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I'm very sorry if I offended anyone. I wanted to get on track and follow the discussion, asking a question and I received several answers. Thank you. I did not say that chipping was bad. My point was that sometime it may be overdone. As paint is worn off in places, rather than chipped, could the hairspray method be used to show a worn off rather than chipped area. Maybe 600 wet /dry sandpaper in a scrubbing motion.. Again; please accept my apology if I sounded rude. Jim
Hi James. Although I wasn´t personally offended, it annoys me when people offer up their time and energy to help, and get attacked for it. The results may not be to everybodys taste .... and that is up to each individual ... but if you genuinelly want help or tips on tectniques ... yesterdays posts was not the way to go about it. Extreme/heavy weathering is popular ... right or wrong ... and even if you don´t like the effect ... don´t knock the technique ... or the person. Take it or leave it ... or even question it in its own thread in a more tactfull way ... although this certain subject has been done to the death as there are so many from both sides that defend the way they model.
To show wear like you mention, I honestly believe sanding back would work although Ive never tried it myself. First coat dark rusty colour, next coat very light version of the base colour or primer if relevant and then the base colour. With controlled sanding, the light colour/primer will show before the rust colour, and look like wear/heavy wear, depending on how much sanding is made.
This effect can also be painted ... use thinned paints though ... first a lighter version of the base colour or primer, and then rusty/dark colour centered in this area. It is also possible with some practise to show wear by dry brushing the affected area with the relevant colours. If you have any unused parts in your spare box, experiment on these first until you get what the effect you are looking for.
And by all means, photograph and document your results and encourage some discussion. Hopefully nobody knocks your efforts after puting in all that work though ... its probably not a nice feeling
Click here for a link to Rarities World on Missing Links ... where MIG discusses some weathering methods, that you may find useful.