Panzer IV, Aust. F-1 rust

Trailer36,

Welcome to the forum...

I agree with Bill.

My personal track technique involves almost all water based mediums. I first spray them with pain ol flat black paint as a preshade. I'll then give them a light overspray of a dark rusty brown with an airbrush. I used to use washes and drybrushing but on the last kit I tried something new. I took some pastel chalks and mixed them to a nice dirty color. I mixed some water, rubbing alchol and a bit of window cleaner with the pastels to make a wash. It takes some experimentaion and the effect isn't realized until its completely dry but It worked very very well for making dusty dirty tracks. As a last step I used a graphite pencile and a blending stump to create the bare steel areas where the road wheels contact the tracks. and the guide horns.

I am not sure what effect you are going for on the rusty hull. Explain your idea more and we'll see if we can answer more clearly... Is it supposed to be just really beat up or burnt and rusted...?????

Welcome to the forum and to modeling! It sounds like you've got a pretty good start. For rust on tracks, I like to use a wash with a mixture of Humbrol #62 with a little burnt sienna oil paint mixed with it. It dries to a nice, crusty looking color. And you can adjust the amount of color by varying the amount of burnt sienna. If you can find Vallejo paints, they make a range of different colors of rust. They are acrylics, if you prefer to work with them. Also, Floquil makes a few different shades of rust in their Floquil and PolyS lines.

Good luck.

Welcome aboard

As for your question...not much I can add to what Derek has suggested, good luck.

Hello trailer36, to FSM.

QUOTE: my question is which colors to use to make the hull sides appear to be freshly oxidized rust.

Fresh rust is very orange and gets darker as time passes. Look at some construction equipment to see how it looks.

QUOTE: i have mine in gunmetal with steel highlights where they would wear from use.

That sounds good.