Amazing transformation, Dave. That truck looks really whethered from the elements and time. For a first attempt, it's gone really well. Your a natural at destruction!
Keep it at it, Dave. That's the only way to learn. It's pretty good if it's your first attempt. Sanding is a good first step on gloss surfaces. To get the acrylics to stick and stay, it needs some tooth to the surface to stick. Apply a light coat of flat primer or dullcote. It needs to be flat. The dullcote will also frost the window glass to look like aged glass. Mask it or remove the glass if it's to be clear. Using multiple colors is the right approach. Really thin the acrylic craft paints and apply thin washes. Acrylics are very opaque paint. Thinning for light washes will give it some transparency. Real weathering occurs over time in layers. Weathering with paint should be done the same way in very tin layers with extremely thin paint. At least 90% water 10% paint. It can always be made darker by adding more layers. It's harder to make it lighter or more transparent. An easy way to make a flat tire is heating up a piece of flat metal like a knife blade with a lighter or torch and pressing one side of the tire tred against the heated surface. Don't overheat as the tire will melt and smoke into a bubbling mess. To age anything, tone down bright colors, and to blend all the other colors together, apply a black wash of 90% water, 10% black acrylic paint. The black wash my apper to dark when applied but will dry somewhat transparent, leaving darker paint in any depressions or cracks that make it pop. If it isn't dark enough, apply consecutive washes for desired results. This is a good technique to use even on chrome wheels to give realistic detail by muting the chrome where it would otherwise be darker in voids. When weathering a surface to get that water stained affect applying the paint in thin waterdowned pools will achieve this look. The good things about acrylics are that they are non-flammable, non-toxic, dry quickly, easily thinned with water to make stains, clean up easily with water while wet and alcohol after it dried, blends easily. I've used acrylics to paint or stain everything on my layout. Fell free to make adjustments on the paint to water ratio to suit your tastes. My guide is mearly a starting point. My formula to acrylic stain any wood is about a 1/8 cup of water, three drops of burt umber, 2 drops of gray, and 1 drop of black. Be careful with black. A little goes a long way. When applying black washes, it should look somewhat transparent going on. Like muddy diluted water and not soild color black.
Thanks! When I was a kid I “weathered” my matchbox by beating them with a hammer, putting them under the leg of my bed and jumping on it, or sticking fire crackers in them!
I have a old matchbox Geep that i repainted and weathered using acrylics and pencil led shaving. My dad is not the biggest fan of weathering on locomotives and such…but he told me that he prefers to see it on model cars and scenery. Excellent work Dave🚂
Vola! Great job, using household commonly available kid's paints, Dave! Looks like my '59 Chevy short bed pickup did-- which was an abandoned farm truck from Sussex, NJ and before I spray painted it in school bus chrome yellow in 2005 that I used as a daily driver until I sold it to a friend in Franklin NJ! 🛻
Great vidio, like how you sanded its paint to fade paint. Keep the 32 scale trucks close to front of layoutand sink it in the sand to keep hight correct. Thanks for the morning coffee...
Dave this might sound like an oxymoron but that's beautiful piece of wreckage! And you just found out something I learned building model airplanes over 50 years ago, it's a LOT harder to model a wreck than it is something pristine! Great job!
great job ! you could try to use stainless steel foil to make a copy of one part of the car that you want to dent. Cut out a small piece of the foil and rub a pencil against it until you get a copy of the surface you want. cut out the plastic part and add the foil copy. make the dents you want and there you go. This looks very convincing when you add new very thin parts. Nice video !
I feel like 3d printing it wouldn’t be worth the time and effort. I could try a wire wheel or other tools, I got a cool scrape effect on another truck I did last night with a small file.
The two-pound sledge is always the auto body mechanic’s best friend! 🙂
Oh yeah!
Amazing transformation, Dave. That truck looks really whethered from the elements and time. For a first attempt, it's gone really well. Your a natural at destruction!
Thanks! I’ve always been good at destruction
I like it, good job👍🚂
Thank you 👍
You really put a lot of work into this project. The outcome was well worth it Dave. You did an amazing job
Thanks so much Corey
Keep it at it, Dave. That's the only way to learn. It's pretty good if it's your first attempt. Sanding is a good first step on gloss surfaces. To get the acrylics to stick and stay, it needs some tooth to the surface to stick. Apply a light coat of flat primer or dullcote. It needs to be flat. The dullcote will also frost the window glass to look like aged glass. Mask it or remove the glass if it's to be clear. Using multiple colors is the right approach. Really thin the acrylic craft paints and apply thin washes. Acrylics are very opaque paint. Thinning for light washes will give it some transparency. Real weathering occurs over time in layers. Weathering with paint should be done the same way in very tin layers with extremely thin paint. At least 90% water 10% paint. It can always be made darker by adding more layers. It's harder to make it lighter or more transparent. An easy way to make a flat tire is heating up a piece of flat metal like a knife blade with a lighter or torch and pressing one side of the tire tred against the heated surface. Don't overheat as the tire will melt and smoke into a bubbling mess. To age anything, tone down bright colors, and to blend all the other colors together, apply a black wash of 90% water, 10% black acrylic paint. The black wash my apper to dark when applied but will dry somewhat transparent, leaving darker paint in any depressions or cracks that make it pop. If it isn't dark enough, apply consecutive washes for desired results. This is a good technique to use even on chrome wheels to give realistic detail by muting the chrome where it would otherwise be darker in voids. When weathering a surface to get that water stained affect applying the paint in thin waterdowned pools will achieve this look. The good things about acrylics are that they are non-flammable, non-toxic, dry quickly, easily thinned with water to make stains, clean up easily with water while wet and alcohol after it dried, blends easily. I've used acrylics to paint or stain everything on my layout. Fell free to make adjustments on the paint to water ratio to suit your tastes. My guide is mearly a starting point. My formula to acrylic stain any wood is about a 1/8 cup of water, three drops of burt umber, 2 drops of gray, and 1 drop of black. Be careful with black. A little goes a long way. When applying black washes, it should look somewhat transparent going on. Like muddy diluted water and not soild color black.
Thanks and thanks so much for the tips. I’ll make a note of all of it and try it all out. Thanks again!
Job well done...it tells many thoughts of tales through the years ! 👍
Thanks!
Fantastic
Thanks!
That is really cool, I use to do that with my hot wheels and Matchbox cars or whatever I had, when I was younger!!
Thanks! When I was a kid I “weathered” my matchbox by beating them with a hammer, putting them under the leg of my bed and jumping on it, or sticking fire crackers in them!
Came out good Dave.
Practice makes perfect. You'll just keep learning what works for you and what you like.
Keep having fun!
Thanks! I really enjoyed it. Hope to do more
I have a old matchbox Geep that i repainted and weathered using acrylics and pencil led shaving. My dad is not the biggest fan of weathering on locomotives and such…but he told me that he prefers to see it on model cars and scenery. Excellent work Dave🚂
Nice!
Amazing job
Thanks so much
Excellent weather!
Thanks!
Awesome job!!
Thanks!
Very nice. You could file down one of the tires to make it look flat.
Thanks. Good idea, I had thought about cutting but it wasn’t working right. Maybe I could just put it on the belt sander
Very nice job weathering that truck!
Thanks 👍
That’s some fine looking damage amazing what a big hammer will do great color choices
Thanks. As a plus, it’s fun to hit things with a hammer
Looks good! I just took my 66 Chevy truck to the body shop that looked about like that.
Thanks. A 66, nice
Vola! Great job, using household commonly available kid's paints, Dave! Looks like my '59 Chevy short bed pickup did-- which was an abandoned farm truck from Sussex, NJ and before I spray painted it in school bus chrome yellow in 2005 that I used as a daily driver until I sold it to a friend in Franklin NJ! 🛻
Thanks! That’s too cool.
Great vidio, like how you sanded its paint to fade paint. Keep the 32 scale trucks close to front of layoutand sink it in the sand to keep hight correct. Thanks for the morning coffee...
Thanks. Yeah I figure I’ll place the vehicles to help create depth
Dave this might sound like an oxymoron but that's beautiful piece of wreckage!
And you just found out something I learned building model airplanes over 50 years ago, it's a LOT harder to model a wreck than it is something pristine!
Great job!
Thanks so much. I really want to work this into the scene and half bury it in debris.
Very nice Dave
Thanks!
Real nice Dave - ya done good for your first try at it!
Thanks so much 👍
great job ! you could try to use stainless steel foil to make a copy of one part of the car that you want to dent. Cut out a small piece of the foil and rub a pencil against it until you get a copy of the surface you want. cut out the plastic part and add the foil copy. make the dents you want and there you go. This looks very convincing when you add new very thin parts. Nice video !
Thanks! That sounds like a cool process. I’ll try to work up to that. Thanks for the tip!
Great job,Dave!
Maybe you could add some high weeds around the truck to further make it look like it hasn't run in years.
Thanks! I do plan to half bury it debris
Dave next time get a couple kids in a garage with paint and turn them loose. It looks great for all of the work.
lol. Thanks
Dave Body and Fender Inc. Thank You Kool job indeed try dull coat!
Thanks! I’ll give it a shot
Looks great! Menards scale trucks and cars are only 4.99 new, might be good to try on? Great video!
Thanks! That’s right, they are! Pardon me while I go jump on their website!
Wait, Stop! You could have 3D printed a truck in any scale. Maybe a wire wheel instead of sandpaper? It does look good when done.
I feel like 3d printing it wouldn’t be worth the time and effort. I could try a wire wheel or other tools, I got a cool scrape effect on another truck I did last night with a small file.
To me, weathering is a form of vandalism. Good job.
Thanks