Burnt metal effect

[AeroplaneDriver]

My attempt at the burnt metal look on the rear fusealge of my Aussie F-100 turned out OK, not great, but OK I thought.  I've never tried that type finish before and really just played around to get something I liked the look of after reading some techniqes on ARC.

On thing I tried didnt turn out to be very visible, but I think if done a little diferently it might look better, so I though I'd post my idea here in case anyone wants to try it.

On the F-100 the rear fuselage around the engine has darker vertical areas in bands where the aircraft structure is.  A lot of build reports talk about airbrushing hte darker strips, but for a little more precise control I tried painting a base of Testors Metalizer Titanium, then airbrushing several coats of acrylic silver/blue/tan mixes to get some color variation indicating heat.

I tried aribrushin the darker bands, but the color was so close it really didnt show up, so I hit on another idea.  Before the acrylic gets cured well dip a q-tip in alcohol and rub off a the silver to expse the darker shade beneath.

As I said, it's not too visible on my model because I didnt try it until after the acrylic was dry, but it may work better if done right after spraying.

If anyone tries it and it looks like crap, I apologize!!

[Captain Canada]

where's the link to that one Leigh did on his Crusader ? Looked pretty easy, and really nice effect !

[lancer]

where's the link to that one Leigh did on his Crusader ? Looked pretty easy, and really nice effect !

And he also described what he did to get the effect.

[gooberliberation]

Try putting small dots of sharpie marker and spraying over with lacquer. Once the ink starts to run, move the model around and let it spread. You'll either end up with a cool bluish tarnish effect, or utter crap!  

[Lord Derfil]

If you use brownish colours you will achieve the crap effect you desire  

[Leigh]

where's the link to that one Leigh did on his Crusader ? Looked pretty easy, and really nice effect !

Here