I've posted in the past about looking for weathering references when you are out and about in everyday life. I've found another one that I just have to share.
When I'm anywhere even remotely not in the middle of the city, I send my partner crazy by randomly and suddenly stopping the car to take photos of rusty, old machinery. I absolutely love this stuff, just left to gently rot away in a corner of a paddock. I call it an "abandoned industria aesthetic". My partner calls it "we've stopped again to take photos of tetanus junk".
(If I'm being honest: I would take photos of this kind of abandoned machinery even if I didn't have the excuse of wanting to stash it in my "weathering references" file.)
Last weekend we visited Bacchus Marsh, a town about 50km west of Melbourne. While we were there, I spotted this little trailer in a council depot next to a park.
Yes, it's perhaps a little too weathered to be used on any kind of military vehicle that is meant to be portrayed as still in service. But for an abandoned truck, those big ol' wheels are juuust right.
The tone of green on the body paintwork is also great: it's been bleached in decades of sunlight. Faded and rusty. Love it.
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| Man, I love these wheels. |
The colour of the faded rubber tyres is also something I'm going to try to replicate on my next armour or soft-skinned vehicle. The lightness closer to the rim is very interesting.
There's nothing earth-shattering in this post: just another example of using the real world to improve your scale models. Now, where did I stash that crappy old Italeri Opel Blitz kit???
Until next time.
Cheers,
Dave
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