Autocar the Dead Cats pal

[41chevy]

90% is weathered with brew to death tea cut with alcohol and air brushed with a Photo Touch-up Iwata. The balance is pastels,

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[Medicman71]

Very nice! Love the weathering on it.

[Leon]

Weathering looks great!

[deafpanzer]

Looks pretty realistic for sure

[jeaton01]

Cool! I once saw a 50's Autocar on the road that had almost that finish, but it was still hauling a load. Over the years we had 3 Autocars and one Diamond T. Old friends.

[406 Silverado]

YESSSS!! I don’t think I’ve ever seen these out of you Paul!! Great work man!!

[41chevy]

Jun 5, 2023 20:20:19 GMT -5 406 Silverado said:

YESSSS!! I don’t think I’ve ever seen these out of you Paul!! Great work man!!

Lots off things that few have seen. Half dozen trucks that are 90%+ scratch built and quite a few major conversions including a model of my real Oshkosh military dump truck for use on my Maine property in winter and mud season.

[lowlife]

Love the weathering, great job !

So glad you done the tyres too !
Can't remember how many derelict builds I've seen with immaculate tread, drives me nuts !!

[handiabled]

Weathering looks spot on and very well balanced on this!

[chromdome35]

Ditto what everyone else said about the weathering!

Would you be willing to discuss your "brew to the death tea" weathering in more detail? I'm unfamiliar with that process.

[406 Silverado]

Jun 6, 2023 15:29:48 GMT -5 41chevy said:

Jun 5, 2023 20:20:19 GMT -5 406 Silverado said:

YESSSS!! I don’t think I’ve ever seen these out of you Paul!! Great work man!!

Lots off things that few have seen. Half dozen trucks that are 90%+ scratch built and quite a few major conversions including a model of my real Oshkosh military dump truck for use on my Maine property in winter and mud season.

Alright pal.....you're gonna have to share that one!!

[tcoat]

Replace the truck with a Dodge 2 ton of the same vintage and condition, keep the dozer just as is and add a crumpled 55 Chevy wagon, rotted out 53 Buick convertible and pile of random debris and you have the back field where I grew up.

[41chevy]

Jun 8, 2023 10:07:46 GMT -5 chromdome35 said:

Ditto what everyone else said about the weathering!

Would you be willing to discuss your "brew to the death tea" weathering in more detail? I'm unfamiliar with that process.

Sure. I start with whats called Dark Tea called Pu’er Tea. which I get from a health food store ( I'm in the bag of Oreos a day club so I make sure nobody sees me entering or leaving). I literally brew two spoons of tea to a teacup of water until the water is mostly evaporated. Than I let it dry out. Than roll the remains into a fine powder along the lines of pastel power. Spray the subject with Tamiya Acrylic Clear. The tea is then cut with Denatured Alcohol to a tint you want the rust to be and load into an airbrush. I use a Photo Retouch  airbrush I bought on EBay from Air Brush City in Florida.

The reason to use the Tamiya Acrylic Clear as a base is the alcohol softens it and "binds" the tea wash to it. After you're happy with the look you than take Tamiya Flat  cut it to spray with their thinner and add a few drops of Tamiya Flat White to just give it an almost invisible tint. Doing the Tamiya Flat that way eases the contrast between the rust effect and the colors of the item, kind of the chalky dead paint effect on that accompanies rusty metal.

On tip I got many years go from Shep Paine was the most authentic weathering material is in the kitchen, the garage, your wife's makeup stash or at the end of your driveway.

I'll post a Mack I did using an other method using Vinegar and metal dust from an auto machine shops Brake Lathe.

[chromdome35]

That is a really interesting technique, thank you for sharing the details.

+1 karma to you.

[buddho]

Jun 18, 2023 14:07:36 GMT -5 41chevy said:

Jun 8, 2023 10:07:46 GMT -5 chromdome35 said:

Ditto what everyone else said about the weathering!

Would you be willing to discuss your "brew to the death tea" weathering in more detail? I'm unfamiliar with that process.

Sure. I start with whats called Dark Tea called Pu’er Tea. which I get from a health food store ( I'm in the bag of Oreos a day club so I make sure nobody sees me entering or leaving). I literally brew two spoons of tea to a teacup of water until the water is mostly evaporated. Than I let it dry out. Than roll the remains into a fine powder along the lines of pastel power. Spray the subject with Tamiya Acrylic Clear. The tea is then cut with Denatured Alcohol to a tint you want the rust to be and load into an airbrush. I use a Photo Retouch  airbrush I bought on EBay from Air Brush City in Florida.

The reason to use the Tamiya Acrylic Clear as a base is the alcohol softens it and "binds" the tea wash to it. After you're happy with the look you than take Tamiya Flat  cut it to spray with their thinner and add a few drops of Tamiya Flat White to just give it an almost invisible tint. Doing the Tamiya Flat that way eases the contrast between the rust effect and the colors of the item, kind of the chalky dead paint effect on that accompanies rusty metal.

On tip I got many years go from Shep Paine was the most authentic weathering material is in the kitchen, the garage, your wife's makeup stash or at the end of your driveway.

I'll post a Mack I did using an other method using Vinegar and metal dust from an auto machine shops Brake Lathe.

Thank you for sharing your techniques 🤓

[itsonlyakit]

Thank you for sharing that process.
"One tip I got many years ago from Shep Paine was the most authentic weathering material is in the kitchen, the garage, your wife's makeup stash or at the end of your driveway".
Any advice from Shep Paine is gold. Today in the hobby shops we have gazillions of weathering and finishing products at the mercy of your wallet. One method I have used was to power wash with 90% isopropynol alcohol an acrylic painted surface to make it bleed down. The wood grain of the coffee sticks help.

[themongoose]

Rusted wrecks are my favorite. These are awesome!!

[aaronw]

Wow this weathering is great. I have not heard of this tea method before, but I'm pretty much a novice at weathering.

[41chevy]

Dec 6, 2023 12:44:16 GMT -5 itsonlyakit said:

Thank you for sharing that process.
"One tip I got many years ago from Shep Paine was the most authentic weathering material is in the kitchen, the garage, your wife's makeup stash or at the end of your driveway".
Any advice from Shep Paine is gold. Today in the hobby shops we have gazillions of weathering and finishing products at the mercy of your wallet. One method I have used was to power wash with 90% isopropynol alcohol an acrylic painted surface to make it bleed down. The wood grain of the coffee sticks help.

I still use a ton of his ideas, especially driveway dirt and other items he talked about.