| Many model car fans love to add detail to their cars. | | | | On top of this you would apply the paint that you |
| From adding custom paint jobs to adding or removing | | | | are going to color your car. The only difference will |
| parts that they feel that the car may or may not | | | | be that you should make sure to miss spots so that |
| need, the nice thing about models is being able to | | | | the silver can show through. This will make it appear |
| customize them as much or as little as you would like. | | | | that your car's paint job is chipping and fading with |
| One nice touch is to weather your car so that it | | | | time. The best spots to do this are wherever dings |
| looks as if it had actually come off the assembly line | | | | and dents are most common on a car such as the |
| back in the forties, fifties or whatever model year it | | | | door, bumper, and fender. |
| is based on. | | | | If you are wanting to texture your undercarriage and |
| One way to do this is to add damage. By doing this | | | | frame to show wear then you should sand it very |
| you can make your model car appear to have been | | | | lightly with a low grit sandpaper after it has been |
| through the mill and back. There are a few different | | | | painted. If done properly you can dull the finish this |
| ways to do this. By using a sharp pointed hobby | | | | way but if you apply too much pressure you can |
| knife or straight pin you can make simulated bullet | | | | totally eat through the paint and damage your car. |
| holes in the car so it appears to have been shot up. | | | | You can avoid this issue if you also apply several |
| You can also damage bits of the bumper, fender, or | | | | coats of paint to the model as well. A quick note, if |
| wheel wells with your hobby knife so that they | | | | you are using different colors of paint on a single |
| appear to have been banged about a good deal. If | | | | area make sure that you let one layer dry before |
| you have added a cloth top to your model car you | | | | you add the next. By adding them too quickly you |
| can then carefully peel just a little bit loose with the | | | | can end up with quite a mess and have to attempt |
| point of your hobby knife to add wear and tear to it. | | | | to redo the work. |
| Remember, any damage you do to your vehicle such | | | | With some creativity you can add a good deal of |
| as this cannot just be undone. Make sure that you | | | | aging to your model car. It will also make it a one of |
| are ready for these changes to be permanent. | | | | a kind since you were the one who came up with |
| Another step to weathering your car is to simulate | | | | the changes that you made it. Soon you will have a |
| chipping of the paint job. To get this affect you | | | | fleet of antique and classic cars that look just like |
| should first paint your model car with a metallic silver | | | | they rolled straight out of Detroit. |
| color so that it appears to be an actual steel body. | | | | |