VW van- painting begins

First colour to be sprayed is rusty brown. Red Brown over the whole body, with mix of Flat White, and Flat Brown for the highlights on the pannels.




Kitchen salt applied in places, where i want the rust to be visible through the paint.


White mixed with Clear, and broken with the tiny amount of Buff.
Semi Gloss Black on wheels.


Body of the van was sealed using Vallejo Matte Varnish.
After the paint cured, salt was brushed off:




Hairspray on, followed by salt, and Maskol:


Grey colour, and more salt:


...and the final colour:


After the salt was removed, and the whole thing was sealed with Matte Varnish:



Loading door painted.
Now the deep scratch on the side of the van makes sense.


Work started on the extras. In this case the decorators equipment. Ladder is done. It still needs some paint marks, and more weathering.


...and the ladder weathered

TBC...