Color modulation for car models

[Guest]

Thanks for the kind words, chaps . . . LONG LIVE RUST, that's what the Doctor says. I think for those of us who love extreme weathering, there's nothing more fun!

Airbrushing paint + pigments (rust, dust, and gunk!) + detailing = A BOATLOAD OF FUN!

[Guest]

quality! this is such a interesting and useful thread. thanks for taking us though. and like richy said.. great photo's.

[Guest]

Thank you, Rogue-One!

[Guest]

Hey Virgil, I agree with everyone that your work looks amazing, your finished product is definitely something to strive for.

I have a question though about your masking product. Incredible White Mask - Liquid Frisket. Do you know how that reacts with Tamiya acrylics? I pretty much only use them and have been looking for a liquid masking agent like the Humbrol Mask-ol (not sure on the name off the top of my head). but i've read that you can't use that with acrylics. I looked up some info on the mask that you used and it appears to be okay to use with acrylics, but i thought I'd ask first hand. I also haven't seen maskol in the states, but i can get the Incredible White Mask for five dollars on amazon.

Any insight you could lend would be much appreciated. Thanks.

[stona]

That was an excellent and informative read,thanks for posting it. I build things made mostly from aluminium but seeing your beautiful results has got me thinking about something that would rust!

Cheers

Steve

[John]

That looks superb it makes me want to try it and see what I can do, a bit of a basic quesion but how do you remove the salt do you just brush it off?

[Guest]

When the salt is sprinkled on the water it disolves, then reforms crystals as the water dries off. This makes the salt adhere to the plastic just enough to resist the air pressure from the air brush but when the paint is dried the salt simply brushes off and leaves the first coat exposed. I've not done it yet but I'm itching to give it a go one day.

[Guest]

Jim, I have not had any problems whatsoever with Tamiya paints and liquid masking . . . but it never hurts to test it first.

Richard, yes, the salt sticks to the paint once the water dries . . . and no matter what you are still going to get the airbrush blasts to knock off a little bit . . . the idea is to experiment and have fun. No result is ever the same anyway.

The "salting" technique is very low stress, but it cannot be controlled, say, as much as the Hairspray chipping technique is . ..

[Guest]

The 'caution' area with Maskol is that it's ammonia based, hence the reluctance to use it on Acrylic paints, in theory, once the paints are fully cured you 'should' be able to use it but i'd recommend you try on a piece of scrap first, i've never used it myself so can't offer any insight, just going on the fact I know it contains ammonia.

The white stuff may be ammonia free?, that'd be great if so.

Salt weathering is good fun, I tried it on a Hawker Typhoon which was on here a few months ago, it comes off very easily and as Dr C says, you do get some which will depart the model under air pressure from the brush but most sticks firmly enough until you attack it with a toothbrush, if the paints fully cured you can also run it under the tap.

[Guest]

thanks for the reply doc. i'm going to get me a bottle and give it a whirl.

[Guest]

Remember to post your results here . . . I'd love to see how you guys transform all of this into your own style.

[Guest]

Remember to post your results here . . . I'd love to see how you guys transform all of this into your own style.

Oh no..... a challenge.... Panic... PANIC!!!!!!!!! lol

We had a guy on here end of last year who did a Citroen from Tamiya, you know, the Gestapo classic, that was civilian and rusting away in a yard. It looked quite good to. Must have a go now.....

[Guest]

I'm off back to work this weekend so I'm in the good old US of A for three months. Maybe some sort of small scale car might be an idea to give me something to play with but it will all have to be brush painted or small squirty cans. Now there's a challenge!!

[Guest]

Bon voyage, Richard. Have fun in FLA!

[Guest]

Don't worry, I'll still be on here, trying to remain sane!