My friend and fellow n scaler Allen has been teaching me how to weather cars. Weathering ends up a lot easier than I originally feared….so like everything I do, more is better right? So off to the races to see how rusty, grimey, & graffiti covered I can make the cars. I was excited that I was actually doing (what I thought) was a cool job, having a blast doing it. Then one night I was watching youtube videos and came across a bunch of old BN footage from the 90s, the era I am modeling. I usually only really watched the motors then skip ahead to the next set. But this time I started noticing the cars. The cars looked….well…different. They weren’t rust buckets. They weren’t faded beyond the agility to see the BN logo. They didn’t even have graffiti!?!? Uhh ohh…. I better go back to the drawing board and maybe not get so “weathering” happy as I had been. So here is my first attempt of toning things down. All I really did to these cars was dull coat and apply some “dirt”. No rust. No rubbing off logos. Just cars in good shape that were a little “weathered”. Let me know what you think in the comments.
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Matt if you stopped right there, they would look awesome!
Just remember the first rule of modeling “Less is More”
But if you feel the urge to continue, go for it!