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Andrew, thanks for the link to the LDEF - that's a really interesting project. That gives me a lot of color cues, as well. Lt. ZOmBe, I am embarrassed to admit that I hadn't thought about the X-15 at all! :oops: While it won't have the same kind of weathering a non-atmospheric vehicle would suffer, ...

Thanks very much for all of the suggestions - looks like the SSM store has, well, bags of burner nozzles! Perfect!

(Now, for the paycheck to come through...)

Side question - what would be the appropriate forum for talking about the marking and ownership of fictional, 'realistic' spacecraft?

Gotcha. I was thinking about having some sort of shielding forward for that very reason, and it'd give me a nice surface to fiddle with.

At 1:300, that would have to be pretty subtle. Maybe a slightly heavier fading of the leading surfaces, with the occasional larger dent/crater?

I'd work hard on fading - UV is hell. Think of dust wear, too, though I would avoid shiny, myself. Subtlety is going to be the important factor. When you say 'dust wear', what are you thinking of? Accumulation of damage from lots of tiny impacts, or actual accretion of dust on the surface of the ve...

So, my plan is to start scratchbuilding/kitbashing some 'realistic' spacecraft - think Attack Vector: Tactical, Discovery/Leonov, things like that. If it matters, my planned scale is 1:288/300 or so. What sort of 'weathering' would they see? They don't get any closer to an atmosphere than LEO, but t...

New to the forum, and breaking into scratchbuilding/kitbashing! My previous experience is some armor and aircraft kits, a long time ago, and wargaming minis - scifi, mainly, 6/15/28mm - but it's been a while since I put paint to metal or glue to plastic... 'Realistic' spaceship models have been stro...