In part two of our 1960s weathering series, we go to town on a pair of Hornby BR '9F' 2-10-0s as we create different weathered finished for a BR Standard and Crosti locomotive using readily available Lifecolor acrylic paints and introduce airbrushing techniques. Watch the full hour long weathering guide now for free when you sign up for a Member account and see what's in store with our trailer below.
STEAM LOCOMOTIVE weathering has many variable. What type of locomotive of is it, what type of trains would it haul, is it fresh out of works or is it coming to the end of its career. In this second part of our weathering series, we tackle a pair of Hornby BR '9F' 2-10-0s to give them different levels of weathered finish to represent a standard locomotive in well maintained condition and a more heavily weathered Crosti example.
Above: the latest weathering projects to be completed for our new series are these two Hornby '9F' 2-10-0s. They have been weathered with Lifecolor acrylics and a combination of airbrush and brush painting techniques.
Our paints of choice for the majority of this project are Lifecolor acrylics using a selection of colours from the manufacturer's Rail Weathering and Shades of Black six packs. Both of these pa…
