old and beat up chevelle

[bauercrew]

hey everyone this was an old kit i had laying around decided to try some weathering and rust for first time,,,,,,boy did i screw up think i will leave it to the pros ,,wife seen me getting ready to toss in trash,,, and she said dont you dare,,,,,, it lookes kinda neat she says so she took it and put it in my display cabinet,,,, gotta figure how to get it out with out her knowing

[Foxer]

I agree with your wife .. leave it. This is a good first try at weathering .. it really does look beat up. The dent on the right side does look good. The basic grayish paint does look good and worn and the multi-color rusted spots look really good.

Just a few comments intended as some things to consider on next time. Look at rusted out photos of 1:1 vehicles closely. The rust over wheel wells usually starts close to the edge where dirt and water gets trapped in the edge crimps in the sheet metal. Most of the chrome, bumpers especially, looks good but try some rust spatter on the BMF trim too. A little more rust paint dry brushing would add more overall.

So take my comments with a grain of salt because I really like what you've done! 

[captjeffro26]

Very cool.  Great job on the weathering.

[bauercrew]

thanks guys ,,foxxer i bought some pastels at micheals crafts and the stuff really dosent stick to well takes a lot of apllications to show up ,,i also went to a hobby store and bought some weathering powder that the sales man said that the military builders used ,,and same problem dosent seem to want to stick,and no the paint surface isnt smooth it is def flat ,,,,so more than likely its user error ,,,more practice ,,,but ANY TIPS are welcome,, this WAS actually a fun build ,,just embarrased by the attempt

[Foxer]

pastels and powders usually do stick tenaciously to everything. They will leave a deposit below whatever you're applying them to however ... the stick isn't like a magnet. The big thing is they take a few applications to build up, which is a good thing like all weathering. They will also seem to disappear when applying a flat clear over them, so a few applications to build up always seems necessary.

Most of the time I just dry brush or even flow on thinned paint to simulate rust. Usually it's many different ways, sometimes is dabbing thicker paint .. just depends what the effect I'm after is. I love that all the rigid ways we learned to apply paint to models goes out the window when weathering.

If you're interested, this is a weathered Chevy pickup I did .. was my first time weathering and I described how I did it in the text

Edited October 17, 2015 by Foxer

[vintagercr]

I'm glad your wife stepped in...lol  Looks really good!

[Harry Joy]

Huh - I'd swear this is the car that tried to drag race with me on Stage Road this afternoon.

[spencer1984]

I'm agreeing with the others, I think you did some really good work here, especially considering that it's a first try at weathering for you.  Use some of the tips that Mike suggested, and you'll be a regular at this!

[slusher]

Very nice weathering,

[DRIPTROIT 71]

I like it!!