how to weather a car

[caseya]

i am trying to make some of my cars look old and weathered, like thay have been out in the woods or fields. i have found out how to do rust but i am trying to make the paint not so shiney.. please help?

[VW Dave]

Testors "DullCote" spray is my old favorite for making shiny paint not-so-shiny; I hope that helps.

[RyanSilva]

I wrote a lengthy but pretty straight forward tutorial on weathing with craft paints..

http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=14088

I use acylic craft paint because they dry flat. You can airbrush them or paint them with a sponge or brush using the dab technique

[Jantrix]

I can vouch for Ryans acrylic craft paint method. I used it here.

It works very well, and is very easy. I brushed on three "rust" colors on over red primer. Painted a light coat of flat black and then rubbed though the black with rubbing alcohol. On some of the larger rust spots I used liquid mask.

Edited October 21, 2008 by Jantrix

[James W]

Welcome to the Forum from West of the Cascades!!! Always good to have Oregonians here.

I like the rust work on the 55.

Ryan's primer on painting is top notch. you can also use oil base paints and sand through the layers(hard to do convincingly) or use rubber cement as a mask for spots that appear to have peeled.

The key to flat paint, like Dave said, is dull cote or flat clear paint. Use caution as some clears will attack the layers underneath. This could have good results... or not.

Experiment, use references and take notes. People ask all the time "how did you do that" and I don't always remember. When something turns out great, it is nice to be able to repeat it.

Good luck and have fun.

[BigGary]

The current issue of Fine Scale Modeler has a great article on hair spray weathering. Check it out.

Big Gary