Perhaps the final walk through is the work done to a Hornby Butterley waiting room to turn it into a building which was hopefully reminiscent of a Great Eastern branch line station building.
Although it was destined for a mid1950s setting, I decided to finish it in the first paint scheme adopted by the newly formed L&NER. My theory was being that being a backwater, it was due for a repaint in 1939 but it never happened. Therefore, the paint was now some 30 years old and somewhat dilapidated as a result.
So, not having painted a timber building to this level of dilapidation, I spent a while looking at images before practicing on a piece of Wills tongue and groove planking.
I settled on a base colour of Tamiya red brown on the bottom and Humbrol mast oak on the top. These were then weathered using various powders, of which more details later on.
The subject, as I say, was a resin Hornby Butterley waiting room from their Skaledale range. This was purchased second hand and had been partially repainted by the previous owner. Front and rear views as below with the glazing and windows removed by myself.
I rubbed the existing finish down then set about distressing the grooves between the planks using a dental pointy probe thing.
I didn't just draw the point along but wiggled it to give an uneven finish.
Next was the adding of the basic colour to the walls using Humbrol mast oak to the upper walls. The framework, lower walls and doors were painted in Tamiya red brown. I wasn't too worried about the patchy coverage as I was going to weather it anyway.
Brickwork to the base was then painted over the existing Hornby applied grey brickwork. This was followed by the chimneys.
That then was the basic painting done.
Next job was the roof where I set about picking out individual tiles using a variety of Humbrol grey enamels.
Then I set about the weathering of the wood using dark earth, sand, white, iron oxide and smoke. Layers were gradually built up, varnished then removed using a 2mm fibre brush. It just sort of evolved until it looked okay.
As I went along, I popped the building under layout lighting to keep an eye on how the colouring was evolving. Here's the building on Bleat Wharf.
The windows were varnished the dusted with dark earth over the white frames. A final coat of varnish sealed them.
The brown paintwork also had iron oxide powders added to provide a bit of ageing.
The door knobs were picked out using a pencil.
Once the building had been varnished, the windows were replaced.
A final touch was the addition of a couple of notice boards. These were also weathered using a bit of white, iron oxide and dark earth.
And this was how it ended up.
Perhaps I'll build the layout for it one day !
Rob.
