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Simulating Piston Engine Exhaust Stains

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    November 2005
Simulating Piston Engine Exhaust Stains
Posted by Anonymous on Friday, February 13, 2004 9:10 PM
Folks,

How do you simulate the exhaust stains of piston engines? I tried today to dry-brush it (my first attempt at any kind of weathering), and it came out looking like crap. The kit is the 1/48th AMT Grumman F7F-3N Tigercat, and all of my references show heavy exhaust stains all over the engine nacelles. I thought that I'd try to simulate that, but soon discovered that I was in WAAAYYY over my head. I guess that I'll make this my new experiment-with-new-techniques model. Anyway, is airbrushing the way to go with this, or did I just dry-brush it incorrectly?
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    September 2003
  • From: USA
Posted by glweeks on Friday, February 13, 2004 11:59 PM
Why use paint at all? You can use pastel chalk's (not oil based) of black, brown's and yellow to get that "dusty" smudged exhaust look. Check out the tail pipe on your car (especially if it's an old heap like mine) for reference. Charcoal grounds wil work for black, fireplace ashes for grey-brown.
G.L.
Seimper Fi "65"
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    November 2005
Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, February 14, 2004 9:42 AM
glweeks,

Thanks! I had never thought about stuff other than paint. Good thing this website is here.....
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    February 2003
  • From: Sandusky Ohio, USA
Posted by Swanny on Saturday, February 14, 2004 10:17 AM
Also check out "The Basics of Weathering" on my site - covers using Tamiya smoke and chalks for exhaust stains and gun blast marks.
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Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, February 14, 2004 10:18 AM
Will Do, Swanny.
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    February 2004
  • From: Canada
Posted by RichardI on Sunday, February 15, 2004 9:14 AM
Wow! Great site Swanny (or maybe it should be Swammy Wink [;)]) Lots of great tips there - I have it bookmarked. Thanks for all the work of putting that site together. I'll be referring there often from now on.

Rich Cool [8D]

On the bench: 1/48 Revell PBY Catalina 0A-10A. Next up: Moebius 1/24 Chariot from Lost in Space.

  • Member since
    December 2002
  • From: Pominville, NY
Posted by BlackWolf3945 on Sunday, February 15, 2004 5:14 PM
Pastels here. I've found nothing else to be as flexible or forgiving.


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