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Posted by Texgunner on Saturday, January 23, 2016 10:17 AM

JMorgan

I thought the goal was to get this stuff locally.

 

Sorry, I just assumed the goal was to get some.


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Posted by Don Stauffer on Saturday, January 23, 2016 9:59 AM

JMorgan

Could you elaborate on where I could find these pigments? I have searched Home Depot and Lowes and could not find them.

 

Try an Ace hardware.  They have more freedom in what they stock.

Don Stauffer in Minnesota

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Posted by JMorgan on Saturday, January 23, 2016 9:57 AM

I thought the goal was to get this stuff locally.

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Posted by Texgunner on Friday, January 22, 2016 7:55 PM


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Posted by JMorgan on Friday, January 22, 2016 6:17 PM

Could you elaborate on where I could find these pigments? I have searched Home Depot and Lowes and could not find them.

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Posted by Don Stauffer on Friday, January 22, 2016 9:34 AM

For those wanting to use pastels or such powders, many larger hardware or paint stores sell powder pigments for tinting plaster, concrete and such.  These include many earthy colors including rust-like reds.  They are far cheaper from a hardware store than from hobby shops or vendors, though they come in large packages which may be a lifetime supply.

Rouge is basically finely ground "rust" and also can be used to create rust weathering.  The purest and rustiest looking is what is known as jeweler's rouge, used for polishing metal jewelry.

 

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Posted by Jay Jay on Thursday, January 21, 2016 2:32 PM

Yes, just mix the baking soda with flat black and brush it on the bare plastic.

 

 

 

 

 

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Posted by JMorgan on Thursday, January 21, 2016 1:55 PM

I assume you apply the baking soda on a brushed on finish?

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Posted by Jay Jay on Thursday, January 21, 2016 11:28 AM

When rusting up parts like exhaust pipes and the like, I followed a tip from another modeler by mixing baking soda into my base coat of flat black.  The texture of the baking soda then "grabs" dry brushing very well.  After that dries, you then can dry brush various coats of colors onto the parts.  I used Testor's enamels because they seem to dry brush better than acrylics for me.  I used rust, dark brown, red and copper one after another with out letting each coat to dry.

Here a pic of a 1/48 Avenger engine exhaust I've done this way.

 

 

 

 

 

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Posted by spiralcity on Thursday, January 21, 2016 3:38 AM

Comanche pilot

Bump. 

I have a question. Anyone have any experience with using pastel chalks or eyeliner make-up for this application? How well does it work?

 

Modelers having been using pastels for ages. It works well, some complain that is blows off when the try to seal it. I dont see how that could happen unless your spaying at 100 psi. Huh?

 

 

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Posted by GMorrison on Wednesday, January 13, 2016 9:49 PM

Turpenoid wash with Burnt Sienna.

Go sparingly.

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Posted by stikpusher on Wednesday, January 13, 2016 9:32 PM

Comanche pilot

Bump. 

I have a question. Anyone have any experience with using pastel chalks or eyeliner make-up for this application? How well does it work?

 

Ive used the Tamiya compact type stuff for rust on a few projects. I like how that stuff works. 

 

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Posted by Comanche pilot on Wednesday, January 13, 2016 6:26 PM

Bump. 

I have a question. Anyone have any experience with using pastel chalks or eyeliner make-up for this application? How well does it work?

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Posted by BlackSheepTwoOneFour on Thursday, January 29, 2015 12:46 PM

Micromark has this product:

www.micromark.com/rust-n-dust,9562.html

Related article from that link:

rrmodelcraftsman.com/.../cm_craftsmantoolchest_02.php

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Posted by Don Stauffer on Sunday, January 25, 2015 10:54 AM

Some lines of hobby paint have a rust colored paint- Testors does for enamels.  I find dry brushing paint does a rust film nicely, a rust wash made from paint works well for gravity streaked rust.

Don Stauffer in Minnesota

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Posted by Tojo72 on Sunday, January 25, 2015 7:16 AM
Numerous companies make rust pigments and washes.I got some Mig Rust Pigments and I have the AK Wash.They both work reasonably well.

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  • From: Poland
Posted by Pawel on Sunday, January 25, 2015 5:52 AM

Hello!

There are many varieties of rust - and most of them look different depending on the scale we're talking about. In most scales all but the most severe kinds of rust are practically smooth. My take on them is to mix gun-metal and brown paints - and most of the mixixng is done on the painted object itself - and that's good enough for me. Of course you can modify that in many ways - just try for yourself and the best thing to do here is to watch the real thing closely and try to model what you see. Hope it helps - good luck and have a nice day

Paweł

All comments and critique welcomed. Thanks for your honest opinions!

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Depicting rust
Posted by JMorgan on Sunday, January 25, 2015 1:56 AM

Isn't there a way to make rust from modeling supplies alone (i.e. not using actual rust)?

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