Dr. Cranky

I warm mine up in the sink . . . and that also helps thin it out . . . geez and I had said no tricks . . .

I've used them too. They are great as part of my weathering arsenal!

That's my primer of choice. I don't use any other . . . no secrets, no tricks . . . works beautifully!

WOW, I love it. Great weaponry . . . and the vehicle is so cool!!!

Thanks, everyone. Thank you for turning in . . . there will be more progress in the coming days.

Can't wait to see where you take this one.

This is as close as I could get to the picture . . . and with some liberties, of course . . . the hubcaps turned out real nice . . . Engine and interior are next on another day . . . stay tuned in . . .

Here is some more . . . I don't know what happened with the windshields. I test fitted them before I painted, and they fit fine, then after the paint they needed a bit more coaxing . . . and they still didn't seal a few gaps. I used white glue as filler and then painted over it . . . stuff you can get away with when painting a beater, but not a shiny build . . .

So far I like the bed better than the cab, but that's just me . . . I still have to paint and detail the brake lights . . .

All right, some more progress for the night . . . The rolling chassis without any weathering in terms of powders. It's got one coat of Rustall and that's it . . . most of the effect was done with the airbrush stippling and salting . . .

Excellent. I really like the subtle worn look to the bed. Nice touch, Tom

Come on, folks, we need more killer vehicles in this caravan!

Thank you, there's more progress being made so stay tuned in for it. Getting the rolling chassis ready . ..

I love the colors. Keep it going.

Thanks, stay tuned in for more progress. Up next is the chassis . . . then the engine . . .

We're getting a little closer to getting some of the right look in place. The streaks of paint in the original picture are hard to replicate with the airbrush, but the salting gets us close enough. I might try the drybrushing technique after everything dries . . .

And finally we get a little closer . . .

The texture look on the rust-through comes from the baking soda, and a little bit of liquid masking . . .

The innitial results are always pleasing, but this one's got more to go . . .

I started to apply the paint slowly, making sure to stipple in the color over those surfaces . . . the salt will take care of the rest . . .

On the roof and top surfaces of the hood and fenders, there's more discoloration, so I fogged in a big more paint using the airbrush. Then I applied the salt . . . This time I am trying to keep the salt localized to those areas . . .this build is going to have more solid color . . . like in the picture . . .

The first step after primering the body with ruddy brown is to apply the stippled undercoats that will show through after the salting, rusting, and painting . . . This is water-thinned acrylics applied with a sponge . . .

Thanks all, I plan on making some more progress today, stay tuned in . . .

Next step is the painting process, which should be slow and fun . . . stay tuned in . . .

That's about it for all the road-weary damage, etc . . . The rest is going to be up to the paint . . . For texture before the rust coal I added a little baking powder to the rust-throughs . . .