SierraWest O'Neills Fabrication

[postalkarl]

Hi Steve:

The roof looks wonderful. WOW!!! you even made cap shingles. You don't see that very much. Can't to see it on the building.

Karl

[SteveCuster]

Thanks Karl!
The cap was the most tedious part, it took a good amount of patience to get everything lined up correctly. Should be adding some color and the finial tonight.

-Steve

[SteveCuster]

Good morning everyone, I finally got to apply some color to these shingles.


I finished all the hip shingles, I let them dry for 24 hours before I did anything to them for fear of disturbing them. All the shingles were glued on with Franklins Titebond II.


I wanted to avoid coloring the roof with any washes if I could help it. I believe the Titebond II glue could hold up to the solvent or alcohol but I was concerned about the roof card warping. I started with 408.5 Raw Umber as the base roof color.



I applied Rembrandt 408.5 to the entire roof with a little 408.7.


I drybrushed some Apple Barrel Granite Gray on the shingles.


I liked the color of the shingles until I placed the colored roof on the structure. I didn't like the roof against the color of the wall, I thought the roof was too light to me and it looked wrong.

I went over the roof with 409.3 this time, a darker brown color. You can see the color shade difference in this picture.

This color looked much better to me. I think it gives a more subtle transition between the 2 colors.

I wanted to add a copper roof peak cap before I added the finial to the roof. I see this detail a lot on some of the older buildings around my town. I used the copy I made earlier of the roof card, I cut out the peak and folded it together.

For the copper color I painted the paper with Rust-Oleum dark gray automotive primer, followed by these 2 colors combined to make a lighter whitish green. The paint was applied with a stiff brush dabbed on, I wanted a consistent paint color.

I painted the finial the same as the paper. I didn't blacked it because I wanted the base colors to match. I brushed it with some random brown chalks to tone it down. I need to touch up the glue joint between the paper and the casting, the epoxy is still drying in this shot.

Thanks for checking in,

-Steve

[Zephyrus52246]

Nice weathered copper look on the finial and the cap.  I wouldn't have thought of "painting" the shingles with pastels.  Looks great.


Jeff

[ger deguelle]

nice work looking great

[martin.ojaste]

Steve, no complaints here, well done.

[Rail and Tie]

Absolutely perfect!

[SteveCuster]

Thanks Jeff, Der, Marty and Darryl.

[ak-milw]

Just lovin' it

[Steve]

It just keeps getting better and better.....beautiful work!

[S&S RR]

Wow - that's some very fine modeling!

[SteveCuster]

Thanks Andy, Steve and John.

[postalkarl]

Hi Steve:

Beautiful job on the roof. I just love what you did with the finial. Just perfect.

Karl

[SteveCuster]

Thanks Karl

[postalkarl]

Hi Steve:

You are quite welcome.

Karl