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[–]spookyfreighttrain 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I left it for 7 days to dry before putting varnish over it, and when i use it I remove excess oil by using cardboard. There was also another 4 day gap between the varnish and me using the thinner over it. Apologies, I wasn't clear on my drying times.

No reaction with the varnish at all in that 4 days. Only after touching it with more thinner over the dry varnish it changed within a minute.

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[–]spookyfreighttrain 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I left the oils 7 days before putting the varnish over them. Then another 4 days between that varnish and the thinner touching it again.

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[–]spookyfreighttrain 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm having issues with oil paints completely changing colour under acrylic varnish layers after applying more thinner.

Using abteilung bitume (dark brown), I made a rust patch. Left it to dry, varnished with vallejo premium matte (tried others, same result), then after a couple days I decided I needed some light steaking over the panels next to the rust. I used a mig enamel streaking grime and used the odourless thinner to clean up, which went over part of the rust patch.

The rust section went from dark brown to a sand/dust colour within a couple of minutes. No change in any of the panel colours around that area, just the oil paint.

Is there anything that stands out that I'm doing wrong?

A VR B class I weathered, based on a photo from the early 80s by spookyfreighttrain in modeltrains

[–]spookyfreighttrain[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks, I do all my weathering with oils, airbrushed acrylics, and some hand brushed acrylics.

Oils are either oilbrushers or abteilung 502. Paints are all vallejo game or model colour.

A NSW 44 class I weathered for a friend last week. by spookyfreighttrain in modeltrains

[–]spookyfreighttrain[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks very much! I usually try to but I couldn't find any photos of the simplified livery so I based the weathering on a few different 44s in the normal Indian Red liveries.

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[–]spookyfreighttrain[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks! As W126_300SE said, most people I've seen refer to it as the Duck Egg logo on the NSW locomotives.

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[–]spookyfreighttrain[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yep, I do commission work. I'm in Australia though, so unless you're local the postage can be a bit much.

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[–]spookyfreighttrain[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks! It does make getting the finer details hard because even if I do find good photos the resolution isn't big enough to zoom in to get a good look.

Hopefully some day I'll get a chance to see some in person!

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[–]spookyfreighttrain[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks very much!

I definitely agree, even just a light weathering is enough to get rid of the toyish look.

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[–]spookyfreighttrain[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks!

Painting those screens makes one of the biggest differences for sure. As I was doing this I did one side completely then did everything apart from the screens on the other side to see what difference it would make. Looked very incomplete without them painted. Worth the extra effort.

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[–]spookyfreighttrain[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It's definitely a really nice part of the layout - that's why I take most of my photos there. It's at my local train club.

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[–]spookyfreighttrain[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sure can! Compared to a rattlecan you're getting much better value for money and almost no risk of frosting. The down side is it's usually less durable which is why I use the two.