Hi All

I am hoping that someone can help with achieving the weathering shown below.

How do i best achieve the look of this blade? i.e.multiple layers of paint scratched away?

A link to a tutorial would be appreciated.

Thanks in advance

Mick

A method from my old railroad model building days-

Paint the base color. When cured, apply flat protective finish.
Paint secondary color. While wet, scratch away second color with a wire, tip of a #11 blade, or tip of a chisel blade. It works better for me if the second color is acrylic.

One note: Unless modeling a vehicle that has been unused for some time, those tracks are far too rusty.

I did mine by heavy drybrushing .

Another method. I haven't yet tried it, but this is my understanding of it. First, you paint on a base. It can be rust, bare metal, or whatever you want to be showing through the final coat. After, you paint on the final coat. You then take something like AK's chipping fluid. I think that you brush it on the areas where you want the primer or rust to show through, and rub it a bit with the brush. This should remove the second, final color, allowing the inner first color of metal, primer, rust, or whatever to show through, giving a worn effect, as though the paint has been rubbed or worn off.

Those tracks in the pic look brand new IMO.

I'm referring to the model's tracks, not the ones in my photo.
My photo shows tracks on a vehicle that sat at least two weeks before I photographed it, possibly a lot longer and yet the tracks are still shiny.

Fair enough, but if using those as an example it should be noted that they are brand new, almost no wear on them or the bolt heads. I work around machines (non military) on a regular basis, seems most of them get a dull grey look after a few years, no heavy rusting even when sitting for a while, just a uniform dull grey with obvious wear spots showing a shine. This is on the coast of BC as well, pretty harsh environment for metal with the salty air.

Thank you very much for all your replies everyone.... It is appreciated, as always.

Mick