country road terror

Hey James!

Nice weathering there! You know I'm a fan of dirt!

What did you use? Did you use MIG stuff? Or real dirt?

It would be great if you detailed your method a bit!

You ought to visit the Diorama forum and get some ideas on making a base for it of a dirt road--that would be the perfect setting for it!

Here's a lttle tutorial on making A road out of Celluclay. Hope you get inspired by it! 

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Again, always a pleasure to see your work! 

JTRACING wrote:

I use baking soda mixed with paint for the dirt buildup  then just craft paints for the dust. Keep it on the cheap lol all can be had at the dollar store.

You should NEVER use Baking Soda mixed with paint! Here--read all about it in this thread. In this case it refers to using it for snow, but read my first post there about what happened when I used it mixed in enamel paints. I hope you didn't use it with a paint that will react to it as it did mine--it ruined half my collection.

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You shoul never use chemicaly active substances for modeling applications.

the doog wrote:

JTRACING wrote: I use baking soda mixed with paint for the dirt buildup  then just craft paints for the dust. Keep it on the cheap lol all can be had at the dollar store. OH MY GOD, James--I wish you hadn't said that! You should NEVER use Baking Soda mixed with paint! Here--read all about it in this thread. In this case it refers to using it for snow, but read my first post there about what happened when I used it mixed in enamel paints. I hope you didn't use it with a paint that will react to it as it did mine--it ruined half my collection. /forums/827973/ShowPost.aspx You shoul never use chemicaly active substances for modeling applications.

I got an old tank model i built almost 14 years ago when i was a kid lol not a great build but the mud on it is still fine..

JTRACING wrote:

the doog wrote:  JTRACING wrote: I use baking soda mixed with paint for the dirt buildup  then just craft paints for the dust. Keep it on the cheap lol all can be had at the dollar store. OH MY GOD, James--I wish you hadn't said that! You should NEVER use Baking Soda mixed with paint! Here--read all about it in this thread. In this case it refers to using it for snow, but read my first post there about what happened when I used it mixed in enamel paints. I hope you didn't use it with a paint that will react to it as it did mine--it ruined half my collection. /forums/827973/ShowPost.aspx You shoul never use chemicaly active substances for modeling applications. been using baking soda to make mud for years now. mix it with cheap acrylic craft paint and water. works out nice never a problem with it. rarely do i use enamel paint for anything other than silver colors.   I got an old tank model i built almost 14 years ago when i was a kid lol not a great build but the mud on it is still fine..

I read this and... I could almost see Karl yanking his hair out. He's got an issue since it melted his stuff. Ya may get lucky, you may not. He just doesn't want the same happening to others. Anyway, looks nice but I WOULD recommend a new new method for mud

JTRACING wrote:

the doog wrote:  JTRACING wrote: I use baking soda mixed with paint for the dirt buildup  then just craft paints for the dust. Keep it on the cheap lol all can be had at the dollar store. OH MY GOD, James--I wish you hadn't said that! You should NEVER use Baking Soda mixed with paint! Here--read all about it in this thread. In this case it refers to using it for snow, but read my first post there about what happened when I used it mixed in enamel paints. I hope you didn't use it with a paint that will react to it as it did mine--it ruined half my collection. /forums/827973/ShowPost.aspx You shoul never use chemicaly active substances for modeling applications. been using baking soda to make mud for years now. mix it with cheap acrylic craft paint and water. works out nice never a problem with it. rarely do i use enamel paint for anything other than silver colors.   I got an old tank model i built almost 14 years ago when i was a kid lol not a great build but the mud on it is still fine..

I'm not sure what the catalyst for the "disaster" that myself and others have had--temperature? Humidity? Type of paint? I dunno....all I know is that it is apparently not just an isolated incident with my experience; others have posted the same heartbreak. Could be that the acrylic paint somehow stabilizes it?

All I know is that the enamel paint seems to have really made a baaad reaction with it; after all, Sodium BiCarbonate is a VERY reactive compound--not a great choice for mixing into other chemically active materials.

My attitude now is, why tempt Fate?

the doog wrote:

I'm not sure what the catalyst for the "disaster" that myself and others have had...

Acidic personality? JUST KIDDING...  Actually, KArl's probably one of the more decent people here, as far as civility goes... Blame it on something else. Blame it on your workbench. Give you a good excuse to buy a bigger one with more room!!!!

I don't know about the mud issue......but thats a nice build

bob