How to make model car carpet cheap and easy
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This technique is great if you are making a few model cars or scale models and don't want to buy factory materials to make carpets. But it can also be used to create rust or dry mud texture with other colors behind the wheels, for example.
What you need:
- airbrush or spray paint
- white glue (PVA)
- some water
- baking powder or fine-grained aquarium sand
The technique is that once the PVA glue starts to dry, it doesn't dissolve the baking powder that will form the texture. Once it's completely dry, you can paint it any colour you like with an airbrush or spray paint.
This is just rubbish, why can’t you actually make a completed model instead of promoting your You Tube channel, I’m fed up with you pushing completed models off the headlines pages.
You act like you're the only one who matters on the site. Newsflash: there are many people on this site who ARE interested in youtube, and youtube channels, just cos you don't want to see it, does not mean others don't. You complained about the exact same thing on one of my posts too, and i was polite in my reply then, but i grow weary of pandering to i****s.
Your whining is getting boring. shut up. 🙂
Daniel, I like this process. I am not a car guy, but when I saw the result it made me think that a slightly flattened (pressed down) version could approximate the “crackle” paint finish seen on some aircraft instrument panels.
This technique is very nice, Daniel @goforitpainting
Would love to see some completed models as well.
Daniel, this is for those of us who don't care for YouTube videos and don't see well enough to make out your image. I mean no disrespect by copying and altering your image, I just can't see what you intend to show as you posted it.
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Nice one mate, i've done cars, but im not a massive car guy, but i found this interesting and will use it next time i do a car kit. whenever that will be!
Don't listen to the detracting voices, you're doing fine. Keep doing what you're doing.
Nice one. Sometimes it’s one idea that leads to another.
I do something similar for aircraft walkways using a masked wet coat airbrushed on with an even dusting of micro balloons. Leaves a nice rough finish that takes further weathering.
Keep it up