Toning down the stealth tanker

[Rhinochugger]

It started like this - bit brash and impossibly clean

Early doors - just the frame first. Sometimes more is less, more or less

 

[steven large]

nice one mate so r u weatherin it?

 

[Rhinochugger]

Only very lightly, Steven

My take on weathering is that you need to decide whay you want to represent. Ist it just the usual dirt of the job, or a filthy thing that has not been cleaned for years, or something in decay where paint is starting to flake off?

This one falls into the first category.

 

[Rhinochugger]

Oh well, for once the camera lies

 

[steven large]

SPOT ON MATE!! good one..lightly weathering...well done..
what did u do with it? BRUSH? or ? paint?

 

[Rhinochugger]

Mainly using the foam end of the little brush that comes with the Tamiya weathering powders.

A bit of Q-tips as well - nothing acrylic wanted to take on the Bachmann paint to start with - but I got there in the end

 

[C&S]

Mainly using the foam end of the little brush that comes with the Tamiya weathering powders.

I've not come across them. How do they work - what do you fix them with?

 

[Rhinochugger]

Mainly using the foam end of the little brush that comes with the Tamiya weathering powders.

I've not come across them. How do they work - what do you fix them with?

They're like a block of colour, and you either stipple tem on with a coarse brush, or apply them with a very small sponge.

Acrylic varnish - sprayed is best. I've used both Humbrol cans and airbrush - the tanker was airbrushed, because matt acrylic can sometimes go cloudy from the spray can due to the carrier fluids.

Here's one that had the powders applied to a matt paint - far easier to get a good result