Josh, Packers, Scott, Tetters, and Deano, thanks! Glad you like it, shows that I did not ruin it
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If you don't mind Kurt, would you mind sharing how you did it?
Sure thing, Tetters. After I removed the shell from the chassis and masked off the windows, I carefully airbrushed a VERY thin coat of heavily diluted light gray (almost white) to remove the shine and to fade the colors a little. Next step was to mess up the roof wall1. I intended to spray a little grimy black to the top and the upper sides of the hood. It went alright on the sides, but I applied too much paint to the top so that it got way too dark
. To save it, I coated the black with medium grey. Not in the mood to make a second attempt with black paint, I decided to finish the roof with white and black chalks. After spraying two coats of paint, the surface of the roof was rather coarse and the chalks stick very well especially if the paint is still a bit sticky. I like using weathering powders anyway on parts you usually don’t touch (like the walkways). The rusty patches on the shell I made with clear matt paint and rust colored chalk. First I apply the clear paint with a thin paintbrush and then use another paintbrush to put a fair amount of chalk on it. After the paint has dried, I brush off the exceeding chalk.
For the trucks I mixed light tan with medium gray. After airbrushing the trucks, I put the shell back on the chassis and thinly sprayed some of the tan/gray to the lower parts of the engine to simulate dust from the ballast (they have light gray ballast in Miami). Next I mixed rust colored powder and clear matt paint and painted the trucks using a small paintbrush, making sure not to cover them completely. Somehow this mixture of powder and clear paint looks more like real rust then most ready made paints. Maybe it’s the size of the color pigments.