Weathering
Ready-to-Run (RTR) locomotives, wagons and coaches look great when new, but real locomotives and trains are never so clean. This is where weathering comes in, the term for giving your locomotives and rolling stock a more realistic appearance. This section applies to all of your model railway: track, buildings, vehicles…literally everything can be weathered!
Layout build: Runcorn Salt Union
Follow Howard Smith's build of this OO gauge layout in this series of 'behind…
By Howard Smith | 12 February 2020
How to make your model trains grubby
Here we give you our top tips to achieve impressive weathering results on any…
03 December 2019
How to rust your wagons for your model railway
For some, painting older items of rolling stock to look more authentic is more…
25 September 2019
VIDEO: How to weather a wagon
Phil Parker demonstrates weathering techniques for beginners to make your wagons…
29 August 2019
How to weather buildings and structures
It's one thing adding buildings to your train set, but don't they look a bit…
27 August 2019
How to enhance an RTR locomotive
Struggling to differentiate your RTR locomotive from the crowd? Here’s 18 quick…
21 August 2019
How to add details to a Hornby Sentinel
A massively popular model, here's how you can add detail and character to a…
18 October 2018
How to weather a locomotive using paint washes and powders
Model railway weathering does not have to be difficult or expensive. Follow…
18 October 2018
How to paint laser-cut brickwork
Colouring bricks are usually simple enough, until we tried some laser-cut ones,…
18 September 2018
Fast and simple detail tweaks
Any RTR model can be improved with extra detail and little effort, as we show…
12 September 2018
How to distress wagons
This short practical shows you how to give ‘Dogfish’ ballast hoppers a…
05 September 2018
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