Depending on what the wood is you could use organics. Example, tea (as in tea you drink), if it's oak, use a little amonia (with proper percautions), get some nails soaking in water until they are good and rusty. Boil that down a bit to concentrate, cool and paint away.
Just some thoughts
Bill
I like what you did there it works and looks pretty good too!
If you dont want to spend much just use a sharpie or a flat black paint marker
Thanks toad, I will have to check out wal-mart for that paint. I like that insta rust but man is it expensive and you only get a small can. Im trying to do my layout as cheap as possible, even if it means making my own things. It is a great way to learn.
Hey, works for me 2!! Wal-mart has camo paint and think the brown should be the same as on the cars.
Toad
I spent the morning trying to find the best way to make some link and pin couplers for my hartland mini series rolling stock. (I hate the hook and loops). I wanted to avoid buying them because Im too cheap and broke. AFter a while I came up with this. I took a piece of wood abou 1-2 inches long drilled a hole and mounted that to were the old hook/loop coupler was. Then I drilled another hole on the other end for the link and pin. Ithen took a saw and cut through the middle for the link to fit into. The I took some old bike chain and took the links off. Thats my links. Of course the pin is a cotter pin. I also rounded of the ends. I really wanted to use metal but I could not find anything that was easy to work with and mount. I had to settle for wood. Now all I need to do is smooth it out better and paint it to look like metal. Any ideas ?????????????????????????????
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