Hi James, nice work so far mate.
Right, rusting and weathering. As Ken pointed out it would have been easier to paint and weather while not loads of other gear around it-but never mind.
I take it the stack is going to be a matt black?
I use rust pigments-three:Mig- Old Rust/New Rust/Rail Rust all applied using Mig-Pigment fixer.
With a combination of the three you get looks like this:
1/144 U-boat total submerged look.
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1/12 tractor with same pigments used on barrel/smoke stack and pipe and on the tractor tractor in places. The black smoke on top of the exhaust stack is black-smoke pigment, gives a good look of soot.
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Here is a 1/144 scale sunken sub with concretions and rust staining.
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Remember that in your scale you will only need small amounts, you can reactivate the pigment using the pigment fixer at any time-unless you have sealed the model with a varnish. Use a very fine brush or micro-applicators.
I think you meant Ratlines and not Rat runs:D Only thing is using
rigging twine/thread and a steady hand and making your own.
Here is the
link to John's shop, it shows the various rust pigments.
Here is the
link to John's shop, it shows various smoke pigments.
Here is the
link to John's shop for pigment fixer.
Si