Dirty windshields?

[SpencerC]

For my 68 mustang I want to keep it looking clean but I still really like weathering, I was thinking making the windshield a little dirty. How would I make it look just a little dusty in the parts the wipers can't get to? And what else could I do to keep it clean but weathered?

[Harry P.]

Mask off the area of the wiper tracks, then spray the windshield with Dull-Cote. Remove the masking, and you have a dirty windshield.

[Jantrix]

Mask off the area of the wiper tracks, then spray the windshield with Dull-Cote. Remove the masking, and you have a dirty windshield.

Yep, I went a little further with some tan paint to look like road dust, but thats right on.

[SpencerC]

Oh nice I'll do the dull coat with a little dry brushed brown/tan that's a great idea. I want it to be real subtle though like a daily driver kinda car. What else could I do? Besides the windshield.

[fitforbattle]

Do you mean what other parts to weather for the daily driver look? Under chassis and wheel wells. Engine compartment. Front and grill, maybe you went a long way on a highway and caught some bugs.

[weasel]

Yep, I went a little further with some tan paint to look like road dust, but thats right on.

is this the 'Stang from the movie Cherry 2000??

nicely done..

[Tom Geiger]

A bit of mud colored acrylic paint.. Tires just rolled through some to get a random pattern on the side walls. For the splashes the paint was loaded onto an old toothbrush and just flicked at the body. It's acrylic so if you don't like it, just wipe it off with water and try again.

[DrGlueblob]

..A couple touches with a fine point marker for bugs on the windshield.. A toothpick and some dabs of yellow for that grasshopper, white for ..you know..

[David G.]

Here's one I did recently.

Since I put snow tires on the car, I wanted simulate the appropriate winter road grime.

I masked off the wiper paths on the windshield, then lightly misted the car with my airbrush using light tan and gray enamels.

David G.

[Longbox55]

This is a bit of overkill, but I used the same technique described earlier in the thread to do the wiper tracks on my fresh from the mud bog Scout.

[jeffbrad]

Floquil mud is great for that also if you can find it.

[Longbox55]

Agreed. That's what was used on the Scout I posted, along with a healthy dose of model railroad turf for texture.

[zenrat]

Use a blob of white paint with a tiny spot of black from the tip of a toothpick to simulate birdsh!t.

[bpletcher55]

i think its funny that we spend so much time and thought in how to make a car look well like a car , its great ,adding character to a build is what i love ,