2010 Ford F350 Super Duty Super Crew

[Reeves Racing]

MENG kit, DupliColor paint, almost box stock build with some battery cables added.
I used Plastruct to make the wheel opening flares.
This is going to be the tow rig for the Galaxy tandem enclosed trailer I am building.

Here are the pictures

Edited December 13, 2016 by Reeves Racing

[Belugawrx]

That came out nice Mitch !

Very realistic paint work there.

Cheers

[futurattraction]

NIce job!  I like your wheel well trim.  You did an excellent job on the weathering the underside, too!

[Reeves Racing]

NIce job!  I like your wheel well trim.  You did an excellent job on the weathering the underside, too!

Thanks Scott. I need to buy one of your body kits. I got the decals to do the Glidden Fairmont from Slixx.

[futurattraction]

Whenever works out for you Mitch.  Are you going to do the red, white and blue '78 car or the blue on white car?

[Intmd8r]

That looks great!

[Reeves Racing]

Whenever works out for you Mitch.  Are you going to do the red, white and blue '78 car or the blue on white car?

The blue Motorcraft car.

[gatorincebu]

Good looking Pick up .

 

 

Be Well

  Gator

[vincen47]

Wow nice work. Beautiful truck, and ultra realistic subtle weathering.

[djmcguire]

What paints or products did you use for your weathering, specifically the differing levels of surface rust?

[Reeves Racing]

What paints or products did you use for your weathering, specifically the differing levels of surface rust?

I started off by Googling chassis, suspension and engine pictures of 2010 Superdutys for reference. I used DupliColor light filler primer which comes in a very dark grey and white. I primed most of the parts with the dark grey primer. (I used that primer on the trim, mirrors and door handles on the body too because if you look close at the real truck. those parts aren't completely black) Then depending on what color that part mostly looked like I sprayed the parts that color first. For example the drive shafts I sprayed with plain ole Rustoleum red primer because they looked mostly rusty in my reference pictures. Then using the red Rustoleum as a base I used MM wood and flat black and Testers steel in various amounts until the color looked good to my eye then thinned it till it was very thin with lacquer thinner and brushed it on like a wash letting it melt in and blend with the base color. Less is more in these instances. As I am doing that the lacquer thinner flashes off gradually and the paint gets a little thicker, if I like the color I use a very small detail brush and do things like the U bolt nuts on the rear axle, the groves representing the layers of leaves in the rear springs and other small details. I then add a little more black and a little more thinner and do stuff in the shadows like the U joints on the drive shaft and I went over the grooves in the leaf sprigs again but with very thinned down wash consistency.

I smeared some semi dried paint on the spare tire with my finger. It's sort of the Bob Ross approach. Look at the reference picture try to mix up a color that looks close and have at it.  I have a stack of old CD / DVDs that is use as palates and when there isn't a clean place to mix up some color I throw it away and get another one. Sometimes I use an old spot if the color I want is going to be close to the old spot.

I did the same with the exhaust pipe. I sprayed the mufflers with Rustoleum stainless steel and then let it dry for little bit and then sprayed the pipe portion with MM flat tan interior and let the over spray get on the mufflers a little. Then used some Testers steel, MM wood and just a little flat black thinned way down with lacquer thinner and did a wash to blend it all together.

This was my first go at weathering. I wanted the finished build to look like a normal truck that was taken care of but was 6 years old and had be driven.

Thanks for all the nice compliments.

[Reeves Racing]

Here are some of the build pictures

 

Edited December 16, 2016 by Reeves Racing

[djmcguire]

Thanks for the detailed write-up on how you weathered it too...very realistic looking and looks like a six year old truck that has seen some time on the road.

Thanks again. 

[kilrathy10]

This is a good looking truck....I never get tired of seeing what can be done with this model.....Makes me want to get onto another one of these babies.....Great job....Especially on the chassis....That looks really convincing.....

[D. Battista]

Pretty COOL...!!     awesome work...!