IAIS MOW flat 9007, an ex-RI 53'6" flat built from a stretched 40-footer. I added splice plates, cut bars, and air hoses. To rough up the appearance of the deck, I cut into the ends of the boards with sprue nippers. By: Joe Atkinson
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"Before" view showing 9007's original deck weathering using Bragdon powders. Some kind folks at the Proto-Layouts list and Atlas Forum encouraged me to take it further, which led to the changes seen in the next image.
Because of the model's relatively light weight, the tie bundles were made by gluing Micro Engineering ties to lead weights. The tie-down straps are Chart-Pak tape cut into thinner strips and painted with a mix of Floquil Grimy Black and Old Silver. The ends of the bundles were made from the cut-off ends of a number of surplus ties left over from turnout construction. By: Joe Atkinson
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Here's an overhead view of my second attempt at weathering 9007's deck. I used a wire brush attachment on my Dremel tool in order to give the plastic deck a more worn look, which had the added benefit of exposing the light grey P2K deck underneath the Bragdon weathering powders. Among the clutter I added were ME ties (whole, as well as shavings), ME rail, strips of Chart-Pak tape (painted a mix of rust and bare steel colors to represent steel banding of various ages), some ballast, and a few weeds made from ground foam. By: Joe Atkinson
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Close up of the new clutter. Using prototype photos as a guide, I inserted a few pieces of ME ties in random stake pockets By: Joe Atkinson
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IAIS MOW flat 9007, an ex-RI 53'6" flat built from a stretched 40-footer. I added splice plates, cut bars, and air hoses. To rough up the appearance of the deck, I cut into the ends of the boards with sprue nippers.
"Before" view showing 9007's original deck weathering using Bragdon powders. Some kind folks at the Proto-Layouts list and Atlas Forum encouraged me to take it further, which led to the changes seen in the next image.
Because of the model's relatively light weight, the tie bundles were made by gluing Micro Engineering ties to lead weights. The tie-down straps are Chart-Pak tape cut into thinner strips and painted with a mix of Floquil Grimy Black and Old Silver. The ends of the bundles were made from the cut-off ends of a number of surplus ties left over from turnout construction.
Here's an overhead view of my second attempt at weathering 9007's deck. I used a wire brush attachment on my Dremel tool in order to give the plastic deck a more worn look, which had the added benefit of exposing the light grey P2K deck underneath the Bragdon weathering powders. Among the clutter I added were ME ties (whole, as well as shavings), ME rail, strips of Chart-Pak tape (painted a mix of rust and bare steel colors to represent steel banding of various ages), some ballast, and a few weeds made from ground foam.
Close up of the new clutter. Using prototype photos as a guide, I inserted a few pieces of ME ties in random stake pockets
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