Abandoned bathtub - salted and spray painted
By otterine
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It wouldn't be an old farm without an abandoned bathtub buried somewhere on the grounds. I'm using a spare tub picked up from Sir Thomas Thumb at last year's Bishop Show. These are the same that come in the Chrysnbon kits, but there no hardware or accessories are included. I didn't bother cleaning up the plastic at all, just started with a spray of flat black. I then added brushed on patches of Testors Rust paint.
I drilled out the holes for the plumbing in the back (not quite centered but this is easily fixed later), then touched up the paint on those areas. I didn't do the drain for reasons I'll get to.
I found a great tutorial on achieving chipped paint on plastic models on scalemodelguide.com. Here I've added the salt as recommended in the tutorial, concentrating around the holes, the drain and the rust painted portions. It didn't matter to me that some salt strayed. I sprayed the tub Krylon Almond in satin finish, trying to use up some old paint on an item where overspray and splatters won't matter at all. Of course, this old spray paint came out clean and crisp. haaaaa!
It's now drying in the garage. More to come...
Photo Information
- Taken with Canon Canon PowerShot G15
- Focal Length 6.1 mm
- Exposure Time 1/30
- f Aperture f/1.8
- ISO Speed 250
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