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Adding weathering effects to the trackwork of MRVP’s On30 Olympia Logging Co. layout can be just as beneficial as adding them to locomotives, rolling stock and structures. In this video, Cody Grivno walks through the steps for giving the rails and ties a realistic rustic look by using an airbrush to apply a light coat of acrylic paint. Cody also shares how to paint subtle details using a micro-brush and a few additional paint colors.
I have to agree with Matthew Struck from New York in that the points should no longer have to be kept clean (unpainted) because all of the rails have power at all times through jumpers. However, I do understand the need for cleanliness to keep the points working correctly.
Hi Cody,
Question: If you were scratch building a spindly (logging) trestle on the side of a rock mountain, would you build the trestle first (on the workbench) and then build the scenery to fit the trestle, or would you build the rock mountainside and then cut in the trestle (somehow) to fit?
I know every situation is different, and the second method is more difficult, but is it so difficult that you would prefer to rule it out?
Great show, as always!
Thanks again,
Greg
I thought that Part 7 (modifying a turnout) would negate the need to mask the points and then carefully touch up around them?
I have also highlighted random ties with various colors but then follow that up with a very diluted dark wash (India ink or a dark maple stain) over all the ties to blend them all together prior to ballasting.
Cody…what's a good way to "clean" a bright boy. It really gets loaded up with paint when you clean the paint off the rail. Thanks!