The Weathering Depot

The Weathering Depot I specialize in modeling rust buckets, but will do anything from light weathering to heavy.

Coming soon to the layout, courtesy of good friend Ian in Australia!
06/22/2026

Coming soon to the layout, courtesy of good friend Ian in Australia!

Next up: first of ten cars to weather
06/22/2026

Next up: first of ten cars to weather

Almost finished, yesterday evening I took some pan pastels and toned down the graffiti to blend it into the car's sides....
06/21/2026

Almost finished, yesterday evening I took some pan pastels and toned down the graffiti to blend it into the car's sides. Final seal today:

Working on the graffiti today:
06/20/2026

Working on the graffiti today:

Photo of the underside of two of the BNSF hoppers, almost ready for graffiti which I'll add after this matte coat dries:
06/18/2026

Photo of the underside of two of the BNSF hoppers, almost ready for graffiti which I'll add after this matte coat dries:

Added some actual rust to these tanks plus roof of the building today in between working on last four hoppers:
06/18/2026

Added some actual rust to these tanks plus roof of the building today in between working on last four hoppers:

Finished and in service:
06/17/2026

Finished and in service:

A bit much again with the AI weathering, but several good ideas here including the roofs on the buildings:
06/17/2026

A bit much again with the AI weathering, but several good ideas here including the roofs on the buildings:

Ok, so in between working on the last two of eight hoppers, here's the EL re**er. Amazing what you can do with an old At...
06/17/2026

Ok, so in between working on the last two of eight hoppers, here's the EL re**er. Amazing what you can do with an old Athearn blue box car! Only needs the ACI plates from Smokebox Graphics and it's ready to go on the layout:

New to the layout and arrived yesterday, this Athearn 57ft re**er in all its awful bright orange gloss color. I'll fade ...
06/16/2026

New to the layout and arrived yesterday, this Athearn 57ft re**er in all its awful bright orange gloss color. I'll fade and or dirty this one up when I'm finished with all the commission work:

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