Hi all.
I normally only build 1:35 armour, but have decided to try my hand at something different.
This is my first attempt at doing a car. This is a kit I started many years ago, and never got anywhere near to completing. It just sat in the box for years.
I want to depict an old rusted Mustang, possibly in a wreckers yard or abandoned in a paddock. This is still a WIP and there's a lot more work to come.
The base colour is a mixture of Hull Red, Flat Red and Orange with a touch of Red Brown added for good measure. Once dry, I added dots of oil paint. The colours used were a bright green, yellow, blue, red and orange. These were dabbed on using the tough dark green side of a scotch brite pad.
When completely dry, I brushed water onto the car and sprinkled salt around various part of the body, concentrating on sections I wanted to rust up more than others.
The next step was to add the paint. The colour I decided on was Tamiya Sky, which would give me a nice faded look. This was sprayed over the entire model. After 24 hours, using a stiff old brush, I removed all of the salt, exposing the underlying rust red colour.
Light rust and old rust pigment were added to the areas depicting more rust and dampened with a brush loaded with white spirit. I then added a dark pin wash around the edges and crevices of all the details. I've also painted the bonnet Flat Black just to add a bit more variation to the colours.
Any comments, feedback or advice would be greatly appreciated.
thanks for looking.
Jurgen.