Weathering

[Blacklion213]

I need a little help weathering my MV-22, its my first time doing so and i want it to come out looking nice, so what do u guys recommend, i did paint a little crom silver on the loading ramp to show paint chiping and on the walk ways, and some snow stains behind the wheel wells and along the side of the plane, i havent mounted the rotors or engine pods yet, but the pods have been painted so i can weathern them as u suggest, i took some new pics to night, ill post them 2maro as im kinda tired from the past 72 hours of modeling lol

[Captain Canada]

Simulate some paint chips with a coloured pencil. Use whatever colour they come in from the factory. Mostly yellows and greenies, from pics I've seen of modern birds.

Oil based pastels are also good......shave some off into the box and dip your brush in. Any spots that look like they would be worn, stained or dirty could use some. Get a few diferent colours to mix it up.

Stick some masking tape on panel lines or in front of the flaps, and then drag the brush across to make a clean line where the 'oil' started into the airflow.

Mix some sandy dirty colours and dip a tooth brush into it....drag your finger across it to 'flick' some mud onto the undersurfaces, around the wheel wells etc.

Have fun.

[Blacklion213]

Ok that sound great here come the pics, i added another color to the camo as the tan/grey didnt look quite right

[noxioux]

Usually a messy wash does the trick for me.  Add some drybrush or powder streaks where you'd get exhaust/gun/oil stains.  I like to mix in a little brown or red, or some other neutral color to black for the wash.  

[Excalibur]

To get the look of paint wearing off, I paint the model the "natural" colour (eg natural metal) in enamel than once dry paint over it in the desired colours but this time in arcrylics. Once dry use masking tape to rip at the arcrylic colours off leaving a worn appearence. It's best to fold or bunch up the masking tape to avoid taking away too much paint. It takes experimentation but works well.

[bluesman]

I use a mix of techniques...salt, the tape thing, and to simulate scratched paint...I scratch the paint.

Put your undercoat down and let cure. Spray your top coats and let dry. Take an exacto blade and scrape and chip away the top layers. Just keep it in scale.