D9-40C 8852 looking alot worse.

[Badhorse79]

Well I finished weathering 8852 I know I showed a pic of it be fore but I added more weathering and took care of the Scotch guard logos! Let me know what ya guys think ...! I used a varnish mixed with a brownish black powder and let it get a lil thick then dabbed the decal with it ... waited a few minutes then took a stiff brush and just swiped and dabbed it till I thought it looked right

[Badhorse79]

Up close of the decal

[Ptrainman]

Thats a rough looking engine, but thats the way its supposed to be.

Paul

[NSMoWandS]

Can still make out the words... not enough weathering yet!!! haha! Looks great!

[thpbears]

Nice would look good pulling my NS bethgons from the ole mine down the track.

[Badhorse79]

Thanks guys ... MoW I thought the same thing ! I wanna give it the flaked look but I haven't quite figured that out yet ...

[NSMoWandS]

You will need... small amount of thinner/pine-sol... and fine grit sand paper and some q-tips... soak the lettering in thinner/pine-sol( small amount of time for thinner...longer with pine-sol... if you are unsure... use the pine-sol... more forgiving than thinner) and use the fine sandpaper and/or q-tips to slowly work the paint off. Lots of small removals look better than one large removal... hope this helps.

[Badhorse79]

Really ... I never would of thought pine sol but I will try this thanks

[NSMoWandS]

Would have never thought of it either, but for an article in MR. Guy used pine-sol to take the BNSF off of the hood to put numbers on to make it a BN executive unit. Works really well.

[mbgphoto79]

Looks good, you can also use 91% isopropyl alcohol but be careful as it works quick!

[Badhorse79]

That's what I used to get the bleached spots it creates a frost look ... there's probably a chemical engineer out there that would blow our minds to the neat tricks to this kinda stuff