Supercrud

I can just imagine some grown men crying at the thought of "ruining" a fine brass model like this Overland Models ditcher with a such a "paint job" as this. To be honest, I was not looking forward to painting the thing properly—it would have been a royal pain getting an even coat of paint on all of those details tucked away under the roof. Instead, I started with a quick base coat of grimy black spray, then hit it with several rounds of Supercrud treatment. The result is a really eye-catching foreground model that, to my eye, looks very believable in a modern setting. I could imagine walking up to it and picking off flakes of rust with my fingers.

Image specs: This image was captured with a Canon 20D digital SLR using a 50mm prime lens and a 12mm extension tube.

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