Weathering How To - 2

[68383]

Here’s a second project I’d like to work on when it comes to a weathering tutorial - a well-worn version of the Vanishing Point Dodge Challenger.



I bought this Greenlight 1:18 scale off of Amazon as a gift for my brother. I was disappointed when he opened it and found that the car had previously been removed to likely be displayed, had chips in the paint, a missing fog light lens, and a busted mirror.

Fortunately, the seller sent a replacement and told me to keep the first one. So I replaced it and kept it for me to turn into a weathered version of the car.



I only plan to weather the car and don’t plan to replicate body damage, like dents.



Other than being damaged, it’s a pretty accurate rendition of the movie car. I like the trunk detail -



And that it has the original movie cars’ correct 440 (the remake had a Hemi) -



The undercarriage isn’t the best canvas to work with, but it won’t be prominently displayed. So no big deal.



Get ready, and...

[BUCKY]

I'm here for this one, too!

[Deleted]

Yep! I'm especially interested in this. It'll be similar to what I'll want to do with my '40 Ford.

I'm aboard on this one!

[Mr. E]

Squirming in my seat, but all belted in!

[tubbs]

Is this going to be a different technique that the other?

[68383]

Jan 4, 2020 11:05:52 GMT -5 tubbs said:

Is this going to be a different technique that the other?

They will end up looking very different. One more dirty, the other more rusty.

[BUCKY]

Great! I can use the lessons learned for both weathering styles!

[68383]

Today was really my first time at the bench since last March. I just haven’t really had the urge for some reason.

I started off by separating the chassis from the body. It was just six screws and a little coaxing.











I decided I didn’t like white in the front wheel wells, so I masked things up to paint them flat black.









And I was itching to dirty up the windshield, so here’s how things started.











And the dinky gas cap was bothering me. I remember the real one being pretty bulky, so I decided to rob one off a derelict Ertl Challenger that my kids used to play with.

Greenlight car is on the top. Ertl is on the bottom.



A little massaging and I feel better about it.



More to come...

[BUCKY]

Nice swap job. Those two Challengers look a bit different.

[Deleted]

I noticed that the motor was apparently attached to the body and not the chassis. Is that normally the case?

Really nice job masking the windshield. I have a question on "dirtying up" outside the wiper area. What did you use for the dirt, and how did you apply it?

I'm watching this pretty closely since it's a diecast and I'm going to eventually do a few myself.

[68383]

The engine was attached to the body while the tranny and oil pan is attached to the chassis. I’ve never seen one like this before. It was a bit of a pain to get out of the engine bay.

Looks like I forgot to post a picture. I used a couple of shades of Testors brown, then dull coated them. It’s just a base. There will be other applications and layers.

[Deleted]

OK. I'm up to snuff now!

[BUCKY]

If I may offer a suggestion, if you hold the spray can farther away than normal, it will give a sort of gritty texture to the paint that lands on the window.

[68383]

I hear you, but will be layering on things like a wash, real dirt, weathering powder, etc. Just how I roll with things like this.

I do far spray sometimes for vinyl roofs.

[BUCKY]

Oooops! I put that suggestion in there for Steve's benefit. I knew you had a handle on it, Dave! LoL