50 Olds Gasser

[Hollywood Jim]

Love it! What technique did you use for the rust on the body? And underneath? Super cool build, love the pipe in the back!

Thank you !

The body was done like this:

Four coats enamel red primer.

One coat enamel light blue

Slowly wet sand (3200 grit) exposing some of the primer in key areas. Be careful it is easy to sand through the primer.

Dust the exposed primer areas with rust colored powder. Can use chalk, I use Bragdon weathering powders.

The camera does not pick up the rust powders. It looks better in person.

The underside frame rusted as follows:

Enamel Ruddy brown (Red) Primer

Enamel Rust color. Brush on bottle paint add dirt/dust while wet. Dirt/dust VERY important

Enamel Brown or rubber colored wash, even gray works in some spots

Acrylic Thin black wash

Acrylic Thin Pure Pumpkin color wash, maybe some light orange in different places

Acrylic Tiny bit, dry brush light orange

The key to this rust process is the dust and fine dirt.

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[Hollywood Jim]

Very nice work! The bird nest is cool,and how did you do the collectors?

Thank you !

The headers and collectors where scratch built out of plastic.

I painted the collectors enamel rust color. Then white acrylic. Then I used acrylic crackel paint.

The crackel paint is clear and causes the acrylic white to crack all over. Which exposes the rust color.

Then I added a tiny bit of orange acrylic wash in places.

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[Kris Morgan]

There have been a lot of weathered builds done lately. I think this is the most realistic one I have seen. Far beyond well done.

[doggie427]

Very,very nice !! Well done Jim.

[cruz]

Very cool!!!

[David G.]

Awesome weathering and detail!

David G.

[PARTSMARTY]

VERY VERY REAL-WOW !!!

[Ira]

BEAUTIFUL WEATHERING JIM!!! Real Nice Build...

[pharoah]

That is too cool! Great weathering!

[crazyrichard]

so awsome !!!!

[Simon]

Beautiful. So many subtle details: I love the missing body trim, and the overall stance of the car. Love it.

[scalenut]

great imagination and detail ,,, this is top shelf !

[Dr. Cranky]

One word: BEAUTIFUL. The crackle paint on the exhaust is wonderful. Pure eye candy, Jim, and it tells a whole great story.

[TLes]

Outstanding!!!

[Alyn]

Man, that's so real it triggered the I-want-to-drag-it-home-and-save-it response. Great job.

I'm with Bill, makes me want to swat the dust off my jeans.

Nice little "where's Waldo" trip; flipping through the photos looking for cool details. The weathering on the paint job is great. One of my favorite details is the open radiator detail, nicely done !

[carchub]

Thank you !

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So very welcome, and thank you so much for the instructions!