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Fergie and Randy both offer the technique I would use. But (and there always is one) if you look closely at the forklift you will see where the bare metal is showing and the drivers shoe has worn through and polished the metal to a silver right above the step where the side rolls over to the floorboard. It's obvious the sides have been scraped so that the gray "primer" paint shows through the yellow. You can also see in some of the primer gray areas where the scratches go deep enough to get down to bare metal which has rusted, below the step, between the tires and the back corners of the body. If it were me painting this project I would paint 3-4 coats of dark rust red for a base coat. Paint a small portion of the rounded edge above the step with a couple coats of silver. Then paint the sides with medium gray and cover it all with yellow. I would use steelwool to rub through the yellow and expose the gray in various places and also the silver. On the corners I would take it down to the rust red. Then lightly drag, one pass at a time, a thin strip (finger width) of course sandpaper #100 or #80 down the sides to get the streaking effect taking off only a bit of the yellow where it blends into the grays. The exposed gray (from the steelwool process) would then have a few scratches that go through to the rust red. Practice by painting the 3 colors, use the steelwool and drag the sandpaper across untill you find the right amount of pressure to apply to the steelwool and sandpaper to get the effect you are looking for. Remember, scratches and paint chips are rough edged so don't try to make the final surace smooth like you would when painting locos and cars.
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