A tight deadline, and a need for a wagon to load with coal. I could use a clean one, straight from the box, but it would look so much better if it was suitably dirty. How fast can I muck up a model?
Little more than 20 minutes it turns out. If I dry each stage with a hair dryer anyway.
Step 1 - Lightly abraide the sides with a fat fibreglass pencil to add some wear.
Step 2 - Matt varnish the model.
Step 3 - Dry brush the black bits with Humbrol 69.
Step 4 - Dry brush the metalwork with Humbrol 70.
Step 5 - Add some Revell 9 streaked lightly down the sides. Again, mostly dry brushing.
Step 6 - Give the model a wash with black Citadel wash, dragging it vertically down the sides again. Use the same stuff inside the wagon.
And there we go. Not the most sophisticated weathering job in the world, but not bad. Some powder would really finish things off, but I wanted to keep my fingers clean to use the camera, so it can wait.