Over one weekend, I changed the color and look of this 2-axle side board freight car (Märklin article number 4728) from this to this Honing My Weathering Skills No, I did it not out of frustration but have long planned … Continue reading Practising Weathering: Heavy Weathering and Graffiti on Freight Car
Yes, I have (almost) completed the cutout model of DRG standard steam locomotive Baureihe (Class) 01. The challenge was trying to build the firebox and superheating elements. I looked around for technical drawings of the Baureihe 01 and found them. … Continue reading Revell BR 01: Completed Cutout DRG Steam Loco
Another exciting year will soon pass and another fresh year begins. I thought I take this opportunity to reflect on my H0 model railroading journey in year 2023 and a bit further back since 2022 when I first started, and … Continue reading germaN87AC Year 2023 in Review
Since the reopening of Loewenherz railway park, the park has been receiving a constant stream of visitors and railway fans from near and far. Beside enjoying the idyllic surroundings, the array of railway exhibits that pocket around the park becomes … Continue reading Loewenherz Replaces Exhibit Tracks
I needed a street sweeper vehicle for my Loewenherz park and found a nice Wiking Unimog street sweeper. Unfortunately, I could not find the same article number as the one showed up on the Internet has a different cab design (Wiking Unimog U20 (Art. No. 064639)) It looks too shiny and clean for a hardworking street sweeper vehicle and definitely perfect candidate for weathering. First step is to remove all parts and give them a clean wash. I use wet towel for the quick cleanup. It contains mild alcohol. All parts were carefully painted and weathering based on a reference … Continue reading Practising Weathering: Wiking Unimog Street Sweeper
Acrylic paints dry up relatively fast when out of the bottle. Modellers use wet palette to keep the paints from drying during use. I gave my favourite salad container a second life (btw, Walter Popp’s salads are delicious if you can find them). Materials and Instructions for Wet Palette You need the following: Trace the bottom of the container on the packaging foam and cut to size. Stick double tapes on one side and press the foam to tbe bottom of the container. Cut baking paper to the size of the packaging foam. You can make many of these as … Continue reading Weathering 101: Wet Palette to Moist Acrylic Paints
Airbrush modellers talked a lot about the need to prime your models before you start painting. So I did this simple test: two plastic spoons were primed with Vallejo Surface Primer black (left and right); the difference is the dilution with airbrush thinner. The left spoon 50 primer/50 thinner, while the one on the right 60 primer / 40 thinner. Priming the Test Spoons The brown spoon was not primed and was airbrushed with Vallejo Model Air hull red. Primed spoons “Scratch my Back” Test One of the primed spoons – the 60/40 one was sprayed with Vallejo hull red … Continue reading Weathering 101: Always Prime Your Models
Many of us enjoy trainspotting – watching and perhaps noting down the various equipment – locomotives, wagons and even trains that passed by or at stations. This “trainspotting” hobby probably started in the 1950s in UK when schoolgoing kids noted … Continue reading Review: Trainspotting Realism in the Miniature World
I always wanted to model a cut-out locomotive, similiar to the steam loco Merchant Navy no. 35029 Ellerman Lines at National Railway Museum in York. It was an impressive machine and was brave of the National Railway Museum to cut … Continue reading Revell BR 01: Undercarriage Frame Completed
In the past few posts, I showed how I weathered the tank locomotive BR 74 854 and Roco flex track. Now, I will explain how I bring them together. Building the Exhibition Plinth The 30cm flex track serves to hold … Continue reading Practising Weathering: Bringing All Together
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