Superior & Seattle Railroad Build (Volume 2) Started 2/25/17

[PRR Modeler]

I think you did a great job, and I believe you said previously that it's supposed to be old.

[S&S RR]

I think you did a great job, and I believe you said previously that it's supposed to be old.

Curt


Thanks for your comments, yes - this is going to be an old and run down abandoned mill. Most of the cement work will be hidden but I want what shows to look right.

[Janbouli]

Niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiice , great looking concrete, very convincing.

[Zephyrus52246]

Concrete looks great, John.

Jeff

[S&S RR]

Niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiice , great looking concrete, very convincing.

Jan


Thanks for the kind words.

[S&S RR]

Concrete looks great, John.

Jeff

Jeff


Thanks.  After letting it sit on my workbench for the day, while I was back working on the fine tuning of the track work, I have decided that I'm happy with it for now.  Any changes will be part of the fine detailing at the end of the build.  I often need to just get away from a project for a day and come back and take a second look before I decided, it's done.

[S&S RR]

As promised, here are the detailed steps in the process I used for the concrete walls. The first step, as reported above was the premier which was a very light gray.

[S&S RR]

Next, I used the Neutral Grey Shade Pan Pastel. Which to me is the color of cured concrete.

[S&S RR]

After more progress.

[S&S RR]

I should mention that all of the joint lines and cracks and chips were added using a scribe or a rotary tool with a fine diamond cutter.

[S&S RR]

After all of the surfaces had been covered, using the sponge applicator, with the neutral grey shade I covered everything with a coat of A&I (my two tsp. to the quart of alcohol solution) with a 1/2 inch brush. This highlighted the cracks and joints along with the saw marks and woodgrain of the original wood.  I think this really helps make it look like ported concrete - because wood forms would have been used in the original construction.

[S&S RR]

I then added some dark green and lighter brown pastels in a pattern that ended up looking like camouflage before they are blended.

[S&S RR]

I also added a lighter shade of grey because I thought it was getting a little to dark.  All four colors of pan pastels can be seen in this picture.

[S&S RR]

You will also notice from the picture above that the camouflage look is now gone. I do this by blending everything together with the large brush shown in this picture.

[S&S RR]

It is not until the blending process that it starts to look right.