how can I "age" a Model Power building?
Timothy Traver
I like the "Model Power" pre-built buildings and would like to use them on
the new N scale layout I'm building. {I know, not super authentic looking,
but they look fine to me! 8^) }
Anyway, how can I "age" these structures to make them appear not so
"toy-like"? I've heard about "chalk aging" using chalk dust to age things,
how do I do this? Also, would a wash in diluted India Ink do anything to
improve the structures? Anyone use any of these on their layout?
Any and all suggestions welcome!!!!
Christian
| Anyway, how can I "age" these structures to make them appear not so
| "toy-like"?
Easiest "first attack" is to spray them with Dull-Coat. This will pretty
much get rid of the plastic glow.
|I've heard about "chalk aging" using chalk dust to age things,
Artist's soft pastels from the art store. (Or, maybe, Wal-Mart.) (NOT
oil-pastels.) Run some suitable colors over sandpaper to make dust. Apply
with a soft brush. (Check out the make-up department at your grocery for
wonderful brushes.) Choose a color close to the models real color for the
first brushing. Then a very dark color scrubbed into the cranies. Finish
with a light color on the raised surfaces.
| Also, would a wash in diluted India Ink do anything to
| improve the structures?
Before Dull-Coat! Tablespoon of India Ink (Not just black ink - read the
label carefully!) in a pint of common rubbing alcohol. Wash it on. It
darkens the crannies and leaves the impression of greater shadow detail.
Common alternative are craft acrylics from Wal-Mart. Thin them WAY thin
with water. Wash them on. Each layer will leave traces of color around
surface detail. Use many coats to build up the amount of weathering you
wish.
Two hobby shop kits that work /very/ well are RustAll and Doc O'Brien's
Weathering Powders.
Also available from Micro-Mark. www.micromark.com
CTucker
Dirt, NY
Trainman
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>
> | Anyway, how can I "age" these structures to make them appear not so
> | "toy-like"?
>
>
> Common alternative are craft acrylics from Wal-Mart. Thin them WAY thin
> with water. Wash them on. Each layer will leave traces of color around
> surface detail. Use many coats to build up the amount of weathering you
> wish.
>
also the same "stuff")
What I do is squirt a little bit of the paint (grey's, browns, etc,) in my
special patented ceramcoat paint cup (the top from a gallon water or milk
jug). Then I take my special styrofoam cup FULL of water, and my favorite
plastic water color brush from the school supply section at Walgreen's.
(Gotta use the right tools you know).
Dip the brush in the paint, THEN in the water, Then wash it on the model.
If you get too much paint, just dip the brush in the water again and add
more water. It will look a little heavy at first, but let it dry, it will
"lighten up" I like to work on a horizontal surface when doing brick work
for mortar, (less "streaking" as the water runs down the side). If you WANT
a "streaking" effect from weather (i.e., the rust running down the walls
from the bolt heads in the wall on my RDA "Delaney Iron Works, pics coming
soon), then work on a vertical surface. If the color seems to be
collecting where you don't want it, wipe the brush dry and brush the color
back up again (for example when doing roofs, it often collects along the
eaves, I brush back up towards the peak to make it less obvious).
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Christian
| Is there anything Ceramcoat CAN'T do? (Wal-Mart's "Apple Barrel" paints
are
| also the same "stuff")
If there is, DCC can!
CTucker
NY
john a dalton
>>
>Is there anything Ceramcoat CAN'T do? (Wal-Mart's "Apple Barrel" paints are
>also the same "stuff")
>
>What I do is squirt a little bit of the paint (grey's, browns, etc,) in my
>special patented ceramcoat paint cup (the top from a gallon water or milk
>jug). Then I take my special styrofoam cup FULL of water, and my favorite
>plastic water color brush from the school supply section at Walgreen's.
>(Gotta use the right tools you know).
>
>Dip the brush in the paint, THEN in the water, Then wash it on the model.
>If you get too much paint, just dip the brush in the water again and add
>more water. It will look a little heavy at first, but let it dry, it will
>"lighten up" I like to work on a horizontal surface when doing brick work
>for mortar, (less "streaking" as the water runs down the side). If you WANT
>a "streaking" effect from weather (i.e., the rust running down the walls
>from the bolt heads in the wall on my RDA "Delaney Iron Works, pics coming
>soon), then work on a vertical surface. If the color seems to be
>collecting where you don't want it, wipe the brush dry and brush the color
>back up again (for example when doing roofs, it often collects along the
>eaves, I brush back up towards the peak to make it less obvious).
>
>Don
>don.dellmann
......try this trick out.....get a piece of aluminum screen wire about
8 x 8....put some Ceramcoat on a tooth brush and bristle it onto the
screen wire (use a newspaper underneath - messy).....then take your
basic piece of styrene sheet and lay the screen wire down on
it.....when you pull it away, notice the neat pattern on the
styrene.....is it bricks?.....mortar joimts ?.....conc blocks
?.....well, it's whatever you want it to be, depending on the bristled
color and the color on the styrene.....AND, if you need something even
more different, DO IT AGAIN with the screen wire right over the top of
the first one.....smaller bricks ?.....really old walls.....it's
whatever you think it is......if you don't like it, just run the water
over the styrene sheet and there it goes.....also remember to rinse
off the screen wire..... :))
.....also, try this.....apply your advertising decal to the painted
styrene wall, then do the screen wire thing.....looks like an old
faded painted sign on the side of a bldg..... :))
.....your mileage may vary here.....some folks are not as "light of
hand".....some folks don't have an old tooth brush.....to some the
screen wire is a problem.....i have extras....just write..... :))
......big john...... :))
Kennedy
> What I do is squirt a little bit of the paint (grey's, browns, etc,) in
> my special patented ceramcoat paint cup (the top from a gallon water or
> milk jug). Then I take my special styrofoam cup FULL of water, and my
> favorite plastic water color brush from the school supply section at
> Walgreen's. (Gotta use the right tools you know).
I do not intend to mention that I've also used said paint cups (ooops!).
However, I use the special short tin can (ex-niblets corn) full of water.
I tend to spill the styrofoam cups.....
:D
Kennedy
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>"Trainman" <dom.de...@prodigy.net> wrote:
>
>> What I do is squirt a little bit of the paint (grey's, browns, etc,) in
>> my special patented ceramcoat paint cup (the top from a gallon water or
>> milk jug). Then I take my special styrofoam cup FULL of water, and my
>> favorite plastic water color brush from the school supply section at
>> Walgreen's. (Gotta use the right tools you know).
>
>I do not intend to mention that I've also used said paint cups (ooops!).
>
>However, I use the special short tin can (ex-niblets corn) full of water.
>I tend to spill the styrofoam cups.....
>
>:D
>
>Kennedy
....did you ever eat cornbread with real Niblets Corn in it ?.....
.....scrumptious eating with butter on it.... :))
.....big juanita..... :))
Kennedy
> ....did you ever eat cornbread with real Niblets Corn in it ?.....
>
> .....scrumptious eating with butter on it.... :))
Unfortunately, I have trouble finding good cornbread.....
:(
Chuck Kimbrough
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Christian
| >However, I use the special short tin can (ex-niblets corn) full of water.
| >I tend to spill the styrofoam cups.....
|
| .....scrumptious eating with butter on it.... :))
|
| .....big juanita..... :))
with the corn, add a small can of chopped, roasted chilies. Use evaporated
milk instead of carton milk or water. And, for those goats needing to lose
a couple of pounds, use egg whites from a carton.
If you've got cast iron stick molds this is great! Use Pam on those molds.
I have seen modern molds at Wal-Mart. Mine date back to Mexia, TX circa
1890. (Punctuation buffs, have at that town name!)
CTucker
NY
john a dalton
>The only good cornbread is home made.
>C. Kimbrough
......Amen !!!!......real corbread is made with yellow corn meal, 5"
thick, in a deep cast-iron skillet greased with a salt-pork rind, in a
coal-fired woodstove......hot dog !!!!..... :))
.....big juanita..... :))
Chuck Kimbrough
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decent burial and got a new one. Trouble is now it will take a bit to "age"
the water to that nice dirty shade of grey from dipping various colors. :<(
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john a dalton
>I prefer streek-o-lean to salt-pork.
.....streak-o-lean is bacon.....works just as good..... ::))
....anytime you're watching an old cowboy movie and they're frying
something to eat, it's streak-o-lean....."bacon and beans".....that
was what cowboys lived on.....sourdough bread.....coffee boiled
("biled") in with the egg shells.....take the left-over bacon grease,
add a little coffee, stir it around a little over the
fire....."red-eye gravy"...... :))
......big juanita........ :))
john a dalton
>Is that anything like Matzoh?
>
>Don
.....matzoh is more like a dumpling to me.....dumplings are easy to
make with Bisquick....the problem is finding REAL STRONG chicken broth
to cook'em in.....the secret is to cook 3 chickens in one pot.....cool
the chicken and make chicken salad.....make the dumplings in the
chicken broth (add salt and pepper to taste)..... :))
......serve dumplings in with the 3-day-old pinto beans for a real
treat.... :))
.....big juanita...... :))
Joseph D. Farrell
that most people find bizarre -
leave them outside on dirt in the sun for about a week - sun will fade
one side more than the other just a little AND rain will dirty up the
plastic or wood with all kinds of neat stains and dirt -
bring it inside, brush it off and viola - you hyave a perfectly
weathered building, dirt in the roof, on the sides,
life is dirty, take advantage of it!
Joe
Christian
| one side more than the other just a little AND rain will dirty up the
| plastic or wood with all kinds of neat stains and dirt -
I remember a Model Railroader article a few decades back for a board by
board building. The author cut all his parts, stained them and set them on
his auto dash for a couple weeks for a bleached effect.
CTucker
NY