Tarpaulin

Freight Car Loads for Model Train Layouts (Any scale)

We are going to make a Tarpaulin to cover a "turbine".

Place an in scale plastic object on an 
old redundant CD...

Cover the object with a single layer square 
piece of non textured tissue paper to 
resemble the "Tarpaulin"

Carefully wet the tissue paper with 50:50 
ratio PVC glue and water mixture.

Arrange the "Tarpaulin"

Too much glue !! Dab up the excess 
glue with odd bits of tissue paper.

Add a second and a third layer of 
non textured tissue paper to soak 
up the excess glue mixture.

Arrange the "Tarpaulin"

Leave it to dry overnight. The painting 
to be done after 12 to 24 hours.
The painting steps will be described 
towards the end of this post.

I trimmed off the edges of the tarpaulin...

The outcome, not too bad - one dirty SAR 

tarpaulin covered "turbine" load on the 

U13 Abnormal Load Wagon.

(Painted the tarpaulin with a base coat Payne's 

Grey Matt Acrylic and Dry Brushed it with 

Revell Earth Brown Aqua Paint - to give it 

that grimy weathered look) 

Matt Acrylic Paints were used in this exercise.

A weathered SAR U13 Abnormal Load wagon.

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Weathering goodies!!!

Let's make another Tarpaulin covered load

Leave it to dry overnight. The painting 

to be done after 12 to 24 hours.

Removed the plastic object and
painting the tarpaulin cover with 
a matte acrylic paint.

Added the second base coat and 
dry brushed with Burnt Umber.

Added some lighter shades and dry 
brushed the edges with Payne's Grey.

The finished tarpaulin covered load. And the 
mystery load is indeed a V12 Rolls-Royce 
Griffon engine.

A tarpaulin covered Morris Minor.