I Need Help Weathering

[Robert81]

I'm trying to weather the chassis and engine on a chevelle and i need some help with a how to on "washes". I know how to drybrush. About all i know is to thin the paint but not how to apply it and make it look good.

[Jantrix]

Weathering is not hard and your best bet is to do a little trail and error. Grab up some parts box parts, spray them the appropriate colors and then experiment a bit. You can always give it a dunk in the purple pond, if you need to re-use it later. It all depends on what sort of weathering your doing. A dirty unkept car, would be done a lot different than a old klunker up on cinderblocks since the Carter presidency. Probably the best builder I know that does a LOT of weathering is Mkowa,PhD, and he can be found on another forum. Shoot me an email - jantrix_too@yahoo.com , and I'll give you the URL of that forum.

Washes are great, using browns and blacks and greys, as well as good old fashioned dirt. Use a kitchen strainer to filter yourself some real fine dirt or sand and then apply some thinned white glue to the areas you want to show a little build up, and sprinkle it on. There are companies that make weathering kits, and/or kits to add rust.

I did some mild weathering on this build, just by a little trail and error, it's not hard. Good luck.

[Jairus]

Best bet is to pick up a couple of issues of "Tamiya Model Magazine International" or "Fine Scale Modeler" and note what the military modelers do to replicate mud, rust, dust, dirt and chipped paint. They have been doing it for years and the weathering techniques most military modelers employ are tried and true.

Good Luck!

[VW Dave]

Military modelers are definitely a good group to learn from, but railroad modelers are as well.

[Raul_Perez]

Yep...take a trip to your LHS and look for "how-to" books on weathering military and train models. You'll find some excellent tips and pictures. While you're there, pick up some of the pastel weathering powders in the train section. The stuff works great!!

[hookedonplastics]

Here are a couple of shots of a weathered Duster I did a couple years back. The wash is extremely thinned Flo-quil Grimey Engine Black.

All I did was use a wide brush and let the wash pool where it wanted.

The engine bay was weathered with Rust-all.

[Robert81]

Thank you everyone for your input. I'm trying to weather a 72 Chevelle to look to be about 5 years old and driven.

Jantrix: Thank you for the offer, but I'm already on that OTHER forum, with the same user name. To be honest I "found" this site through a post there. I know of Mr. Mkowa,PhD and have seen his work. Very nice. By the way nice 57.

Jairus: thanks for the advice, I think a book store in my town carries "Fine Scale Modeler", but isn't that a kalmbach product?

VW Dave: Railroaders eh? That is very interesting.

Raul_Perez: Unfortunatly the closest thing I have to a hobby shop, in my town, is a small toy store, that has a railroad/model section.

hookedonplastics: Nice Duster. That is the information I was looking for. I'm hoping for something similar but not as extreme.

Thanks to all, have a nice day.

Edited November 16, 2007 by Robert81

[Semi Trailer Mechanic]

What's goin' on...

Robert

Here's a trick I like to use. To weather the area I'll spray lusterless flat clear to the area to be weathered only. Right away I'll take a die-grinder w/ a sandpaper roll and grind it. The key is to hold everything at the right angle so that the chaulk being ground is thrown onto the surface that you just clear coated. On this engine here instead of clearcoat I used RUST-ALL and an earth tone color chaulk to weather it.

http://albums.photo.epson.com/j/ViewPhoto?...&p=74385419

Here's another example only to create frost on the windsheild I painted the area w/ TENX.

http://albums.photo.epson.com/j/ViewPhoto?...&p=73182362