Adding a little dirt and grime helps bring out the details and enhance realism

摘要

One of the photos in your "Build a junction layout" series shows an Amtrak F40PH locomotive. I'd like to know how you weathered this passenger locomotive to give it a proper in-service appearance without making it look too dirty? The term "weathering" covers a wide range of techniques modelers use to simulate the dirt and grime that accumulates on nearly everything in the real world of railroading. From the moment painters complete their work, the environment begins to work on the finish.