Dirty and/or Weathered- Show 'Em Here

[David Bogard]

There seems to be a wide range of opinion as to how best to dirty up a race car or to weather one out. Since dirt and climate and overall environmental conditions vary so much around the country, anything goes really and I just appreciate the attempts we all make at it occasionally. Let's post our attempts here and see what we've got! Should be fun!

[Lefturns75]

Man, I like each and every one.  You show heavy clay, gumbo and dusty/dry slick weathering and it all looks just right to me.  I like the Buick the best, don't know why but I just REALLY like that one.  All this makes me want to build more early coupes and sedans.  Good work here, I would put any one of those on my shelf and be proud!!   Here is one although it is not in running condition---more like abandoned. 

[Charlie.D]

Nice weather jobs on both us them

[Tom Birky]

20170305_183901 by Tom Kirby, on Flickr

[jlhboys1969]

My first attempt at racing damage


IMG_1793 by J, on Flickr

[Bob P.]

Nice weathering on all of the models posted. I haven't tried this yet, I build em like the first night at the track. If I ever get this mastered maybe I'll try weathering sometime.

Bob

[john2]

   Yes Bob, I am a first nighter too. 

Joe, the Zerex 7 is great.  Just enough to be realistic.

[JimW]

weathered and raced look ?
both of these car's ( #99 and #7) I built over 30 years ago  when I first go back into building model car's  and truck's
heading into turn #3 this  is going to be close but then again "rubbin is racin"  right ?

this has been up on those poles a good 25 to 30 years , so i guess a little rust is ok ?I'v sanded most of the rust off this car . it lookes alot better now with some of the rust taken away


the next 2 (#3 and #75) look as tho they just pulled into the pits after a 20 lap A main race


just pulled this one out from behind the race shop gonna put a for sale sign on her.....lol  let's do this !!!

[john2]

   Guys, all of these are outstanding. 

[sentsat71]

Lot of work in all of these!!

[ModelCarMan AKA Ricky]

WOW These are awesome lookin guys!!

[JimW]

the car up on the Speedway sign is genius! I can't tell you how many times have I seen that in my lifetime but I never thought of making a model out of one. Just fabulous!!!

thats the same thing I said the first time I seen a model used as a race track sign David .... just fabulous !! as a kid growing up going to race tracks every weekend I know Iv seen a few old race cars up on poles being used at speed shops and race tracks across our great country . I know farmington Mo. used an old sprint car as their race track entrance , in Vineland NJ they used a HennyJ , there's a model of this on facebook that was going around the last couple of weeks sorry I cant think of the builders name , I would like to put this out there that this be our first CBP build  , speedway entrances signs using a model up on poles ! using 2 5/16 wooden dowel and a piece of 3"x 3' styrene as the sign . I used some form that sign shops use to carve out the rocks and help hold up the poles , a company was giving away 2' x2' piece of form that I got off the web. sorry again I can't think of that company's name or where i got the form ,

how bout it  for our first CBP ? we dont have build out the cockpit or engine just the body/frame tires/wheels 2 poles and a 3" x 3" piece of styrene and some sort base is al we need to build this CBP

[James2]

Did someone say weathered?

[john2]

   Terrific.  The first thing everyone does is  put on fancy wheels.

[Gary Davis]

Man Oh MAN...ALL of these weather'd builds look GREAT!!!

Here's one that's "Back'in it in"....between 3 and 4......



Sitting in the pits waiting to be scraped off...