Weathering a Walthers ho scale truss bridge


Jwa17ab

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I have assembled the bridge and given it a coat of grey primer along with a light coat of rust-oleum metallic paint but would now like to weather it with some rust effects. Just seeking some advice for the best way to do it please?

Thanks
John
 
I have assembled the bridge and given it a coat of grey primer along with a light coat of rust-oleum metallic paint but would now like to weather it with some rust effects. Just seeking some advice for the best way to do it please?

Thanks
John
I'm definitely no help here, but someone will be along shortly that will be able to help.
 
I use weathering powders and blend a little with an airbrush. Rust effects can be done different ways, powders along with different tones of rust and brown paints thinned a little can add heavy rust effects. I don't have a bridge but a couple of grain cars to give you an idea.
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Hi. If you haven’t done anything further on the bridge, May I suggest:

1. if you are happy with it now, spray it with a clear matte varnish (Testor dull cote, VMS matte, Krylon clear)
2. decide if you will use powders, chalk, pan pastel or paint
3. small piece of sponge, dipped into dark umber color paint and blot the paint off as though you are dry brushing OR if using oils or enamels use a small paint brush and create some dots
4. depending on if oil or enamel take order less spirits, dampen a brush lightly pull down from those spots creating streaking, if chalks, powders or pan pastels blend with a 1/2” flat brush to create streaking

let it sit a day and come back to it with a critical eye, meaning use a camera and take pictures, then review it, adjust to your liking. If you like it, spray it with a clear matte varnish as in step 1. You can always keep adding or removing any additional weathering but you will have saved the base.

Finally, there are some great u tube videos out there on rusting. Maybe plug in searching for how to rust a bridge. Have fun
 
This may help
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as bought
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Some crude grey paint added
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some thinned reddish brown added
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then both again layered
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continued with aged effect and greens
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again layered couple of tones and thicknesses as in shading as opposed to flat colour
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some black for depth
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Some mud and texture
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Texture typed
fyi thr]e ‘leaves’ are birch seed can be collected off trees this time of year
 
On layout, I personally work on a camo effect camophlage looks best with at least 3 tones,
 

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If you have any old foam from furniture or pillows you can grab a handleful pop it ina food blender, clean it properly afterwards, soak in tones of green paint for easy texture,the yellow foam works well, and old dried real moss works a treat
hope this helps.
 

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Rocks, cork tile rocks may also help
 

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Ah reread this did you mean JUST light rust…oops
orangey red,browny red,browny orange, certain colours are more realistic for certain metals, but most will work, air brush effects are great for a base,but I often go direct to hand and thinned paints, I often add plain water then touch with a colour so it spreads,excess of wet water allows it to run naturally giving natural effects,ensure structure is in a stood u position as doing this on its side looks way weird
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alwas finish with a powder down as something rust inevitably gets dirt accumulation also
 
FYI putting clear water on an object and allowing it to settle naturally will inevitably show you were real rust would build up,as rust it usually oxygenation from the oxygen in water, I know it is obvious when you say it but you would be surprised at the number of modellers who know it and ignore it……some one needs to slap me to get me to shut up ….grins
 
It is just a matter of how far you want to take it, and sometimes a bridge up top is not too bad whilst low down near wet grass or run off water it can be truly gross, deluxe does a nice product
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Plant machinery takes a severe bashing, find a good reference picture
and go from this….toy
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via few simple steps
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the gunk in the bucket is a technical paint from warhammer supplier, it dries cracked….yea
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If you see paints in the p pictures they are me recording what I used as in time I forget, I originally started uploading pictures so that I could remember what the xxxx I had been up to LOL
 
If you have any old foam from furniture or pillows you can grab a handleful pop it ina food blender, clean it properly afterwards, soak in tones of green paint for easy texture,the yellow foam works well, and old dried real moss works a treat
hope this helps.
A food blender!? What!? Jaz are you still alive...I hope so.
 
Do you all have an air brush? Untill now I use paint and brushes. But I realise when you dry brush with powder you have to fixate this. Some people use cans. What are the - and +. Anybody done both and can compare methodes?
 



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