Tips for Adding Graffiti to Your Model Railroad Scenery

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We’ve all seen graffiti on trains. What would a realistic model railroad layout be without graffiti on some of the rolling stock?

Here are some tips from other modelers for adding graffiti to your model railroad layout scenery and rolling stock:

You know, I realized a great way to make graffiti without buying those expensive decals. I use White-out (a correction pen), the finer the tip the better.

I even made up a cool scene with this- I painted an HO car, parked it in front of a university, and put an angry teacher beside it, like one of his students painted it! -asparuh frangov (viper)

Here’s another suggestion:

To put graffiti on train cars or buildings use gel pens from your local office supply store. They write on just about anything. -Tim White

Here’s a website full of pictures of graffiti on trains to give you some inspiration: Art Crimes: Trains

Do you have a tip or technique you’d like to share with Model Train Tips readers? Use the contact form on the Contact Model Train Tips page to send it in.

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