Tamiya Weathering Master

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I just discovered this stuff called "Tamiya Weathering Master". It is like a ladies eye shadow, it comes in these little cases and you rub this sponge into it and then apply it to the model....Here is a sample of it.....

 

 

These are nozzles from a F/A-18E I am currently working on. The one on the left is untouched....just painted with "Steel". The one on the right has been painted in Steel, and has also been covered in "Soot" from the Weathering Master set. This took about 5 minutes to achieve this. The nice thing is, if you don't like the way it looks, it is a snap to take it off and retry. Then, when you have achieved the look you want simply lock it in with some dullcoat.

[+Fates]

I have heard of it.

 

I used to paint my exhaust dark gray mixed with some steel and then hold it over a flame and get actual soot over them. I would then take a brush and lightly streak it back and then dullcote the entire nozzle. It worked very well.

 

Another trick I used to do was mix some thinner with black and take a wide (1") hobby brush over the whole model to highlight "Smoking Rivets" over the wings and fuselage areas. It was a great effect that can be done even after the model is base coated. I'll have to show some pics during my models progression.

 

 

Fates

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Yeah, I've done the thinner and black trick before....it does look good.

 

The more I use this stuff, the more I love it