I did those $50 cars. rdivizio
Well Hello there,
This is Rich, the one who's cars everyone's talking about.
I am not Mellow Mike like someone thought.
He is another guy that weathers cars.
I am new to the selling of my cars on EBAY since around Oct 14th.
Since that time I have made some great friends, took some criticism and some advice.
I created a website for my learning experience of weathering along the way.
http://home.comcast.net/~rdivizio/trains/
FIRST OFF: These cars are not used. They are brand new out of the box.
SECOND: I upgrade these cars from what comes in the box to
INTERMOUNTAIN BRASS WHEELS, KADEE #58 COUPLERS,
PHOTO ETCHED CROSS OVER WALKS, REAL GRAB IRONS and COUPLER LIFT BARS.
THIRD: I only do READY TO ROLL, ATLAS, INTERMOUNTAIN or GENESIS cars.
My thing is, If I'm going to Weather a car and put all that work into the detailing, it's going to be done on the cars that I spoke of. I'm getting to the point where I'm not liking the molded grab irons. I now have to have better quality.
I say, nothing wrong with that!
ADD UP the price of a READY TO ROLL
$15.00
$5.00 more to add nicer wheels and couplers.
That's $20.00 already.
Then ADD your time to weather the car.
The research you do in trying to get the best looking rust techniques that others boggle over.
It's not a simple dusting of chalk.
Your right, It is an ARTFORM, One that I am glad to be a part of.
I do not use AIR BRUSH either. This is all hand work.
I would also like to include other people's cars that influence me
on my website. It only fair that they be mentioned and also
promoted. My attitude is a positive one. I'm open to your thoughts. We make this HOBBY STRONG!
I looked around and did not find that many weathering sites,
so I figured this might be a nice place for model railroaders to go.
I will probably not be doing the EBAY thing for too long due to the fact that many people who bid on my cars never get the car in the end.
Also...The price gets too high, and I would like this to be a business where everyone can afford a weathered car. I am working on the structure of the business right now and hope this begins in 2004.
I appreciate all the nice things said, and bad things.
You can't have the good without the bad.
I use the bad as motivation to become better.
EMAIL ME if you like.
rdivizio@comcast.net
We will talk grime shop.