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Gary Faulkner

Gary Faulkner's two rust-weathered tugboat models

Rusty Old MDF and Card: Two Ways to Weather a Tugboat

Gary Faulkner doesn't like his model vehicles looking freshly painted. His two tugboats offered a good chance to show how laser-cut MDF and card can be made to look like rusty, painted metal, with little more than five acrylic colours, a couple of brushes and water. The finished tugboats, each using a different approach to rust. In his 2022 workshop, Gary set out to create two finishes that would survive handling on a wargames table and could be protected with matt varnish. The key was to work from the result backwards: think about where rust starts, how paint wears and...

October 31, 2026
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Gary Faulkner's painted Sarissa Desert Fort with weathered sandstone walls

Desert Fort: The 6-Can Shuffle

A convincing sandstone fort doesn't need to start with thick modelling compound. Gary Faulkner painted Sarissa's Desert Fort using a red-oxide undercoat, patchy sprays from dark to light and torn printed stone-effect decals. He called it The 6-Can Shuffle. Gary's finished Desert Fort, showing the weathered sandstone walls, arched courtyard and blue doors.The method is intended to be quick. No need to seal the MDF first, cover it with sand or wait for PVA to dry. The shape of the assembled kit does much of the work, and printed stone patches add texture without cladding every wall. Start with the...

October 28, 2026
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Gary Faulkner's crashed Horsa glider conversion with the fuselage opened and miniature troops

A Rough Landing: Gary's Crashed Horsa Glider

Gary Faulkner turns the 28mm Airspeed Horsa Glider into an aircraft that can show the stages of a crash landing. See the original build photographs and download the free conversion guide.

October 25, 2026
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