Hi Guys...

I'm looking to do a small scene in 28mm scale set in an abandonded Iron works/forge/ mill....etc.

Obviously there would be rusted sheets/ girders / pipes lying arround etc

I've had a quick search through the forums and found a brilliant article, but finding apple cider vinegar is pretty much impossible where I live let alone 1 - 3mm thick metal sheets.....

I was wondering if anyone would know how to replicate realistic rust, prefererably using Acrylic paints but if not No worries!
also replicating rust which has bubbled paint etc....

I'll try anything at this point!

thanks in advance .....

regards
Longshanks.

This is great stuff-
http://www.dickblick.com/zz271/05/

I came up with this and have enjoyed it a lot using tamiya acrylics well diluted. Rust is not always hte same depending on the material and how long its been there and the conditions so it very much varies but is often on an orange tone thats more on the brown side, so i mix Flat red, flad yellow, and brown.

Frank

You can try rustall as well (about 16 dollars; I haven't invested yet).
Hydrogen peroxide rusts iron as well.

What I did on a SU-85 is to paint it with the base color then prepared different shades of brownis-reddish-blackish from Tamiya pains (red-brown, black, red, orange, brown, etc). These were painted on the surface with an airbrush very diluted, very light on patches. With black you can even let the diluted paint condense a little to create wet, black patches.
Finally a very thin coat of the base color to bend these together.
On sunlight it's pretty convincing.
You can also use pastels.