Abandoned coach
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Abandoned coach
Inspired by others layouts I thought I would have a go at building an abandoned coach that has been lifted to the trackside on some sleepers:
I have no real plan with this one - will just see how it turns out and make it up as I go along although ideas are welcome
Cheers,
Tom
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I have no real plan with this one - will just see how it turns out and make it up as I go along although ideas are welcome
Cheers,
Tom
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Abandoned coach
Its better than the coaches running on WWR. Swap?
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Hello Tom-Tom,
I think a combination of "scrap" materials would look convincing on the "backside". Some cobbled up light framing covered with an old wooden panel, some planks in various degrees of aging, a couple of sheets of tin (corrugated or not), an old metal sign (rusty and hung upside down or sideways) and finish with some bent nails and 2x4 braces to hold it all up. That would give you an abandoned look like the coach had rolled and the side had gotten torn up so the cobbed up wall was added when re-used as a tool shed or shelter. Otherwise, I think it's turning out great! Love the canvas!
My nickel's worth, anyway,
GW
I think a combination of "scrap" materials would look convincing on the "backside". Some cobbled up light framing covered with an old wooden panel, some planks in various degrees of aging, a couple of sheets of tin (corrugated or not), an old metal sign (rusty and hung upside down or sideways) and finish with some bent nails and 2x4 braces to hold it all up. That would give you an abandoned look like the coach had rolled and the side had gotten torn up so the cobbed up wall was added when re-used as a tool shed or shelter. Otherwise, I think it's turning out great! Love the canvas!
My nickel's worth, anyway,
GW
Are we having some fun or what?
The planking really does make it look more like an old abandoned/retired coach. You really want it to look weathered and rotten, so it's sort of a blessing in disguise that the side was broken, I think.
I saw on here last year sometime a fellow had a really good way of weathering wood: He made some very scale-like grain in wood bits by attacking them with a wire brush, then he used some kind of a wash like very thinned-down black paint to make the wood look grey and old. This treatment on at least a few of your planks would really make that coach look old and weathered.
I saw on here last year sometime a fellow had a really good way of weathering wood: He made some very scale-like grain in wood bits by attacking them with a wire brush, then he used some kind of a wash like very thinned-down black paint to make the wood look grey and old. This treatment on at least a few of your planks would really make that coach look old and weathered.
Hello All,
There are several weathering compounds on the market to weather wood to a nice tone, Weather-it and Siverwood to name a few. They are alcohol based so they dry fast and are non toxic in the fume dept. I have used such on my engine shed model (shown on the E S & I Engine Shed thread) I've also mixed my own using alcohol and black india ink with a few drops of Brown added. I've also heard of using ammonia instead of alcohol, seems it brings up the grain more. Of course you should wire brush the wood first to deepen the grain of the wood.
Here's a shot of the wood walls:
GW
There are several weathering compounds on the market to weather wood to a nice tone, Weather-it and Siverwood to name a few. They are alcohol based so they dry fast and are non toxic in the fume dept. I have used such on my engine shed model (shown on the E S & I Engine Shed thread) I've also mixed my own using alcohol and black india ink with a few drops of Brown added. I've also heard of using ammonia instead of alcohol, seems it brings up the grain more. Of course you should wire brush the wood first to deepen the grain of the wood.
Here's a shot of the wood walls:
GW
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A corrugated iron roof would be prefect for this coach. Tinplate from cans weathers really nicely when left outside and it will rust all by itself eventually. Heating the tin red hot might be too successful in that it would rust too fast out in the weather and need replacing fairly often.
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