Ok, I dont know how this is going to come out,
Its a copy of an FSM kit--- I am only going by photos so the measurements are different
Here goes:
Card-stock is cut and Liquitex stucco is applied with a stippling brush.....
Bob,
Interesting, I'll be following along.
Tom ;D
Yeah Tom,
Really looks like crap right now, but I have faith..... ha ha!
Be sure to brace it heavily! Looks like you're off to a good start with the stucco.
dave
you're right about that Dave! I really like the Liquitex Stucco, I put a coat on, let it dry, then a second coat to hit any bare spots.....I like a finer texture so as not to be too out of scale.
This is what I ended up with after my stucco application and some aged concrete paint....
Bob,
Looking good so far. I'll be following along.
this what the walls look like....
Nice work Bob.
I'll have to try that Liquitex Stucco.
--Rich
I like the stuff Rich.
I practiced a while back when I did my lighthouse... you can put this stuff on thick if you spread it but I prefer to stipple it on with a stencil brush, going back over it after it dries with a second application. I find that if put on too thick, it looks out of scale for HO. Even though seeing any kind of texture would probably be "out of scale", I feel it looks much better without too rough of a texture. I used it for the concrete retaining wall on my Cartwright's Scratchbuild- it works great for this also.
Hi Bob C.
this looks very interesting. I'll be following along.
karl
Sounds like a fun challenge for yourself.....I'll be watching. :)
A little tip here:
When doing shingles- on a roof or a wall- do what is done in the real workd by adding a little "starter strip" before the first course of shingles. (I used a strip of construction paper cut to about half the width of the shingle )This will lift the shingle's bottom edge and better the appearance. By doing this on my walls, I get the first course of shingles to bump out beyond the stucco ever so slightly.
started putting some of the walls together. I shingled the entire side of one of the walls, forgetting that half of it is going to be hidden....duh....
been away from the workbench due to work, not a really exciting photo, but did a bit more on this project....
Nice Looking ! Keep it up ... I just scratched the same thing a few weeks back mine ain't perfect but works
Thanks Ken!
putting some shingles on the areas of the roof that will be exposed by missing metal panels... test fitting the card....
In my opinion, the best way to weather metal roofing is with the use of etchant. Yeah,the stuff is nasty- wear gloves and do outside- but the stuff really thins out and blackens the metal., I dip the edges and corners of some pieces for rotting panels... at the end of everything, I will use powders ect for rust.....
Hi Bob:
Looks very cool so far.
Karl
Hi Bob,
Nice looking project. thanks for the tip on the shingle starter strip.
Thanks for the feedback guys,,,,, this thing is taking longer than it should because of house projects! Steve, Try the starter strip trick and you will see an improvement in the way that the first course of shingles sits on the roof edge. This is even more noticeable on thicker shingles like the ones from BEST or Bar Mills.
I'm sure that everybody recognizes this structure as Bailey's Produce from FSM..... I only went by photos online so I didn't have any exact measurements- the project started out as an experiment with using cheap cardstock but turned into a serious project. I'm putting the dormer on the opposite side- and its so true that the smallest pieces are the hardest to do. When corner posts require 2 angles like in the dormer (top angle for the gable and bottom angle for the roof) it is much better to put them on after the walls are glued together and then cut the angles with a blade.