Well it's a start at iodized salt for a weathered rusty look

[whodathunkit]

I wasn't going to post photo's of this build in tell it was all built.. finshed up & done!

Anyway this is my first attempt at trying to makeing a wheeled excavator...
and useing spray paints and iodized salt to get a very weathered & rusty look.

So far it has been a lot of work to get the effects & looks I'm hopeing for on this build..

Salting was used:
On the pivot frame gray primer was sprayed first salted..
then a coat of red oxide primer with a quick spray of black holding the can way back.
The look I was going for as far as the rust ..
was to make it look as if concreate had been splattered on.

Dusting was done:
To the cab & shovel sides useing the over spray dust from the red oxide primer.
So far this is how the weathering & Rusting effects are looking on the excavator.



I'm looking at doing more of the salting on the boom arms.
Hopeing to make this excavator look like it has lot's of use.. as far as hours.
What some might call high mileage.. Lol!

How's it looking so far..
As far as the weathered and rusted looks go?

Whoda.

[Noskills]

I like it. What about bits of the original paint showing through? Some John Deer green or construction truck yellow?
Seth

[whodathunkit]

I like it.

Thank's Seth,

What about bits of the original paint showing through? Some John Deer green or construction truck yellow?
Seth

Seth I was hopeing to have more rust showing & the original construction yellow on the boom arms.

Beens how this is a model made from wood and all... I guess,
Someone could paint it John Deer Green and make it look like a John Deer Excavator!
And maybe use a (A-daptor-kit) to get this excavator bolted in to the back of a truck bed? (LOL!)
Seth your on to something though.. sometimes people just have to make do with thay have.
Even if it's adapting different parts together.. to make something work.

[whodathunkit]

Here you go Seth just for you John Deer Yellow.

Hopefuly you'll see the looks you were hopeing for..
On how I salted and did up the two sides of the first boom arm for different effects.

Side one of the boom arm water was droped on with an eye droper and salted..
leaveing the water damp in a few spots and then painted some what heavy to get the paint pill effect.
The trick to this look is to leave a wet spot under the paint so it will not dry and pill up when rubbed.


Here is that side of the arm with the pilled effect.


For the right hand side:
I let the water drops and salt dry and spayed a light coat of paint also leaveing one spot a little damp.
To get this effect:


Hopefuly it has the effects you were looking to see..
Sorry.. J.D.Green was not spayed first Seth.

[Noskills]

Mark,

Thats spot on. It reminds me of the paint job on Mater from the movie Cars. He is 99% rust with hints of robins egg blue (his original 50's color). (you can tell I have small kids)

Great look!

Seth

[whodathunkit]

Seth,
I went back over the cab & motor hood.. masking off for the different colored paints.
More salting was done over what was already painted for the ending effect to look like this.

I know you were hopeing to see a little green mixed in with this look..
The build is not over and maybe I can do a little green on the back weights to make it look
as if had turned and scraped the paint off of a John Deer tractor that was parked to close.

Here is how it looks after re-salting and painting.

It reminds me of the paint job on Mater from the movie Cars. He is 99% rust with hints of robins egg blue (his original 50's color).

Great look! Seth

Maybe this will help kids who are looking how to paint for the rusty effects TowMater has!
Thanks Seth.

Mark.

[Darin McGrew]

Maybe this will help kids who are looking how to paint for the rusty effects TowMater has!

Kids, or maybe adults. I'm trying to figure out how to do something interesting with this technique. Maybe TowMater. Maybe a "vintage" derby car that looks 50-60 years old. Maybe something else.

[whodathunkit]

Kids, or maybe adults. I'm trying to figure out how to do something interesting with this technique. Maybe TowMater. Maybe a "vintage" derby car that looks 50-60 years old. Maybe something else.

Would that something else.. maybe be a car painted like the Joe Dirt car also?

Or maybe you might be useing a technique like what Seth did..
(With Green paint and sesame seeds..)
To get this Cool looking effect! .. on the a Bit of a pickle car.
http://www.derbytalk.com/viewtopic.php? ... same+seeds" target="_blank

The only difference is that he did not remove the seeds..
To show the primer underneath for a rusty look.

Darin,
I can't wait to see what that something else may be.. I know it will be interesting what ever it is.

[Colibri]

Here's a model railroad web page that highlight rolling stock that has been weathered. Some of the stock is quite impressive.

Take a peek and be inspired.
http://rrmodelcraftsman.com/boomertrail ... hering.php

[whodathunkit]

Here's a model railroad web page that highlight rolling stock that has been weathered. Some of the stock is quite impressive.
Take a peek and be inspired.

I'm inspired all right Colibri..
Wow! what works of art there are on the site..
Weathering and Rusting models isen't easy to do & you really have to work at it..
trying different things to get the effects and looks to turn out to your likeing.

I did try to do weathering and rusting on a Beverly Hillbillies truck once..
Just by useing rattle can spray paints and fog painting..
as I call it by holding the can way back foging the paint on..(with out the salting technique!)

It looked ok.. & it was alot harder to do to get it to look at least somewhat like it was rusty!
Link for it:
http://www.derbytalk.com/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=5713" target="_blank

For my first time trying to do weathering and rusting with salting.. on wood.
You made me feel as if I'm not doing to bad with it..
However I do feel I've picked up on a few more tips to be inspired by from the shared link.
So Thank you!

I really like that 1949 Ford-F8 Seven Brothers Farm Tractor & Trailor seen in the link.

[Colibri]

I spent some time reading each of the descriptions of the weathering of each of the stock and the two truck. The modelers are using flat coats to start and at each part of the process. They do a flat coat, weather, flat coat, weather and so on.

They are using several types of paint from enamels to acrylics to oils. It really cool to see what they can achieve.

I have tried to do more weathering on the model planes I build but most is done with Prisma color pencils and a little dry brushing.

I haven't tried using salt.

These guy really make the models look like the real thing.

[whodathunkit]

OK, you guys are probably saying to your self..
When is wheeled excavator going to be done!
And what douse it look like now?

Well guys I got the Idea to build this excavator from this topic by CuriousGeorge..
Go Bubba Go . . . said he would like to see one.
http://www.derbytalk.com/viewtopic.php? ... tor#p23930" target="_blank







Go Bubba Go.. Hope you like the looks of the Rusty Wheeled Excavator.

Whoda.

[Speedster]

Whoda, you are a paragon of patience. That is beautiful work. I have learned a lot.

[whodathunkit]

Whoda, you are a paragon of patience. That is beautiful work. I have learned a lot.

So have I paragon.. Really?
A person or thing regarded as perfect example of particular quality..
or a model of excellence of perfection of a kind; a peerless example.

An unflawed diamond weighing at least 100 carats.. A very large spherical pearl.
Or a printing A type size of 20 points.

NaW.. i HaVe mY fLaW's .. Speedster.

[Speedster]

A friend has referred me to a website - Micro-Mark.com. I never realized this "weathering thing" was so huge.