Flaking Paint Question

[CPPedler]

I have a Walthers Grain Elevator Kit and want to construct it as an Alberta Wheat Pool . As most of you guys 'across the pond ' will know , most of these wooden structures are fast dissappearing and those that are left , for the most part are in a pretty sorry condition . I would like to paint it in this state but I am not sure if a flaking paint effect is possible on plastic . Have any of you guys tried it with success ???? and if you did how did you do it??? CPPedler

[rrinker]

I haven't gotten to the point where I need to build any structures yet, so I haven't tried this, but I don't see why the rubber cement method wouldn't work on plastic as well as any other material. Just make sure to allow the base color plenty of time to dry (several days) before putting ont he rubber cement and then painting the top color. Maybe I'm just crazy, but then, painting and scenery aren't my strong points.

--Randy

[tommyr]

[#ditto] What Randy said. I have used this method on both plastic & wood buildings. Works great.

On Plastic

On Wood

Hope this helps.
Tom

[dehusman]

Another option would be to paint it the "wood' color, then mist it with water and sprinkle rock salt on it. then paint it the finish color and brush off the salt. military modelers use this as a way to model chipped paint.

Dave H.

[CPPedler]

Thanks ,Guys, I'll Try both these methods in due coarse and post the results.
Many Thanks CPPedler