SI Group - Rotterdam Jct.

Steve Myers photo, thanks Steve.

I thought this is an interesting shot I found on Steve Myers Facebook who also posts on the B&M Facebook page. Here is what he had to say about the car and Oh the plant is still working....George Dutka

SI Group/Schenectady International/Schenectady Chemical Company/Schenectady Varnish Works is at 1000 Main St., Rotterdam Junction, NY served by the B&M. The B&M turntable was located inside the industry in the 1970's.

This is what I saw on January 23, 2025 of the industry at Rotterdam Junction. George Dutka photo.

Wordless Wednesday No. 621

 

      

Weathering!

Photo by Hunter Hughson

Hunter recently posted this nice article on Facebook. His Facebook group called "Hunter Hughson's Crosstown Pickup" is what he is now using in place of his blog ...George Dutka

by Hunter Hughson 

Wet sanding to degrade the factory lettering, then mostly airbrush work for the paint failure and rust effects on the sides and ends. For this project I used Tamiya colours with Mr. Color Leveling Thinner and fine tip on the airbrush. I worked with dark reds and dark greys to come up with three rusty oxide colours for that bit.

The roof (which you can't see well in this photo) started with thinned blue/grey airbrushed over the entire roof (masked off of course) to tone down the factory silver followed by a simple enamel wash: AK grime wash over the whole roof followed by a rust color along the edge where the roof meets the side.

Reweigh patch is gloss black airbrushed using a cue-card mask held just off the surface of the model so the edges are slightly feathered. Decals for the new weights added to the patch then a light brushing of gloss to seal them in. COTS and Kartrak decals applied gloss patches that were brushed on. All of the glossy bits were blended in at the end when the final coat of clear flat was applied. Very light weathering over the new weight data but none applied to the COTS and Kartrak decals. I wanted those to look like they've only been on the car for a short time.

Trucks are were airbrushed with a dark grey then dark oxide coloured enamel washes.

Peace