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Quote from: Bernhard on August 19, 2026, 03:33:08 AMThis looks quite convincing to me.
For weathering, I prefer Vallejo's ready-made washes. That way, I can be sure of getting the same shade everywhere on my large ore unklarer. However, these water-based washes are actually quite difficult to blend.
What bothers me a bit about your crane is the horizontal streaking on the main girder. If anything, I'd expect these to run vertically, following the force of gravity.
And the lathe definitely needs plenty of grease on the gears.

Bernhard

Thanks for the input! Yep, the main beams do not look good. I have already scrubbed it down and considering a full strio-down and repaint vs. just giving it a ne overspray of the base color.  I should probably strip it down proper to avoid paint build-up.

For the lathe I need to replicate some oily areas with a was that dries gloss/semigloss (suggestions for how to chieve this?).


Take a look at the reference pictures of lathes on my blog for the effect Im looking for:

https://trainspast.wordpress.com/category/real-trains/

 I should have studied them a little more thorughly before I started! 

This looks quite convincing to me.
For weathering, I prefer Vallejo's ready-made washes. That way, I can be sure of getting the same shade everywhere on my large ore unklarer. However, these water-based washes are actually quite difficult to blend.
What bothers me a bit about your crane is the horizontal streaking on the main girder. If anything, I'd expect these to run vertically, following the force of gravity.
And the lathe definitely needs plenty of grease on the gears.

Bernhard

Great work, thanks for the explanations. That's precision engineering at its finest.

Bernhard

Frithjof, You are beyond a "Master" at your craft.

I am speechless. This is deeply impressive.

I am going to suggest that artists paints are the way to go for subtle weathering effects. They stay reworkable for days even a week or so, and because the solvents are non-polar there are no tidelines. You can mix your own colours so you are not tied to a palette thought up by someone else. The versatility of oils for weathering is second to none. There are some health and safety issues with the pigments, but read up on it and be careful. They take practice and are a little expensive, but tubes of paint will last a long time.

Quote from: finescalerr on August 18, 2026, 11:35:39 AM"What ifs" notwithstanding, everything looks quite satisfactory. Given the cleanliness of the rest of the building, any dust on the machinery would have to be extremely subtle. -- Russ

You have a point, Russ. But I think that in the end the workshop must be more dirty!

Quote from: Bill Gill on August 18, 2026, 01:01:22 PMWould the machinery in a functioning shop tend to have a slightly oily sheen rather than visble dry rust?

Very likely. Some referenser images i have seen confirms this.

Would the machinery in a functioning shop tend to have a slightly oily sheen rather than visble dry rust?

"What ifs" notwithstanding, everything looks quite satisfactory. Given the cleanliness of the rest of the building, any dust on the machinery would have to be extremely subtle. -- Russ