Well, I finely had some time to get to the next step. The detail painting that I did was primarely to the wheels and rails on the lower portion of the unloader. I painted the insides of the wheels Floquil "Old Silver", this is to simulate that the machine has been staying busy moving back and forth on the rails at the dock. The next thing a painted were the rails located on the top deck of the unloaders bottom section. These are the rails the unloading crane rides back and forth on during ship unloading. These too were painted with Floquil "Old silver".
I almost forgot, I also painted on each side of the drive shaft supports Testors "Gloss Black" to simulate grease coming out of the bearings.
Next, I used my "black wash" on the deck between the rails and on each side of the rails to blend the rails and the deck together to simulate grease and oil droppings from the unloading crane. First, I gave the area a complete wash, after this application had dryed, I used a smaller brush and dabbed in random areas with the same black wash to simulate puddles. I also brushed the "wash" around the drive shaft supports to blend the "Gloss black" grease paint. I think it looks pretty good.
Next, I added a few decals to just the one side of the hulette, this will be the side of the first unit in-line on the dock. (Your probably wondering why I started with number #2, well #1 was involved in an accident several years ago and was dismantled. That's my story and I'm sticking with.)
The remaining weathering will not be completed until I get the top portion to this point. It is important to apply the final weathering as a completed model. I have seen where some folks have whethered models in different phases of construction, and when placed together they did not look appropriate. As of this writing, the top portion had it's first application of Floquils "Grimmy Black" applied.
