Vintage Faller transformer tower kit B-143

Earlier this year I bought a tiny Faller kit from a friend and I decided to build it.

These old kits are very nostalgic of the 1960's. I couldn't find any date on the box or paperwork but the Faller modelling magazine advertised on the back of the inspection slip was from 1959, so I suspect this is from the early 1960s.

Red Märklin tipper cars 4513

I am learning how to do airbrush work and decided to try my hand at weathering some rolling stock. I decided to alter the red Märklin 4513 tipper cars that I have as I have always found their red color horribly unprototypical. Their toy-like appearance also mean I am not likely to mess up any high value rolling stock with my experiments.

Here are the 6 cars in their original red:

EMD 567 prime mover Diesel engine

When I was in my local hobby store I noticed a tiny kit from Walthers Cornerstone series for an EMD "567" prime mover Diesel engine, and I thought it would look nice in one of my loco sheds.

I painted and weathered all the parts before their final assembly, opting to make it look like an engine about to be refurbished rather than a new one waiting to be installed.

Buffer weathering

Although nicely designed, I find the Märklin track buffers too sterile but this is fairly easily rectified with a bit of painting

Weathering with acrylic paint

Here are the steps I used to paint and weather some metal die cast machines for the roundhouse.

The machines are made of 'white metal' - some kind of alloy that is shiny silver in color.

First I painted them green and let that paint dry.