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All About Doctor
Ben's Weathering
Solution Products
4oz & 8oz Jars
When I first began
building Fine Scale
Miniatures kits
(manufactured by
George Sellios) many
years ago, the part
that I enjoyed the
most was the
weathering. Nothing
irked me more than
to build a model in
a brand new,
pristine condition.
I began looking for
something more that
what the FSM
instructions
offered. Don't get
me wrong, I owe
a great deal of what
I learned about
building models from
building early
Thomas A. Yorke
kits, Model
Masterpieces kits,
Builders in Scale
kits, Timberline
kits; heck, there's
even a thing or two
to learn from
building the
Campbell kits.
In my quest for the
ultimate weathering
process I remember
that I found a
four-step, four
bottle product back
in the 1980s that
stated it came from
the guy's driveway
and I tried this for
a while. I then I
tried the 'Steel
wool & vinegar rust'
process. This I
really liked, but
the thought of the
rusting processing
continuing even
after the
application scared
me. I tried flushing
with water, but this
washed the finer
particles away, and
I still was not sure
that the rusting
process had been
stopped. I even
tried sealing the
finish with a dull
coat—too labor
intensive. And then
one day I literally
fell over an idea as
I was helping my
brother install some
custom cabinets on a
commercial job site.
The long story short
is that although my
formula has changed
over the years, AND,
a lot of folks have
tried real hard to
copy my Doctor Be n's
products, but they
still haven't come
close. Several even
posed as 'friends'
to get the formulas.
Today, you can buy
various weathering
powders (NOTE: some
are just ground
artists chalk and/or
tempra finger paint
powders), and there
are folks are
offering stuff used
to tint wet concrete
(yes, really!), but
nobody—nope nobody—
has a weathering
solution OR an
industrial
weathering pigment
that will perform
anything like the
Doctor Ben's
products do.
Using this Doctor
Ben's Product: Weathered
Rust differs from
Realistic Rust in
that it is more like
the rust that you
would see on old
farm equipment
sitting out in the
field—dampened by
the morning dew
slowly etching away
at the metal
surface. The
Weathering Solutions
are a topical
application that
does not affect the
surface integrity of
the model. This
product has built in
adhesive polymers
that enable it to
stick to any
surface. Get too
much on and want to
remove it? Not a
problem, read on
about all the great
uses in the product
description. You
will not be
disappointed. Join
the many thousands
of satisfied modeler
using Doctor Ben's!
Individual Doctor
Ben's Weathering
Solutions-4oz & 8oz
Jars
           
Doctor Ben's
Scale Consortium
Products are
Developed Directly
from the Creations
of NMRA National
Award Winning
Dioramas by Richard
E. (Ben) Bendever
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