I generally mix up some lightweight hydrocal and dump an appropriate quantity of acrylic paint into the mix, then stipple it on with an old paitbrush. This works well for fine smooth mud. If I want something with a little more texture I will mix some blue gerbil dust in; this stuff is very fine and makes for a good stiff mud. You could probably eve get away with some finer kitty litter for rocks altho I have not done this.
When the stuff dries you can, if you wish, take a stiff brush and remove some here and there for an adjusted effect. Hope this helps
As you can see in that pic, mud tands not to stick to the areas that meet the ground, but mainly in the recesses and on the suspension in side the tracks.
For mud on the tracks i would use pigments mixed in a small amoutn of water and applied wet. For the mud bult up on the suspension i would mix some pigment, water and plaster of paris powder, but you could try your vellejo mud.
Wish I could help with the weathering but I have a weird thing with stucco paint for texture and airbrushing paint in for mud that doesn’t look it would work that well here.
I didn’t do the mud on the suspension, but used pigments to add dirtiness to the tracks and sides, and used some of the Vallejo mud to little effect on the front.
Hope you all like it. It’s been a fun diversion from wingy things.
Thanks for all the help and encouragement. It’s been a fun ride.
Thanks, all! It was a lot of fun. As for the tracks, they are Alclad Steel sprayed directly over Mr. Surfacer 500 (gray). Then some burnt umber pigments for weathering.
Bish - probably not too much more heavy metal, but I do have a Meng Mk.V and a Takom Turtle you’re likely to see.
