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Post by rightfullrudder on Feb 9, 2024 17:07:57 GMT -5
Hi all, I know there's a lot of folks on here that are trying to "push the envelope" as far as z scale goes, especially in the custom paint, decal, and weathering department. I just wanted to create a thread to share photos of some of the projects everyone's been working on as well as tips and tricks for painting and weathering. I'll get the ball rolling with a couple of cars I just finished recently: the first image is a custom painted and lettered B&O drop end gondola, and the second is a stock mtl penn central boxcar that I used an oil paint streaking technique on to simulate rust and then dusted over with gray and earth brown on edges of the car. Both cars have had metal wheels added. Attachments:
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Post by cwrr on Feb 9, 2024 18:09:42 GMT -5
That PC boxcar is about perfect!!  |
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Post by smr on Feb 10, 2024 13:27:47 GMT -5
Great idea! Happy to contribute !!   Best, Sven & Dirk |
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Post by rightfullrudder on Feb 10, 2024 15:45:40 GMT -5
Those look great, as a Chessie modeler myself I’ve been trying to find Chessie decals but have came up empty. Do you happen to have a source?
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Post by rgs455 on Feb 11, 2024 2:27:32 GMT -5
Hi all, I know there's a lot of folks on here that are trying to "push the envelope" as far as z scale goes, especially in the custom paint, decal, and weathering department. I just wanted to create a thread to share photos of some of the projects everyone's been working on as well as tips and tricks for painting and weathering. I'll get the ball rolling with a couple of cars I just finished recently: the first image is a custom painted and lettered B&O drop end gondola, and the second is a stock mtl penn central boxcar that I used an oil paint streaking technique on to simulate rust and then dusted over with gray and earth brown on edges of the car. Both cars have had metal wheels added. They look awsome.👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 BR Boris |
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Post by rgs455 on Feb 11, 2024 3:58:29 GMT -5
Here are some of my Custom Painted and lettered Ones - CP GP9 in Multimark - a 3D printed Boxcar with leftover lettering from the Geep BR Boris |
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Post by texrail on Feb 11, 2024 11:03:34 GMT -5
Great idea! Happy to contribute !! Best, Sven & Dirk |
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Post by texrail on Feb 11, 2024 11:09:35 GMT -5
Sorry, that was too quick! I like these NYC boxcars too!  !   Attachments:
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Post by stevew on Feb 11, 2024 16:27:07 GMT -5
Nice work everybody! Here's a couple of mine: Steve W Attachments:
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Post by Edward on Feb 17, 2024 23:35:00 GMT -5
Nice work everybody! Here's a couple of mine: Steve W Clean work Steve!! 👏🏼👏🏼 |
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Post by smr on Feb 18, 2024 13:00:50 GMT -5
Here some Weathering in perfection done by Gerd ( trains@enkay-design.com ):   Note the matching Weathering of the loc shop by Dirk Kuhlmann! Best, Sven |
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Post by smr on Feb 24, 2024 14:52:02 GMT -5
 Enjoy your WE! Best, Sven |
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Post by stevew on Feb 25, 2024 10:59:50 GMT -5
Nice work everybody! Here's a couple of mine: Steve W Clean work Steve!! 👏🏼👏🏼 Thanks! There are some great pics in this thread, everyone is doing great work. Steve W |
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Post by ednadolski on Feb 25, 2024 16:36:05 GMT -5
Along that same line of thought -- what do folks do to remove factory lettering (AZL specifically, in my case) from Z scale models, without disturbing the underlying paint? The usual tricks in other scales include Micro Sol, Walthers Solvaset, Mr. Color Thinner (for Kato), IPA (use carefully), and even gentle scraping with a sharp/curved blade.
It is typically a YMMV, and I imagine no different for Z, but I was just hoping to find some options known to work before I go experimenting.
In my case, I have the AZL BNSF reefers w.the swoosh logo, but it should be the circle-cross on some numbers. I think I have some N decals that will serve for Z.
TIA,
Ed
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Post by dazed on Feb 25, 2024 17:36:23 GMT -5
Along that same line of thought -- what do folks do to remove factory lettering (AZL specifically, in my case) from Z scale models, without disturbing the underlying paint? The usual tricks in other scales include Micro Sol, Walthers Solvaset, Mr. Color Thinner (for Kato), IPA (use carefully), and even gentle scraping with a sharp/curved blade. It is typically a YMMV, and I imagine no different for Z, but I was just hoping to find some options known to work before I go experimenting. In my case, I have the AZL BNSF reefers w.the swoosh logo, but it should be the circle-cross on some numbers. I think I have some N decals that will serve for Z. TIA, Ed Ed, there is some YMMV involved, but a large portion of the AZL catalog can be altered using the Micro-Sol and scotch tape method. (sometime nudging with a q-tip or toothpick at times) See azlforum.com/post/30049 which includes another link to a thread where I have expounded on this process in some depth. (I should probably just create a main thread about this...I'll try to do that soon.) But yes those beer cars (technically insulated boxcars) are among the cars that work great with Micro-Sol. PM me if you have any others...I've altered quite a few of AZL's offerings. A couple of exceptions off the top of my head... the ACF 2-Bay Covered Hoppers are very sensitive to Micro-Sol and if you go more than about three minutes it will remove paint. And some cars are toughter than others. Some of the PS2-CD's are really tough or impossible to alter, using normal methods at least. Also some of the 3-Bay ACF's. Aside from AZL...Full Throttle lettering is almost impossible to remove without affecting the underlying paint, and MTL is also very tough to remove...use Camp Fuel instead of Micro-Sol on MTL stuff, and it will take much longer to "soak" and multiple applications. I basically won't even try Full Throttle stuff anymore. |
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