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AFV Painting & Weathering
Answers to questions about the right paint scheme or tips for the right effect.
Manufacturing techniques of the old wood.
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Posted: Tuesday, March 27, 2012 - 06:15 AM UTC
Hi friends!
Please tell me how to achieve the effect of the old wood.
I have long sought, but could not find how to do it ...
Here is an example of what I'm looking for ...

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Posted: Tuesday, March 27, 2012 - 06:38 AM UTC
Ola Kirill

One way to achieve the Silvery grey look of old weathered wood is to put some steelwool in a jar with a bit of vinegar. and set it aside for a night. Next day. fish out the Steelwool, Dilute the vinegar with a bit of water. Make some tea. Brush the tea on the wood. Let it dry. Now brush on the Vinegar solution. You will see when it dries it will get the silvery grey color. By thinning it more and more you can achieve differences in the grey tone. If you never done this before It is advisable to test it on a piece of scrapwood to see what effects the diluting of the vinegar gives you. I'm planning to write a little article on how to do this. With some pics to show the whole proces.
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Posted: Tuesday, March 27, 2012 - 06:49 AM UTC

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Ola Kirill

One way to achieve the Silvery grey look of old weathered wood is to put some steelwool in a jar with a bit of vinegar. and set it aside for a night. Next day. fish out the Steelwool, Dilute the vinegar with a bit of water. Make some tea. Brush the tea on the wood. Let it dry. Now brush on the Vinegar solution. You will see when it dries it will get the silvery grey color. By thinning it more and more you can achieve differences in the grey tone. If you never done this before It is advisable to test it on a piece of scrapwood to see what effects the diluting of the vinegar gives you. I'm planning to write a little article on how to do this. With some pics to show the whole proces.



Faust,

I love this advice I will try it, but does the type of vinegar matter??

Paul
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Posted: Tuesday, March 27, 2012 - 07:16 AM UTC
@ Paul

No, type of vinegar should not matter but it is important that you treat the wood with the tea as the acids do something to which your vinegar solution reacts quicker with the wood. You can use good old boggo standard vinegar.
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Posted: Tuesday, March 27, 2012 - 07:22 AM UTC

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Ola Kirill

One way to achieve the Silvery grey look of old weathered wood is to put some steelwool in a jar with a bit of vinegar. and set it aside for a night. Next day. fish out the Steelwool, Dilute the vinegar with a bit of water. Make some tea. Brush the tea on the wood. Let it dry. Now brush on the Vinegar solution. You will see when it dries it will get the silvery grey color. By thinning it more and more you can achieve differences in the grey tone. If you never done this before It is advisable to test it on a piece of scrapwood to see what effects the diluting of the vinegar gives you. I'm planning to write a little article on how to do this. With some pics to show the whole proces.


Robert, thanks for the prompt response!
I will test today your board on the wrong piece of wood.
And of course I will look forward to your article on this theme, with photos will be even clearer.
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Posted: Tuesday, March 27, 2012 - 06:20 PM UTC
"Age It", green food color and brown water color. Use Age It. Once dry, brush on green food color. Once dry, trace lines with the brown water color.
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Posted: Tuesday, March 27, 2012 - 09:50 PM UTC

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"Age It", green food color and brown water color. Use Age It. Once dry, brush on green food color. Once dry, trace lines with the brown water color.


Hi, Matt!
In this way, I tried to paint ... the result is not the same as in the photo.
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Posted: Tuesday, March 27, 2012 - 10:15 PM UTC
Hi

I took look forward to Robert's article, I've been an admirer of his work for some time.

Here is another of my all time favourite modellers, one of the best. Check out his various albums. This is just one example of his work. He gives descriptions to most of what he does.

Chuck Doan

Hope you like it and find it useful.

Alan
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Posted: Wednesday, March 28, 2012 - 09:18 AM UTC
@ Alan
Thanks for the confidence. I hope my lack of building speed and tendency to not really finish things put you off from following my work

I put my batteries in the charger so I can make pics and tomorrow I will buy the neccesary ingredients for the technique as I have pretty much the perfect project to use the technique on for the article. More will follow soon.
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Posted: Wednesday, March 28, 2012 - 05:12 PM UTC
Hell even tho i didnt have any plans for this idea of aging wood i do now and many thanks to you Kirill for asking this question .
Robert mate that technique you use is simple and easy to sort out with out having to find some item this country of mine has never seen ..brilliant ..now i can't wait to try this out

Alan .. checked out that link .. holy crap!!! that tractor is amazing, it looks so real its scarey , amazing work .

Phill
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Posted: Wednesday, March 28, 2012 - 08:30 PM UTC
Robert, I tried to do as you say, but I get up the tree is dark brown ... I guess I'm doing something wrong ... I will wait for the article.

Alan, thanks for the link, just a great job with a tractor!
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Posted: Thursday, March 29, 2012 - 04:17 AM UTC
@ Kirill
If it is really a dark brown... you have to thin it more with water. For a silver grey finish you probably have to be close to a 1:1 ratio. So as much water as You have Vinegar/steelwool mix. Less will give you a darker shade, more water will give you greys.
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Posted: Thursday, March 29, 2012 - 05:32 AM UTC

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@ Kirill
If it is really a dark brown... you have to thin it more with water. For a silver grey finish you probably have to be close to a 1:1 ratio. So as much water as You have Vinegar/steelwool mix. Less will give you a darker shade, more water will give you greys.


Thanks for the clarification, I'll try again.
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Posted: Sunday, April 01, 2012 - 02:28 AM UTC
A second attempt to test the technology age of the tree, was more successful. Personally, I just needed an alternative. (moss on the message boards are not tinted)

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