Making a (piece of) tank look old and rusted.

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Marco Peter
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Making a (piece of) tank look old and rusted.

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A had a spare resin 1:16 StuG III hull lying around (Profiline, with a small fault).

I used it as a testbed to make a hull look old and rusted, so I can randomly put this on an RC battlefield.

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It just looked so empty!
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I have to find something to solve that...

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After a quick spray of cheap grey primer I covered the whole with one of my favourite weathering materials: Vallejo Rust Texture!

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I added random bits on to the inside simply to make it look more interesting.

Prolly a Rivet Counter's nightmare haha!

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After some more Vallejo Rust Texture

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Then I added some more color variation using a brush. (AK Rust Primer and Track Primer).
Last edited by Marco Peter on Sun Oct 15, 2017 12:55 pm, edited 1 time in total.
1:16 was my scale. Until 'Konan' came into my life... an Armortek 1:6 Tiger 1!
... Now followed by a Panther G, 'Gunther'!

I'm a happy man. 8)
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Re: Making a piece of tank look old and rusted.

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Added some different pigments, trying to use a 'logical' pattern colorwise.

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After airbrushing White Spirit over the whole and using a hairdryer to quickly dry it. I wasn't really happy with how the top part turned out...

...but good enough for my purpose.
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Time for some hairspray!
1:16 was my scale. Until 'Konan' came into my life... an Armortek 1:6 Tiger 1!
... Now followed by a Panther G, 'Gunther'!

I'm a happy man. 8)
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Re: Making a piece of tank look old and rusted.

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After the hairspray I airbrushed Vallejo Primer German Grey on top.

I worked in segments.

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And using water and a hard brush I started to get the effect that I was looking for.

If you want to learn more about the 'hairspray technique', Youtube is your friend. It's fast and easy!

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1:16 was my scale. Until 'Konan' came into my life... an Armortek 1:6 Tiger 1!
... Now followed by a Panther G, 'Gunther'!

I'm a happy man. 8)
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Re: Making a (piece of) tank look old and rusted.

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this sir , looks really good. Nice step by step to :thumbup:
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Re: Making a (piece of) tank look old and rusted.

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Thanks!

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Also added some battle-damage.
1:16 was my scale. Until 'Konan' came into my life... an Armortek 1:6 Tiger 1!
... Now followed by a Panther G, 'Gunther'!

I'm a happy man. 8)
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