Just received this rare HO scale Sullivan Scrap gondola I have been looking for my Sullivan scrap yard. It was a pretty quick job in between these other projects to weather this one up. The car’s interior bay was done with a product called U-Rust and three different rust pigments, then followed up with an […]

Come see me for those in the Colorado area on Saturday, October 17th from 9-4 as I will be in attendance showing some of my models and advertising my work….

Another car is finished, this one an Atlas Gunderson double door GATX boxcar:

Currently working on an Atlas 60′ GATX boxcar and up next is this Atlas 40′ boxcar from Home Shops:

Four of five cars with requested graffiti and reflective strips added now finished:

Please notice the YouTube icon at the bottom of my homepage and click on it to open up my new channel, which has two videos currently but hope to be adding more!

Here’s another car of ten I’m still working on, which takes awhile with heavier weathering, as I do the weathering in layers. On to the next one to finish which is an N&W boxcar, plus an LVRC boxcar:

I have to post another huge thank you to the current modelers who have all recently sent me more models to weather. These three current projects are all from repeat modelers who have entrusted me once again to weather their property. Notice I don’t say “clients” as I consider all who entrust me to weather […]

Here’s one Southern boxcar that looks pretty ragged per request! I have five of ten cars now in various degrees of completion. More photos coming as other cars are complete:

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On the prototype Indiana and Ohio railroad one day the engineer and I were running our old geep long hood forward and coming up on the US Rt. 63 crossing just off I-75 when a loaded gasoline tanker crossed right in front of us. I instinctively grabbed the arm rest on the cab seat as […]

So, here I’m going to perhaps clear things up as far as what I consider the various degrees of weathering I base my prices on. The following are examples, and of course, these examples shown are just the weathering, not any decal applications or change of wheels or couplers.

Next up on the weathering calendar is this first of ten assorted cars to complete. Stay tuned as these progress!

Another story from my days on the Indiana and Ohio railroad. Railroading gets in one’s blood, and I miss the railroad, but it’s a demanding and potentially dangerous job. This more so when you come in contact with impatient drivers of vehicles who try to beat you across a crossing and wind up losing. Same […]

This new acquisition is now finished and in service on the layout. I used washes on this guy, several colors of acrylic paints on the underside plus several pigment colors for the built up grime, and used three different rust mediums on the roof to achieve this effect. The darker areas between the panel ribs […]

Here are the first of eight BNSF hoppers I have to work on. These first four are lightly weathered as requested, while the second four will have medium or moderate weathering plus graffiti on those four. It’s possible to tell on these first four the undersides are a bit grimy with different colors used:

I say past passion as I really don’t get out much anymore to actually railfan and take photos like I used to. I still of course enjoy seeing trains and riding trains however. I do subscribe as well to three different railcam companies. Anyway, here’s a few examples of my past passion, and please remember, […]

For those that haven’t noticed at the bottom of the website or checked out my Facebook group called The Weathering Depot, I just turned over 6,500 followers, so a big thank you!

Here’s a short post and photo today of some of the tools of the trade that I use and am using to weather the current project of ten hoppers:

I do have an eBay shop as well where periodically I’ll post weathered rolling stock for sale. My shop is under the same name: theweatheringdepot. As of the date of this posting I only have 1 car currently for sale, but hope to have more by the end of June, as I’m working around my […]