{"id":1934,"date":"2008-12-02T00:04:12","date_gmt":"2008-12-02T05:04:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bronx-terminal.com\/?p=1934"},"modified":"2008-12-05T17:33:23","modified_gmt":"2008-12-05T22:33:23","slug":"weathing-the-carfloat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bronx-terminal.com\/?p=1934","title":{"rendered":"Weathing the Carfloat"},"content":{"rendered":"

Getting dirty<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Since I am damn near crippled from the weekends work<\/a>, I decided to take the evening off from home renovation fun and work on the carfloat a bit.<\/p>\n

I wasn’t happy with the colour of the carfloat.\u00a0 It looked too red for my tastes.\u00a0 The only time it might have looked that way was if it was painted with a fresh coat of red oxide primer.\u00a0 I don’t think it would have rusted to a reddish colour while still in use.\u00a0 After a few years of sitting in salt water it might have taken on a red colour, but while being used it would have been almost black.\u00a0 So out came the airbrush!<\/p>\n

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See, too red.\u00a0 And a bit blotchy too.\u00a0 I painted the things they attach ropes to.\u00a0 What are they called?\u00a0 Rope things.<\/span> Cleats (I knew that, it was right on the tip of my tongue, it was late.\u00a0 Thanks Pierre)<\/em> Anyway, I hand painted them yellow.\u00a0 I also added the number decals, I wanted to get this step finished before weathering so it would all blend properly.<\/p>\n

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I started by misting the entire float with some Floquil Grimy Black, that’s me in the blur.<\/p>\n

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It is already starting to look better.<\/p>\n

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Next, I used some light grey (UP Harbor Mist Grey, Floquil) to create a lighter area along the waterline.\u00a0 Being exposed to salt water left the waterline with a lighter colour.\u00a0 I’m working from this image…<\/p>\n

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Notice the ligher area at the waterline?\u00a0 I like that gravel all over the deck too, will add that later.<\/p>\n

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Next, I added some vertical streaking on the side of the hull.\u00a0 This was done using a light gray paint drybrushed on.\u00a0 A light touch that adds quite a bit of detail.<\/p>\n

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Taking a page from military modelers, I like to drybrush all raised details with a light gray.\u00a0 Done conservatively this helps the details jump out quite a bit.<\/p>\n

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Using some black leather dye diluted with rubbing alcohol I randomly splashed some spots to represent various oil stains.\u00a0 Subtly is the key here.<\/p>\n

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The bulk of the weathering complete.\u00a0 Keep in mind that the light in the layout room is crap.\u00a0 On my list of things to fix.\u00a0 Getting accurate colours in photos has been a challenge.\u00a0 This is pretty close though, but I think it looks better in person.<\/p>\n

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Needs water.<\/p>\n

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I added some gravel to the deck to simulate what I observed in the prototype image above.\u00a0 Before getting too carried away I thought I would do a small area to confirm that once glued in place it will look right.\u00a0 I am a bit concerned that the glue will leech onto the deck creating a big shiny spot.<\/p>\n

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Will let the glue dry overnight and see how it looks.\u00a0 If it is acceptable I will add lots more next time I am working on the float.<\/p>\n

I like these results much better.\u00a0 The floats should look pretty good as they are a focal point of the layout.\u00a0 Especially when that is all that is finished! (so far)<\/p>\n

-T.<\/p>\n

Update – The Next Morning<\/strong><\/p>\n

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After drying overnight the glue used on the deck gravel dried clear without being noticeable at all.\u00a0 I really like the look of the spilled gravel and coal on the deck, so I will go ahead and glue it all in place.<\/p>\n

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The colour of the gravel\/coal that has been glued in place is darkened by the glue, but that isn’t much of a problem.<\/p>\n

-T.<\/p>\n

On to Next Section<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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