SOLUTION BOX - Realistic Rust

A complete system for convincing rust

Rust is not one color but a matter of layering. First a reddish base appears, bleeding through under flaking paint, then darker and older tones are added, then streaks left by rain and finally fine dust settled in the corners. This box leads the modeler through the whole procedure and supplies everything needed for it.

The core consists of a guide devoted to painting rust, a one-part primer in a brown-red shade and seven acrylic paints, among them three stages of rust, desert sand, a tone for rubber and tires and a product for chipping paint. These are followed by glazes for running gear and light rust, an oil effect of fresh engine oil, a dry earth splatter, a shading tone and a paint pen for drawing streaks.

What else is in the box

• two oilbrushers in the shade of the red base and of dark brown
• two pigments for light rust and running gear rust
• a matte acrylic varnish and an odorless thinner
• three synthetic brushes, two round and one flat

Who it is worth it for

The set makes sense for anyone who has so far bought individual bottles and was not sure how they follow on from one another. It brings more than twenty items together in one box and, above all, forms a matched range in which the shades do not clash. It can be used on vehicle wrecks, abandoned machines in a diorama, railroad equipment and on ship fittings and industrial buildings. The procedure stays the same in essence; only the density of the individual layers and the choice of pigment change.