Small Scale Military Headquarters

Thanks for the heads up, I'm gonna have to get one of those kits for sure. I'm looking forward to seeing some pics of your work too, when you get a chance.

Wow, I'm going to have to pick up one of these sets. I usually just use dry brushed colors but this would be great for the mud and sand and all. Thanks for the info!

Agree, pretty cool and effective.. Did you pick the kit up at a hobby store or are they showing up in Walmart, Target, etc.. now?

Thanks for posting btw, the pictures really tell the story!

Very nice!! Definitely worth it IMO.

Ill have to pick this up to.

man I got to find myself one of those. I'm trying to get good at weathering but 1st tries were not so successful... I changed the color of my jeep from all green to all rust colored. LOL. It looks pretty bad

that looks awesome...I have definately got to get one of those kits!Thanks for sharing.

Dan

Col.Pickle wrote:man I got to find myself one of those. I'm trying to get good at weathering but 1st tries were not so successful... I changed the color of my jeep from all green to all rust colored. LOL. It looks pretty bad

Pickle, that's exactly what I'm afraid of doing myself. I've had some good luck with a few doing steel dings, dry brushing, etc.. but would more than happily switch to a kit..

Schizuki and fellow diecasters,

I don't mean to rain on your spending your hard-earned buckaroos on Tamiya, but you can get pretty much the same results using Folk Art and Delta Creamcoat water-based acrylics available at Wal-Mart.

I have been doing weathering on HO scale freight cars for years, and recently brought this over to my military hobbies, after I left the model train hobby for good.

I don't have any pics right now of what I have done, but gimme some time and I will post some.

IF you guys are interested in going this route, let me know. I can list to you the colors you will need and the brands, along with dry chalks to highlight dust, rust, grime, etc.

You will also need some brushes, and IF you want to experiment, try using a mix of blue windshield wiper fluid with the acrylics instead of water.

However, the fluid has alcohol in it, which is WHY most weatherers use it, because it dries faster. But, when you seal your work (I use Testor's dullcoate) there is a chemical reaction with the sealer that can make the weathering turn white or frost, as the alcohol reacts with the sealer agent.

So, if you want to experiment with that, it does work, but it all depends in the amount of fluid you use for the weathering wash.

Honestly I do not recommend it, because of the problems with the sealer and the alcohol, but some use it and never have the frost effect. Sadly, I am NOT one of them. It took an entire bottle of Microscale's decal setting solution to remove the frost effect on a really good job on a freight car once.

Anyhow, I just thought you might want to know there ARE cheaper ways of doing this.

Good work, Schizuki!

-Noel

"make-up for your tank" thats a good one. Looks like somthing I'll have check out.

Schizuki, thanks for the info. The Matilda and Lee look great.

Yeah, weathering chalks are the way to go. Like others said, the Tamiya weathering set is pretty expensive for what you get. Go to your local Hobby/ Model shop and see what they carry. One hobby store in my area had a set of 12 ground up chalks for a reasonable price. They range from black, mortar, brick, brown, grey, dust, sand, red brown, clay, etc. There is also a product out on the modelling scene in liquid form called "Rust-all". This stuff is great for weathering chains, tools, vehicles, etc. After dry brushing the chalks on and applying the Rust-All, make sure that you seal your vehicle with spray dullcote. This is made by Testors and it seals the model and takes away any glare or shine that might be in the plastic. I use these techniques for all my 1/35 and 1/18 projects. Email me if you want to see any examples. I hope this helps you guys.

Hey guys,

Funny you should mention a weathering how-to. I went and took one of my polybagged Panthers out of its hiding place and did just that this morning.

It was an easy 2hour job. I will start a thread with all the photos I took and hopefully this will take your fears off messing it up.

Incidentally, you guys do know, that IF you use Acrylic washes and stuff, and you do not like how it turns out, you can wash it all off with water, as long as you have not sealed it yet, right? LOL!

-Noel

schizuki wrote:K, last pics. First, Rowsdower's Stuart from the review thread (I forgot to take a "before" pic, so I had to steal his - BTW, Rows, I like your taste in tables and wall color )

Yes you have similar fine taste I see, green walls FTW! Actually that's the top of my entertainment center which usually holds my Hurry Home Honey P-51 and Mitch F-86 but the woodgrain looks classy so I take all my Ebay pictures there.

i must say i am a big fan of the kit, having bought multiples of them they seem to get a very good feel accross the board when using them as they cover mostly everything weather/wear and tare wise