You get the luxury of seeing this in 30 minutes. This actual car took about 3 weeks to do working off an on, maybe about 16 hours total. That is honestly nothing, some of my cars can take upwards of 25 to 30 or 40 hours. Locos are even worse!

@@DansRailroad2011 was just giving you crap. I knew someone would ask, seriously... And yeah...it doesn't work like that..

Having trouble finding your Instagram can you spell it out ? thanks man!

@@1610nsb dan e dankenson.

In some cases, yes! If there are finger prints or residues, you want to carefully scrub the model with a toothbrush and some soap and water. I'm very careful to only scrub the parts I need to clean and am careful around fine details! This is especially important on locomotives. I will always take the shell off as not to get water on electronics or the motor. I clean the wheels, truck frames, and fuel tank to remove factory grease or finger prints in most cases.

I think he dullcoats first.

Maybe there are measurements somewhere, but I do mine by eye. On a hopper like this, you can get the length of the stripes by comparing against the distance between the car's ribs and cut the width so it looks in the right proportion.

Regular oils that I have used in the past take WAY longer to dry then water mixable. The water mixable oils work well with thinner, especially over time as the oil begins to dry and become more like a paste. Trying to continue to mix them with water over time becomes more difficult. The thinner trick works very well for model application and it is preferred by many other expert modelers.

I have a books worth of prototype photos, and i'm always gathering more!

RR picture archives.

I never have but they are basically just like weathering powders.

@@DansRailroad2011 In some ways yes and in some ways no.