If you are like me and need to put numbers on number boards and get frustrated with decals try this. I print the number boards using paint.net ( like photoshop) I keep a blank image and type in the unit number. copy and paste and print. 

This is how they look when printed ( not the best pics, but you get the idea)

using an exacto knife cut them out.

For diesel weathering project 3, Mike Confalone weathers an ex-Lehigh Valley (now D&H) Alco C420. Mike starts with two prototype photos and then attacks the roof, obliterating all the hood color with characteristic Alco soot and oil using PanPastels along with a touch of oil. Next, Mike weathers the cab and nose with dirty grime. Finally, Mike moves on to the side, adding depth to the screens and doing hood seam shadowing with a black oil wash. Part one of two.

Every so often one needs an absolute position detector, rather than a block detector. The best I’ve used employ their own light source, but older designs use Cadmium Sulphide (CdS) photocells and depend on ambient light in the room. Both have driven me crazy with their limitations. This article describes a new design, using ambient light “seen” by the detector in two places – typically between the rails and just to the side of the track.

Gentlemen and Ladies I would like to introduce myself. My name is Ralph Renzetti, some of you know me from Trainmasters TV , I would like to share with you a link to my Facebook page. Its devoted to weathering and my goal is to share my techniques. So please check it out and like my page. If you have any questions at all please feel free to ask and I will try my best to answer. I not saying my way is best, but it the way I know.