My "artist" paints have been getting pretty old and kind of drying out a little bit so I made a trip out to the local Michael's craft store this week. I was a little surprised that the price had gone up as far as it had, but I picked up tubes of water mixable oil colours Burnt Sienna and Burnt Umber, a new 3/0 brush and a bottle of "Bittersweet Chocolate" craft acrylic. Then I got discounts when I paid so that helped.
Everything happened to be on sale for 10% off when I was there, but the tubes of paint were also buy one get a 2nd one 50% off.
I've finished up that former Berlin Mills boxcar now, so here's a few looks at that:
Here's the underside of the boxcar after it's been sprayed with that "Bittersweet Chocolate" paint that I got at Michaels. Of course this won't be seen much, but I typically do it anyway. I also sprayed some flat black nearer to the ends.
Here's a view that shows wear on the end of the car. On the top of the horizontal ribs I've brushed on some PanPastel Burnt Umber powder.
The boxcar out on the JSSX showing it's wear and tear. Can't really see them, but the wheels and trucks have been painted/weathered with Vallejo Rust Texture.
Weathered EEC 3148 on the spur at the South Industrial warehouse fits right into the locale.
That's all for this time. On to the next project. Have a good week.