i need to replicate tire dust

[doug2013]

I am making an old jag that was a rally type car that was raced on the road and i need to know how to repliacte tire particles that have been rubbed off onto the body kinda like brake dust

[Nick Winter]

Maybe Black flocking or embosing powder?

[Scale-Master]

Are you asking or stating a fact Nick…?

Usually I do this with paint and my fine airbrush; a very light “splatteringâ€. If you want to also put the build up of rubber into the wheel wells, it is a bit coarser and chunky and can be made by blotting thick paint into the wheel well with an old brush or piece of open cell foam.

SMS Faux Fabrix is a great product for this as it has a bit more body or texture than regular paint (which can also be used). It can be sprayed into your airbrush cup, (or bottle) and if need be thinned with a little lacquer thinner. You can also tint it with a bit of brown & gray (enamel or lacquer, not acrylic) paint to look more like rubber.

[weasel]

well, us modelers ARE pack rats...i save the 'stuff' from sanding the treads of tires, what better thing to use than rubber!!

[doug2013]

thank for the help guys

[Nick Winter]

Are you asking or stating a fact Nick…?

Usually I do this with paint and my fine airbrush; a very light “splatteringâ€. If you want to also put the build up of rubber into the wheel wells, it is a bit coarser and chunky and can be made by blotting thick paint into the wheel well with an old brush or piece of open cell foam.

SMS Faux Fabrix is a great product for this as it has a bit more body or texture than regular paint (which can also be used). It can be sprayed into your airbrush cup, (or bottle) and if need be thinned with a little lacquer thinner. You can also tint it with a bit of brown & gray (enamel or lacquer, not acrylic) paint to look more like rubber.

I was just putting an idea out there.

[MikeMc]

well, us modelers ARE pack rats...i save the 'stuff' from sanding the treads of tires, what better thing to use than rubber!!

works great....mix it in some future then a spritz of dullkote

[RodBurNeR]

This stuff is amazing! I have been using it for a few years on weathered projects or just whatever needs it.

It's a chalk that many military modelers use. You can push the end of your brush handle into it to crush it loose and then use the brush to "poke" into it. The bristles will pick it up and then you can dab it into the smallest places or brush it on. It sticks actually, but don't touch with your fingers or you will see finger prints. Check into it, I am sure it's available at your LHS.

It's applied on this whole car. Bases were enamel Testors "rust" and semi gloss black.

Another option is to "spit" some flat or semi gloss black from an airbrush or flick it off the end of a fine brush. (thinned out of course)

I hope this helped.