I found some Jamba juice on ebay that promised to rust anything, and look real. The stuff is home made, and the taped on inkjet printer made label just says Rust FX. No maker or address listed. Good stuff too! I tested it on this tank car, and was real pleased with the sun bleached looking patches. I tried the juice, seconds after shaking the bottle on a newly dullcoted MTL tanker, and it was a bit too white, so I gave it a shot of Dullcote, and it toned down the bleaching effect some, but left the rust in crevices. This car got a dose of the juice after the bottle had settled for 5 minutes after shaking. It is a little less weathered than the others, but still struts it's stuff! This tanker also got the full strenght shake of juice, but took it better than the other cars. Another different, but happening effect.
Here I decided to try a car that had alread been heavily weathered with chalk powders, and the juice really complemented the previous weathering with loads of rust. My new favorite substance. I better get more before the guy stops selling it. Probably poisonous or worse, as it works too good to be true! Let's see some of your favorite weathering effects, and talk about how you did them, and what you like or dislike about the effects?
You obviously got it all as a search for "Jamba juice" comes up with a few fruity edible items and "Jamba juice rust" gets no hits. ...don
haha! "Jamba Juice" is just a nickname I give to unknown liquids these days. 10 years ago I used to call such liquids "Hot Mung Cider" The rusting solution I bought off ebay is here: Rust Solution After I seen this picture I decided to give it a try:
I use "grimmy black " and a paint that looks just like rust.. I "wash" the vagon/train with 50/50 water and black paint. And then i add rust where i want it. I also found out the the Dullocuote gives it an old effect. I have some uploading problems now, but you can find some pic`s at my site. :shade:
this is a great thread. i really like the rust weathering effects. the rio grande flat looks particularly good to me. well done, robert.
That's the same picture that the guy on ebay uses to sell his stuff. I bought Rustall a long time ago when it first came out, and it was hard to use then, you had to paint some of the stuff on, then sprinkle powder on, and I can't remember what the other 2 bottles of stuff were for. The stuff the ebay guy is selling is only 1 bottle. I wonder if he is the same guy who produces Rustall?
Robert, there are 4 Bottles. 1.Rustall, 2. Black Wash, 3. Dead Flat and 4. Dust. It doesen't work with unpainted stuff but you can do nice weathering with them.
That is a nice weathering effect too Thieu. :shade: Now when you say Pastels, do you mean a chalk powder mixed with water and painted on?
I scrape a little pastel on sand paper, so you get powder. With a brush you put the pastel on the car. It attaches better to the car if you spray some fixative first on it. To get the dust effect, and a better attachment, I dip the brush in a minimal amount of water (a drop is more than enough), and then I put the powder on the car. It looks like paint, but thinner and dustier. After the weathering, I spray another coat of fixative on the car. I also use pastel on houses and bridges. N scale hopper: On a Quonset hut:
After seeing the weathering work you have done, and Jürg's note, I will be carrying the RUSTALL product line. There is certainly some nice work being done on this forum. :shade: Hopefully more people will begin weathering. When was the last time a railroad waxed a tank car?mg:
I use fixative for pastels (bought it at an artist's shop). Normally you spray it on the paper you draw the pastel picture on, but on plastic it also works fine. Some people use hair spray, but I do not like the smell.
I really like the effect on the Quonset hut, really looks like one in Santa Clara near where I live! They sell tires at the hut I seen.
