7mm Pencarrow - Cornish BR(S)
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Western Thunderer
I've also read that a drop of white spirit works too. Will give that a go.
Pencarrow
Western Thunderer
Hmm, that would be a quantum singularity. You can't have cheese, pineapple and sausage on the same stick!
Look what happened last time: First ever black hole image released
Tsk, tsk, that won't wash out you know.
Steph
Bad news Stef, looks like more black holes are due...
Sausage Pineapple Cheese Bites – Rising and Shining
Plenty of recipes on the net!
Pencarrow
Western Thunderer
Cheers Phil. Even the most mundane buildings like this provender store have interesting detail if you look close enough at photos. The only bits I've had to redo some far are those I went ahead and did without looking at photos first.
Anyway, I've had a crack at painting the asbestos roofing. It's not something I've had much success with before as it's IMO quite a difficult finish/colour to achieve. This is the closest to happy I've yet been with a result:
Still a little glossy as the final wash with power and white spirit is still drying. The ridge tiles have turned out OK too. Was worried they would blend into one but the edges do show up after all.
Pencarrow
Western Thunderer
I've made myself a wet pallet. An old Chinese takeaway container, a slice off the base of an old foam sponge and some grease proof paper later and we're done.
Having used it I must say it makes using the paints so much easier.
Yorkshire Dave
Western Thunderer
The asbestos colour looks fine.
Given that asbestos is a fibrous material you may want to try dry-brushing this as well which will give it a slightly rough or 'furry' appearance.
Just needs a few lichens to gild the lily....
Pencarrow
Western Thunderer
Hi Jason, certainly going to be adding some dodgy white powder into the paint for the concrete blocks. How's the hat by the way?
jonte
Western Thunderer
Hi Chris.
Nothing to be down about there.
You’ve cracked both colour and texture IMHO Sometimes the concrete textured look can be overdone (yes, it cracks and can be pitted, but it’s best to be frugal with the look, lest it become a caricature - I hope that’s clear, and I’ve not confused you - I know what I mean!).
The weathered grey colour too is accurate from what I gather from coloured photos in my SR based book, which show many concrete examples courtesy of the Exmouth (?) works.
Keep it coming.
Jonte
Nothing to be down about there.
You’ve cracked both colour and texture IMHO
Sometimes the concrete textured look can be overdone (yes, it cracks and can be pitted, but it’s best to be frugal with the look, lest it become a caricature - I hope that’s clear, and I’ve not confused you - I know what I mean!).The weathered grey colour too is accurate from what I gather from coloured photos in my SR based book, which show many concrete examples courtesy of the Exmouth (?) works.
Keep it coming.
Jonte
Pencarrow
Western Thunderer
Cheers Jon, been a bit of a battle. The slip up this morning was when I sprinkled some talc and coloured powder into the concrete paint colour and then brushed it. The whole lot went into a gooie mush that filled all the mortar joints and looked a right mess. It's not done that before. Rescued by applying thinners and scraping it off.
I've now fitted the doors and will call it a day on this building for now. Final tinkering will be done once I get the layout lit.
I also dug around in my old 4mm boxes and found a load of cast wagon loads. These were a bit bashed about from the exhibition circuit but were quickly touched up and placed in the store. The idea is just to make it look used.
Could really do with some seed sacks but they can be added later.
With the roof on you can't see much more than shapes in the gloom. I may eventually add a couple of small yellow leds in there.
With the roof off you can see a lot more.
Right, what's next?
I've now fitted the doors and will call it a day on this building for now. Final tinkering will be done once I get the layout lit.
I also dug around in my old 4mm boxes and found a load of cast wagon loads. These were a bit bashed about from the exhibition circuit but were quickly touched up and placed in the store. The idea is just to make it look used.
Could really do with some seed sacks but they can be added later.
With the roof on you can't see much more than shapes in the gloom. I may eventually add a couple of small yellow leds in there.
With the roof off you can see a lot more.
Right, what's next?
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Provender store painted
Keith Phillips
Western Thunderer
That really is very good. Lots of ideas to borrow
