Weathering a Hopper

My latest weathering job. An old Varney hopper.

I am still practicing weathering using tubed acrylic paints. I have two old hopper cars that have been in a drawer for at least 25 years that I planned to do something with. Well I did something with them last week. This is an old Varney hopper that got a new Kadee brake wheel before I began with the weathering. Once done I toned it down with a spray of weathered black...George Dutka

A coat of floquil black is over-sprayed on the model.

I went pretty heavy with the rust on this side. A bit of Panpastels had been applied but still needs a light overspray of black.