I have always had a desire to build Craftsman type kits from the likes of Bar Mills https://www.barmillsmodels.com/ So I offered to build a friend's N Gauge Laser Art Structure - Crosby's Coal. At the day's end, I think it would have been easier to scratch build it. The footprint along the edges was too narrow so I had added additional pieces of wood to provide sufficient area to glue. I mocked up an internal bin floor to replace as the empty space was visible. The roofing was a self-adhesive vinyl product which was glued over wood "underlay". I did that in the evening but when I looked at it in the morning the wood "underlay" had curled up leaving a gap between it and the wall. I couldn't straighten it out so, in the end, I mocked up some barge boards. Having done that I felt compelled to add ridge caps, gutters, corner covers and downpipes. Some photographs of the "victim" sitting in the spray booth about to be painted. Kind regards Geoff PS Sorry about the quality. The planking plays merry hell with the camera and the additional compression to post it didn't help
Interesting... but that website is over cumbersome and takes an age to load. are you priming and then painting?
Andy I bought the Vallejo Old & New Wood Effect set some little time ago and have been anxious to try it out. So I guess this going to be the victim. Yesterday, I used a primer that would you believe is called Israeli Sand. Instructions that came with set say the next step is concrete colour and then a wash of black. The topcoat will be a Vallejo red that will be stippled on using a sponge and the end effect will be hopefully a building with peeling paint with the exposed wood weathering. Kind regards Geoff
