Recent N Scale Weathered Cars from Griff's Grime Shop

I started Griff's Grime Shop back in 2003 combining my two favorite hobbies - art and model trains - to fund my model railroading hobby.  Since 2003 it has grown incredibly and I have been blessed to meet a lot of great people inside this hobby.  To date, the Grime Shop has sold cars to every continent except Africa and Antarctica - pretty amazing! 

Inside the Grime Shop, I bring model trains to life by "weathering" them.  Mother nature does a great job of ruining anything that is subjected to her wrath (rain, snow/ice, wind, sun, heat, cold, etc.).  The same thing happens to trains.  They are especially nasty these days.  Between the constant use and abuse and the fact that Class I companies have little time to repair cars or do any regular maintenance on them, modern day freight trains are a sight to see.  Trust me - I never waste an opportunity to stop and view the real deal - just ask my wife!

Instead of having plastic models (toy trains), my weathering techniques bring these seemingly toy-like items to life.  As mentioned, real freight train are not a pretty sight.  The layers of road grime, years of rust, tags and graffiti from vandals, and sun-bleached faded paint give freight trains some great character (in my opinion).  I employ a myriad of techniques by hand to achieve these same effects on both my own trains and on trains that I sell/auction on eBay.  Additionally, people send me their own trains and I weather them (custom work). 
Here are some recent weathered trains to have rolled across my bench for a weathering.  Others were done while I was deployed in Iraq in 2008-2009.  All of these cars have been recently sold to other railroaders and are being enjoyed on their layouts across the world.