Weathered 206

[crismag]

my dirty 206

[bah humbug]

Originally posted by daggerlee
OMG! That mud effect on the rear bumper is simply AMAZING.

Same hear, it looks so real!!!

[hrmodeler]

Very well done Phil!
I wish you luck on that contest.

[magicmanjk808]

glad you decided to weather it. good job and best of luck in the contest.

[tazdev]

nice work on the weathering Phil. However New Zealand dirt is normally a darker shade of brown .



Nah just kidding:frog:

the work on the rear end looks awesome

[Focus2000]

I thought it looked good when it was clean and shiny, but now.....it looks fantastic, even more realistic

[RallyRaider]

Okay, just so all this constructive criticism remains informed here are a few shots of Peugeots on the 2000 New Zealand Rally shakedown. My model does not try to exactly mirror every splash and dribble of mud from any particular picture, just a humble attempt to capture the look and feel. Perhaps it isn't wet enough, but in some of these photos the mud is completely dried and caked on. Perhaps mud should be on the windows but in some of these shots all the windows remain clean. Perhaps the mud isn't dark enough, but in some of these photos it is almost white.

I don't for a moment think I've captured the below look perfectly in my model, in fact I still have some work to do. But hopefully you'll all see what I'm trying to achieve. Phew!

Last is the photo that was the inspiration for the rear bumper, again my model is not a 100% replication, in fact it is very simplified. This picture isn't even from New Zealand, rather Cyprus 2002.

[hrmodeler]

Crismag,
can you share with us your tips on making snow and road on your diorama?

[RallyRaider]

G'day crismag, I have seen and appreciated your dioramas before on the Automover site. They are awesome! You really know your stuff. Although in the spirit of constructive criticism the rear tail light on the 206 could do with a bit of paint

Originally posted by Focus2000
I thought it looked good when it was clean and shiny, but now.....it looks fantastic, even more realistic

Thanks Chris, it's a shame have to give up the clean look to get the weathered one but that's life.

[Vagabond_se7en]

Nice and subtle, very well done since it's very easy to overdo weathering.

[Sennake]

I think you did a great job, and nobody can tell you whether you have too much or to few mud, or that the color is good or bad, or whatever, because you are the only one who knows what "story" you are telling.

There is to few mud? But your car is an image of how the Peugeot looked like after the first 10 yards of the first special stage...

The color isn't right? But it matches exactly with the color of mud on that particularly piece of special stage where your car is an image of...

And so on...

What I am trying to say is that there is no such thing as a "perfect weathered" model as long as the technique is flawless and the model looks like it could have looked like at a certain point of a rally. And I think you have just done that 100 % right.

Keep up the good work!

[primera man]

Fancy thinking it rains here in NZ all the time and we have mud roads :finger: :finger:



Great looking job on it....wish you well at the show. I'm sure you will do well

[COZMO6476]

i have absolutely no complaints on your weathering job. after looking at your reference pics, id say its pretty darn close. the rear bumper detail defies its scale. You've really mastered the art of modeling. Best of luck to you but i dont think you need it.

[Forhod]

I like it!
Good Luck for the contest

[hrmodeler]

I totaly agree with Sennake!