sb67 Posted November 9, 2021 Share Posted November 9, 2021 9 hours ago, stevegant said: Thank you!. Well it was a bit of trial and error. I basically sprayed some hairspray liberally onto an old metal baking tray. I then dropped on some light and dark rust powders onto the tray and mixed it aroud. Was applied to the models with a mixture of cotton buds a cocktail stick and a fine brush. When dry I put some neat hairspray on a brush and went over the weathering to blend. When fully dry I used a fibre glass pencil to remove some of the powder. I was a bit worried that the powder may not stay put but the extra hold hairspray has done a good job and seems to have fixed the powders well. Hope this help. I'm no expert but this approach seems to have done the trick! Did you use an airbrush or brush paints at all? There is some very subtle effects going on there, I'll have to try those methods. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevegant Posted November 9, 2021 Author Share Posted November 9, 2021 4 hours ago, sb67 said: Did you use an airbrush or brush paints at all? There is some very subtle effects going on there, I'll have to try those methods. Hi - no I don't have an airbrush. Purely powders and hairspray. No paint used on these. I think the subtle effects come about when a fibreglass brush is used to remove some of the powder and it just leaves some fine traces. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevegant Posted November 9, 2021 Author Share Posted November 9, 2021 A few more that are currently in progress. I like to let them dry and the come back each night and add/remove a little. These all had a factory weathered finish but it was all one shade of grot so wanted to add some enhancement. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sb67 Posted November 9, 2021 Share Posted November 9, 2021 Looks fantastic! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevegant Posted November 29, 2021 Author Share Posted November 29, 2021 Over that last few weeks I have been plyaing around with something new. For about 10 years I have had a small factory building sitting on the layout which had no real purpose. So, work has started on creating 'Brillliant Bubbles' - a Bubble Car restoration centre. Firstly work started on some signs. I wanted to try an make then look a little weathered and having played with them on the PC I then printed them in draft mode on my laser printer that gave them a nice subtle slightly faded effect: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevegant Posted November 29, 2021 Author Share Posted November 29, 2021 Whilst waiting for the glue to set on the signs I have been playing around with some mock-up's to decide on how to lay out the rest of the scene: 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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