Hi i am Sam 14 from birmingham(england)

I was jsut wondering how you get the rusty affect on the tracks of a AFV
thanks.

I use a product called Rust-All. I am not sure is it can be found in the UK or not they I get mine through Micro Mark. http://www.micromark.com/ You can also use a product called instant rust. I found that Discount models is a great source for this http://discountmodels.com/instant_rust.htm There is an article that is posted here on Armorama that shows you how to make real rust from steel wool and water. I am trying to find the article.

I also use Rustall. Great stuff.

Chuck

You can use baking powder or talcum powder then use rust coloured paints or even rust coloured pastel chalks.

To further add to what John mentioned, you can use pigment powder and mix enough relevant colours to get the desired colour.

I actually just use the face paint pigment powder and mix it with some tamiya colours and get the same effect. These face paints are cheap and you get them in large quantities.

some metal wool in a pot of watter left in hte sun... i've used that to simulate some rust on my jagdpanther, does turn out very bright, thats why i tone it down with a light coat of a browner desert-yellow collors that was my final base coat.

Frank

#:-) Thanks alot people. I fancy using the baking powder, although i don't have any, would you think flour would work?? maybe make it look really thick....
Thanks

Hi Sam,

Baking powder works well, as does pastel powder/pigments. This exhaust was done with pastel powder, I mixed a small amount with Tamiya Thinner, to create a reddish rusty slush. I brushed this onto the exhaust, in patches, not all over, and than flicked the powdered pastels over the wet parts. By mixing and flicking different shades of pastel you can create the multicoloured effect of a rusty exhaust.



You can also dab baking powder onto wet rust coloured enamel paint, just keep adding powder untill you have reached the amount of flaking you are after.

Cheers
Henk

Also depending on how heavy the rust you can just use different hues of red browns dabbled on top of each other. (see the muffler below)

Hey have you got anymore pictures of those 2 tanks please. I need to see something

I agree, with comment below..this is the least inexpensive way to go..Rust-all seems pretty expensive

Lots of pics here: https://armorama.kitmaker.net//features/710

Anything specific? otherwise check my gallery. If you need some specific pic's of details, drop me a PM.

Cheers
Henk