Heavily Weathered Binnie Wagon
Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2022 8:30 am
Has I mention on Andrew's thread, I said I would show you my weathered Binnie Wagon. I think I went overboard slightly.. But Anne like it, so that's all that matters really. Keep Anne happy and you never know.....
Anyway here it is. I have replaced the wheels with Slater's steel wheels and put some small bits of lead weight under the chassis to add a bit of weight to the wagon. I think they run far to light for us personally. But it's a personal choice. The rust effect was achieved by using various methods with cinnamon, brick dust and pastel chalk sticks. The chalk sticks were crushed and some mixed with the brick dust and some with the cinnamon. I also just used all of the methods separately to see how they worked. I am pleased to say they worked well. I still though am not to happy with the way the wagon looks, I think it's too much, but then I suppose if it had done a lot of work and then left outside in all weathers it would look like that...maybe.
Looking at the chassis now maybe that needs a bit more weathering. What do you think....
Anyway here it is. I have replaced the wheels with Slater's steel wheels and put some small bits of lead weight under the chassis to add a bit of weight to the wagon. I think they run far to light for us personally. But it's a personal choice. The rust effect was achieved by using various methods with cinnamon, brick dust and pastel chalk sticks. The chalk sticks were crushed and some mixed with the brick dust and some with the cinnamon. I also just used all of the methods separately to see how they worked. I am pleased to say they worked well. I still though am not to happy with the way the wagon looks, I think it's too much, but then I suppose if it had done a lot of work and then left outside in all weathers it would look like that...maybe.
Looking at the chassis now maybe that needs a bit more weathering. What do you think....