I bought some Slaters corrugated iron plasticard. Undercoated wit with three rust colours in random splodges. When dry, I sprayed it liberally with hairspray and sprinkled on table salt. When that had gone off, I sprayed on the top coat of colour. Finally, when the paint was dry, I gently washed off most of the salt, revealing random patches of rust. Attached files
Nice one Terry, salted away for future reference! (salted eh, did you see what I did there eh eh?) Pete.
That's resulted in a really effective rust look Terry well done Will give it a go with the hairs spray when the wife is not looking I'll raid her hair product stand
Great idea. It does look random and very realistic. This would make a great how to for the tutorials section with photo( or a video ) showing the various stages. Very impressive. Cheers Toto
Toto wrote: Thanks Toto http://www.click. I'll work up a proper text and post something with photos in a few days.
The salt method does work well, I used it on this 16 ton mineral wagon, and have also used it on Plate Girder bridge supports
So numpty here has to ask. . . . what does the salt do ? ( NO TOM yo don't lick it off !! ) Looks really good Cheers Matt
mattc6911 wrote: The small crystals mask the paint, so it doesn't stick to the undercoat, but then disolve when wet and reveal the base colour.
Clever stuff. I'm sure you will have set off a new craze with this. there will be rust patches on everyones stock and layouts now....... good stuff toto
The plastic model airplane crowd where I work, use this method for paint chipping on leading edges of wings and propellers plus wear marks on walkways they also use Vegemite to achieve a similar result.
That was handy, resurrected just in time for my screening plant on Luib Bridge. I like the effect and dare I say it sounds easy enough.
