Wagon coupling repair descends into something else!

It was going to be a quick put the coupler back and glue the retaining plate in place on one of the wagons off my USA switching layout. As part of that repair I had to remove the bogie and wheels which was held in place with a push in pin.

With the bogie removed this was the descent into something else! I decided to clean the wheels.

At that point I thought that it might be interesting to try weathering the wheels and bogies. So off came the other bogie and the wheels were removed.

The faces of the wheels were painted in a earth brown colour which is a good base for rust coloured weathering powders. The bogies were painted with the earth brown around areas that would rust and the rest of the bogies were coated in a grey weathering powder followed by some rust powder.

With all that done everything was matt varnished. 

The previous black plastic sheen to the bogies and wheels had gone and they looked a lot more realistic.

Unfortunately I now need to waether the rest of the wagon to harmonise with the running gear!