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Marquis DeCarabas · Post by **Marquis DeCarabas** » Tue Apr 15, 2014 3:56 pm

I'm not that much of a modeller, but on the rare occasions I do something, I tend to agonise over it for ages and then just go for it - these are shots of the body that I've played around with and, to be honest I'm amazed. Nothing special used, apart from spray photo-mount adhesive:

The body was painted in cheap grey primer and matt black. I prepared some rust powder by rusting some steel wool in a weak bleachy solution and rubbed that well into the paint to get the patina, I then used a bit of photomount adhesive and sprikeld some more dust on it, wiping off with an old brush until the streaks appeared uniform.

I'm dead chuffed with it.

TommyDodd · Post by **TommyDodd** » Tue Apr 15, 2014 3:58 pm

You should be.

Dannypenguin · Post by **Dannypenguin** » Tue Apr 15, 2014 4:01 pm

Like

Keith S · Post by **Keith S** » Tue Apr 15, 2014 4:36 pm

If you had told us it was made of iron and you'd weathered it by leaving it in the garden for five years, I would have believed you.

andymctractor · Post by **andymctractor** » Tue Apr 15, 2014 6:12 pm

You say you are not much of a modeller.

We all have our weaknesses and we can't be good at everything but you certainly seem to have mastered the processes required to turn resin rolling stock kits into convincing models abused by time, weather and lack of maintenance.
This is brilliant stuff.

kandnwlr · Post by **kandnwlr** » Tue Apr 15, 2014 6:16 pm

More details please. There are lots of us out there that want more rust

Marquis DeCarabas · Post by **Marquis DeCarabas** » Tue Apr 15, 2014 6:34 pm

I'd love to give more details, but the only thing I can really add is to make sure that the rust powder is really fine.

I rubbed the dust in and dabbed using my finger.

kandnwlr · Post by **kandnwlr** » Tue Apr 15, 2014 6:49 pm

Thanks for the wisdom and experience!

Soar Valley Light · Post by **Soar Valley Light** » Tue Apr 15, 2014 8:08 pm

That is absolutely fantastic! I honestly thought it was the genuine 12" to the foot article when I looked at the first pic.

Well done indeed.

steamie1 · Post by **steamie1** » Tue Apr 15, 2014 8:15 pm

Perfect!

laalratty · Post by **laalratty** » Tue Apr 15, 2014 8:17 pm

Really nice work Marquis. It is also good to see that something so nice can be produced with comparatively little effort!

Marquis DeCarabas · Post by **Marquis DeCarabas** » Tue Apr 15, 2014 8:27 pm

The only real time taken is waiting for the steel wool to rust and dry out, then a little bit of patience in rubbing it into the paint.

Thanks all for your kind comments.

Peter Butler · Post by **Peter Butler** » Tue Apr 15, 2014 8:57 pm

That is a superb finish you have there and it shows what a good casting it is in the first place!
Top marks.

kandnwlr · Post by **kandnwlr** » Tue Apr 15, 2014 9:11 pm

Peter Butler:99525 wrote:That is a superb finish you have there and it shows what a good casting it is in the first place!
Top marks.

Couldn´t agree more.

Gremlin · Post by **Gremlin** » Tue Apr 15, 2014 9:21 pm

I like a good bit of neglect, nice work

Post by **Andrew** » Fri Apr 18, 2014 8:28 pm

Fantastic!!! Must dig mine out to build now... Thanks for the photos...

Andrew.

kandnwlr · Post by **kandnwlr** » Fri Apr 18, 2014 8:36 pm

Andrew:99718 wrote:Fantastic!!! Must dig mine out to build now... Thanks for the photos...

Andrew.

Couldn´t agree more.

sstjc · Post by **sstjc** » Sat Apr 19, 2014 1:21 am

Having recently aquired a 1/4 scale dismantelled traction engine I started cleaning many parts by soaking them in malt vinegar. This worked well apart from the steel parts like nuts and bolts which very quickly went rusty. So I am going to try soaking steel wool in Malt Vinegar and see what happens....

Post by **philipy** » Sat Apr 19, 2014 6:25 am

sstjc:99734 wrote:Having recently aquired a 1/4 scale dismantelled traction engine I started cleaning many parts by soaking them in malt vinegar. This worked well apart from the steel parts like nuts and bolts which very quickly went rusty. So I am going to try soaking steel wool in Malt Vinegar and see what happens....

Vinegar is basically acetic acid. It will help a little with degreasing painted surfaces and non-ferrous metals, it will, as you have found out, quickly rust steel, including steel wool.

sstjc · Post by **sstjc** » Sat Apr 19, 2014 12:46 pm

philipy:99735 wrote:
sstjc:99734 wrote:Having recently aquired a 1/4 scale dismantelled traction engine I started cleaning many parts by soaking them in malt vinegar. This worked well apart from the steel parts like nuts and bolts which very quickly went rusty. So I am going to try soaking steel wool in Malt Vinegar and see what happens....
Vinegar is basically acetic acid. It will help a little with degreasing painted surfaces and non-ferrous metals, it will, as you have found out, quickly rust steel, including steel wool.

The moral of this story is to engage brain before throwing everything in a pot to degrease... Of course it also has the benfit that for very little money its nice to work with new nuts and bolts. We live and learn !

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