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There are quite a few ways to weather a model,provided that it is not overdone then it looks effective but go easy on the mud and dirt !
Quite a few use the dregs from a dirty thinners bottle,judicious use with a cotton wool bud swirled around in a few places can add extra realism but there is another safer way which almost anyone can master.
This involves the use of ordinary artists pastels,a few sticks of the soft variety puchased from your local art shop should include-Burnt Umber,Yellow Ocre,a medium grey and some earhty red,a stick of charcoal also mixes well with these colours to blend and apply them,just take a piece of paper and rub a few colours onto this palette,take a bud or even your small finger and apply around exhausts,wheel well streaks etc,be sure to study a photograph of your particular subject to see how the stains develop you will be surprised how they develope a pattern.
The system works well on aircraft,tanks,railway engines,vehicles of all descriptions.
Once satisfied that it is as you want it apply a touch of Johnsons Klear to seal the pastel dust.
Remember you only need a tiny amount of the dust to get the right effects.

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