weathering products question

I do have a good trick for weathering.   Works every time.  If you have an auto parts store near by,  pick up some Krylon Red.    Spray your model thoroughly.  Leave it sit out over night.  The morning dew moister reacts with the krylon and gives a show quality weather effect.  Super easy.

Hobby Lobby does have airbrushes/parts.

While at a Michaels or HL store, in addition to paint, look over some of the other areas.  In the beading area they have ultra fine wire, which is getting to be hard to find elsewhere.  Small beads are nice for some detail such as knobs and lever handles.  Felt sheets can be used for grass on bases and dioramas.  They have some nice small tools, also. Don't know about HL, but Michaels carries airbrushes and airbrush parts.

if you have a Hobby Lobby or Michaels in the area, I suggest you pay them a visit and get some artists oil paints and a set of colored chalks. I make mu own washes with Turpentine from home Depot and the artist oils. They work the same as the pricey pre mixed washes and you can make tons for a few pennies. The chalks can be ground into powder and used either dry or mixed with different liquids like alcohol or even Future to make wet mud. With their 40% discount coupon I paid something like $10 for a 24 tube set of artists oils and under $8 for a huge chalk set.

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I do a lot of my weathering with the same paints and thinners I use for my model.  Plus, common things found at drug stores, like talcum powder and some of those makeup colors.  Jeweler's rouge (some makeup colors are probably based on fine rouge) makes a great rust color, but not many hardware stores carry it these days :-(

RS 9863 - you might also try to do the weathering "old school" - using materials sourced less conventionally. Art supply stores have oil paints, dry pastels and turpentine for you to mix washes and do yuor own pigments - at fraction of the cost. You might also check out the make-up stores - they have some quite interesting pigments, too plus some funky tools to apply them - those little sponges on a stick and sometimes they cheaply sell really good brushes. Hope this helps you, good luck with your projects and have a nice day

Paweł