The Weathering Depot

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

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:

Definitely
06/10/2026

Definitely

Arrived from Motrak Models, this scrap load:
06/10/2026

Arrived from Motrak Models, this scrap load:

06/02/2026

Still working on the first bunch of commission work, photos soon....

06/02/2026

Thanks for being a top engager and making it on to my weekly engagement list! 🎉 James Bostwick, Lennart van den Berg, Alex Mantle, Charles Mitchell, Paul Andre Wilkins, Marc Pitanza, Bob Mawson

Two cars I've had for some time I plan to use on the layout, especially the DuPont hopper for use at Monsanto Chemical. ...
05/31/2026

Two cars I've had for some time I plan to use on the layout, especially the DuPont hopper for use at Monsanto Chemical. Doing research on the Cincinnati area plant I found they manufactured plastic resins at the plant:

Some weathering work on the scrapyard. Toned down the baled scrap with a gray wash, added some dirt to the building sidi...
05/28/2026

Some weathering work on the scrapyard. Toned down the baled scrap with a gray wash, added some dirt to the building siding plus the base the tank sits on, added more ground textures, plus a wash and rust to the tank:

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