Norm..thanks for visiting my site, and for the kind words.
Lots of questions to try and answer!! As with weathering a vehicle, rust weathering is all a matter of layering to achieve various effects. You also have to remember that a certain technique isn't always the right tech to use for certain effects. If you notice my models are all done differently, depending on what and how the vehicle is to be ie: 60 year old rust bucket versus a recent wreck or burnout. The materials and techniques vary on what effects your after.
There are many ways to replicate rust, and everyone has his own method, or preference. I am merely showing/sharing some of the ways I do things and this does not mean it has to be done this way. The most important thing is to be able to envision how and what effects you want to replicate, and the most important thing is to have FULL control over the paints and weathering products. You have to use the paints the way YOU want. By this I mean that because a certain product is meant for one thing only does not mean you have to use it only that one way. Learning how to use products different ways, and mixing products and techniques is very important.
The one thing to do before you even start a build or painting is to visualize how you want it to look...then paint and weather it in your head. You'll see that you will come up with ways of painting and mixing things in your head, makes the actual painting of the model easier. Yes we all do that already in terms of the color of paints and the order in which it'll be painted then weathered. It could just be me that does it this way... and when it comes time to weather the model I already know what to do and how it will look. Kind of hard to explain.
When you know what exactly your going to build and paint, contact me and we can go over some ideas for techniques and effects that will fit the model.
If you go on my forum, you'll see some of my models and from others who use diff techniques on rusty vehicles.
http://myforum.scratchmod.com/user/Discussions.aspx?id=260289
I also have some videos that might help.Look under ....mrscratchmod...on youtube
Hope any of this made sense, or helped.
Cheers
Rob
www.scratchmod.com