This Dodge WC-51 went from war time Weapons Carrier to peace time bricks and mortar carrier and now rusts away in quiet retirement. Guy Van Ginneken shows us how he did it.



Link to Item

If you have comments or questions please post them here.

Thanks!

Hi,
your model is very nice, I like it. I have a question, how do you make rust effect, it's hairspray method or something different? The result is very impressive and look like natural.

The big regards, Pawel

This is so impressive!! Simply outstanding work Guy!! I had a lot of fun watching this come to life!

Wow. This thing looks so good I want to have it towed to my house and begin "restoring" it! Truly impressive job and it seems to draw the viewer in, challenging everyone to imagine it's story. Great work!

Jim
Large Scale Armory

Pawel, to create the rusty surface I did this :
- first a rust color as a base coat was added,
- I then applied a rust color oil wash,
- followed by dabbing rust pigments in the wet oil wash,
- I then sprayed on the body color under low air pressure to protect the pigments,
- the top layer was then picked away in places by a tooth pick, and by rubbing with a stiff brush.

John, your words were a fantastic support !

James, this is exactly what I've tried to achieve !

Thanks a lot guys !

Beautiful work G!!! Love this piece!! Well done feature my friend!!!

Very nice job Guy. Looks great.

WOW!

Thankyou for posting the build story.

I've seen it in real life, and it just looks great.

Guy,

Extraordinary work! Thank you for this tutorial!

Hey G. This is one of my favorite rust buckets. Well done feature, text and pics. Glad James posted this one up here for all to check out your incredible work.

Thank you s much guys, this means a lot to me, as you are all very talented modellers here on Armorama.
Rob, special thanks to you my friend !

Brilliant, out-of-the-box thinking.

Thank you Bill, it's kinda ootb thinking indeed. I didn't buy upgrade sets for this one and I tried to make it look interesting without spending money.