Great, I’m dying to try that now, thanks.

Amazing result! A cheaper alternative to the paper shaper could be watered down pva, works just as well in my opinion.

I love the finished product and the tutorial on the tarps. Might have to give that a shot here for my logging line. Thanks for the great content!

Fantastic and well explained how too do this great work my friend absolutely love this channel thanks a lot for doing this for us all to learn more great technique's to improve ourselves keep up the great work

I make my own coal loads from a big old chunk of bituminous coal (anthracite would have been easier to use but no railroads used soft coal). I smash it with a hammer on an old piece (about 12 inches) of rail I got from the Central of Georgia (120 pound rail - mainline). I use the really small pieces for HO gauge and the larger pieces I save for my Lionel 027 gauge. I usually make my own weathering chalks. I use the kitchen grater I got at a dollar store. I grind up some white chalk and mix some food coloring in a communion cup (great little cups for mixing paints). I then add my chalk and stir it up with a tooth pick. I then pour it onto my cutting mat and wait for it to dry. Then I use a single edged razor blade to cut it up as if you were cutting out a line of cocaine. :-) Then I put it back into the communion cup for storage until I need it. For trucks, wheels, freight car bodies and locos to add rust I use REAL rust. I take a roll of fine steel wool and put it into a quart jar and fill it up with white vinegar and set it on a window sill so the sun can shine on it. After a month or two, I pour the liquid out into a stainless photo tray from my darkroom (10X14). After it is completely dry I use a single edged razor blade scraper and scrape the rust out of the tray. It usually comes out as a fine powder. I then store it in a snuff container. Depending on how long you leave the steel wool in the vinegar my batches come out with different colors of rust, i.e., some are orange and others are a deeper colored red. When I get ready to use it I put several scoops of my rust into a plastic communion cup (neat little cups for mixing paints) and add some alcohol, Elmer's white glue and a dab of water soluble glycerin. Then I just brush it on. If I want an area where the rust has eaten through the metal (plastic) I use my X-acto knife and make some gouges in the sides of a car and fill it up with my rust. To seal the rust I usually topcoat it with a flat acrylic clear coat. It looks very realistic 'cause it is REAL rust! Happy Railroading! W Rusty Lane in eastern Tennessee

Will you ever stop being a legend, man? :)

That looks so good I made a cover out of toilet paper , used one sheet then I used a old tea bag waited till that dryed and painted it but yours looks a lot better

Another great video. Thank you. I had no idea paper shaper was a thing! I’ll redo the tarp on my Smokey Joe using this method. I used das clay finely rolled but always though it looked a little on the thick side.

wow that looks fantastic i have got the blue CR livery 0-4-0 i will be weathering that soon.

nice work dude!

Excellent video, superb job! If you haven’t already could you do a weathering of a Hornby Ruston?

Have you got a link to where you got the chimney and handrail knobs? I've got a smokey Joe in similar need!

Prefer the process or product.?i enjoy the process of weathering.i repaint triang coaches into irish liveries