dogpatch1
Well-known member
well i dug the crush up of the snow last week cause i felt bad for her.
i parked it in the shop and didnt think another thing about it till i went out there today and what the heck...
i know this isnt the site for shiny paint but ....
made ya look didnt i?
seriously i've seen a few pep's on here asking about patina and wethering your paint and lettering so i thought i'd put up a step by step on how my dad taught me. AND what a better canidate than that way to shiny orange crush'd rat i got out back.
my plans are to weather the bottom of the cab and the bed to give it that ol delivery truck look. i will also be adding letters to the doors and some stripes later all to be weathered to match the FAKE RUST.
for this look you will need earth tones, rust, and vintage primer tones.
YELLOW to simulate rust bubbles
RED OXIDE to simulate the ol lacquer primer used on repairs of the past
DARK GRAY OR BLACK to simulate more deep areas of rust.
i added some CAMO GREEN to contrast with the orange on the cab and it will blend with the teal on the stripes and shades on the door lettering.
basically you will need to study a few pics of ol rusty cars to get the ideas of where they rust the most.
tops of fenders, headlight buckets, roofs, and around chops, and then study the more rot out areas along the bottoms these area's are usually darker.
also some cars will have "rust runs" coming down from the wondow's body lines and other fixtures.
to start if your car has paint(whats that right) give it a rub with wax remover. tape off any areas you dont want paint.
start with the yellow, you will use a spray bottle, add yellow paint, either dirrectly from a spray bottle or from a can and thin accordingly.
next i added the dark brown splattered on the same way. and followed with the camo green,
there is a reason you are splattering this on. when you splatter paint on it is very thick and un even, later when the final colors are sprayed over and wet sanded thes "high spots" will come thru and give you the rust you are looking for. check out these first pics for reference.
dp1
i parked it in the shop and didnt think another thing about it till i went out there today and what the heck...
i know this isnt the site for shiny paint but ....
made ya look didnt i?
seriously i've seen a few pep's on here asking about patina and wethering your paint and lettering so i thought i'd put up a step by step on how my dad taught me. AND what a better canidate than that way to shiny orange crush'd rat i got out back.
my plans are to weather the bottom of the cab and the bed to give it that ol delivery truck look. i will also be adding letters to the doors and some stripes later all to be weathered to match the FAKE RUST.
for this look you will need earth tones, rust, and vintage primer tones.
YELLOW to simulate rust bubbles
RED OXIDE to simulate the ol lacquer primer used on repairs of the past
DARK GRAY OR BLACK to simulate more deep areas of rust.
i added some CAMO GREEN to contrast with the orange on the cab and it will blend with the teal on the stripes and shades on the door lettering.
basically you will need to study a few pics of ol rusty cars to get the ideas of where they rust the most.
tops of fenders, headlight buckets, roofs, and around chops, and then study the more rot out areas along the bottoms these area's are usually darker.
also some cars will have "rust runs" coming down from the wondow's body lines and other fixtures.
to start if your car has paint(whats that right) give it a rub with wax remover. tape off any areas you dont want paint.
start with the yellow, you will use a spray bottle, add yellow paint, either dirrectly from a spray bottle or from a can and thin accordingly.
next i added the dark brown splattered on the same way. and followed with the camo green,
there is a reason you are splattering this on. when you splatter paint on it is very thick and un even, later when the final colors are sprayed over and wet sanded thes "high spots" will come thru and give you the rust you are looking for. check out these first pics for reference.
dp1