Railroad Topics
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  • Trevor Marshall's Achievable Layouts
  • Trevor Marshall’s Port Rowan in S scale

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  • Chuck Cover's PRR Shamokin Branch
  • Chuck Davis' Lehigh Valley, Wyoming Division
  • Craig Bisgeier’s Housatonic Railroad
  • Jack Burgess' Yosemite Valley Railroad
  • Lance Mindheim's layout designs and builds
  • Michael Hohn’s Southern Central Rail-Road
  • New England, Berkshire & Western Model RR Society at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
  • Randy Hammill’s New Britain Station
  • South Elkins: an old project
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  • The Patch, by Keith Jordan
  • Vintage Liberty Street

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