Article: Weathering A Boxcar Hundreds of freight car weathering articles have been published so this is certainly not a new topic. This one from the on-line July 2021 Model Railroad Hobbyist caught

Hog Wash!!! Photo from Classic Trains website: https://www.trains.com/ctr/photos-videos/photo-of-the-day/watering-hogs-on-the-up/ Caption: “A triple-headed shower wets down the hogs riding in

A while ago I acquired several bottles of Vallejo 71.080 Rust which I brush on (not airbrush) on the sides of rails after ballasting etc.... Why rust? I actually get the color of the rails on the

Interesting. I have been washing my flex track by soaking it with Dawn or other dish-washing liquid in the bath tub for 30 minutes, then drying it and airbrushing it with tie color craft acrylics in

I've always used weathered rail, and I'm still laying it on Central Valley tie strip. I haven't applied paint to hardly any rail, so I can't answer the question directly, but the weathered rail has

Tru Color is known for adherence problems on resin, plastic, and metal. Alcohol cleaning doesn’t improve adherence for Tru Color. For freight cars, media blasting and/or priming with an organic

I started building my own track switches in early 2020. I pulled each rail through a paper towel soaked with 91% isopropyl alcohol. Lots of unseen stuff came off on the paper towel. Late in 2019,

I've gotten good results with MicroLux Rail Brown. Sold by Micro-Mark and, I believe, made by Vallejo. I actually use a mix of their Rail Brown and Roof Brown colors on the rails, but it goes on

I would concur, unless you cleaned it yourself, assume the rail has a lubricant or something on it. Metal needs to be clean for paint, any kind of paint, to stick. Doug

 Hi Wallace and List Members, In a message sent to me offline, Peter Hall suggested I might need to clean the side of the rail with alcohol first before painting. Your suggestion that even brand

One thought: since the rail stock is drawn through a die in order to shape it, lubricant from the drawing process may still be present on out-of-the-box track. Regards, Wallace Steinbrecher

I have been using Testors enamel paint pen on rails and been satisfied with it. Have not tried painting ties with it. Has been a while since I bought any, the availability may have changed. Chuck

Hi Bill and List Members, Bill wrote: "Try Vallejo Model Air 71.139 US Field Drab" Thanks very much for the paint recommendation - greatly appreciated. Bill also wrote: "Keep in mind that if the

Have you tried something like Minwax polyurethane stains? Those will stick and they are way cheaper than hobby paints and you can mix pigment colors into them to vary the shade.

Try Vallejo Model Air 71.139 US Field Drab Keep in mind that if the rail is oily the paint will not stick. Bill Dixon

Hi List Members, About a year back, I wanted to brush paint a short section of track (ties and rail both) on my layout a rail brown color. So I puchased one bottle each of Tru-Color TCP-822 FLAT

Thanks, but I already purchased a set from another source. Nelson Moyer

Guy Wilber wrote: This data is well documented. But there is an SP lettering drawing, with a note for the removal of the bars in late 1952, noted as “recommendation discontinued.” Both SP and PFE

URECO Brake wheel housing Some time ago I purchased six sets of Detail Assoc. part BW 6403. I have one spare set, if you will contact me of list I will sell you the set. Smithal9@... Al Smith Sonora

yes - called a ‘buck’ The cars are the first all steel round roof PRR X31’s of the PRR design being built as new in 1935 with government stimulus money during the depression - putting over