Weathering Questions

Well there are a number of ways to dirty it up.
1. Give it a wash. This does a good job of looking like oil.
2. drybrush it
3. use pastel dust. You can use a lot of different colors. just sand down some chalk pastel put it in a small pile, and then apply with a brush.
4. Give it some scratches. if it was used in war then it is gonna have some wear. I use a #2 pencil.
5. since it is a later war vehicle, and might have seen more combat, you can give it some broken fenders, or really banged up Shurzens ( Spelling)
THere are probably a lot more ways to make it look dirtie and used I am still new. So somebady else will have to fill you in.

And to the darkside!!!

A great place to get weathering tips is Domi's guide to weathering. It's in the techniques forum.finescale.com/fsm/community/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=11687.

Buff,

Thanks tons. Domi's guide is great, but the photos have moved! I'll contact him and see if I can get new ones.

Here's a link to a roadwheel wash I posted a few days ago:
http://www.finescale.com/fsm/community/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=22756

Ausf,

Thanks, that was just what I was looking for... are you treadheads trying to lure me to the darkside? As one old "creature" put it: "Powerful is the Dark Side of the Force". Must apply to modelling as well

I never understood why you airplane guys put Future floor wax on everything until I built Tamiya's Centaur and I wanted a nice glossy surface for all those troublesome decals to adhere to. I sprayed the whole thing with the wax and applied a wash of black oil paint and it turned out FANTASTIC (up until then, all my washes were kind of big blotchy messes). After that, it was just just a matter of applying the decals and dry-brushing successively lighter shades of the base coat (with some dirtier colors thrown in for good measure). That's the method I've used ever since.

Hoodlum38, Welcome to the forum...

I never understood why anyone would want to build a model without tracks... so I guess where on the same page eh...

check any old color photos or old movies that were made during that time period. you can find out alot on how to or what colors to use. I use pastel oils chalks on my vehicles, works great!

bob

Welcome to the Forum Bob...