Darden Mill - CCK

[GPdemayo]

Neat building Dave.....I'll be watching. Neat Caddy.....

[Dave K.]

Welcome aboard, Greg.

[Dave K.]

Hmmmmm.....

[Dave K.]

Normally I'd paint/distress the corner trim before installation, but I'm going monotone as Jeff did in his pilot model.

[Dave K.]

Molly says, "Er...um...I noticed you've got some snacks on your workbench, there."

[Dave K.]

Before attaching the corner trim I run it through a piece of fine sandpaper to get rid of any fuzzies. Here's the last of it in place.

[Dave K.]

Wasn't Stripwood Galore a Bond character?

[MAP]

Dave, you're really doing a great job on this build.  I also picked one from Jeff.  It's a structure that seems to be able to be plunked down anywhere in the country and fit.  Keep the progress photos coming.

[Dave K.]

Afraid I took advantage of our first dry, sunny day in a week to start spring yardwork. No progress 'til the dog hours...about 6 am.

[MAP]

A Darden Mill.....and another one which I can't seem to remember the name.  After I finish 2 kits that I'm currently working on the Darden will be next.

[Dave K.]

Looking forward to it. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[Dave K.]

Sure enough...6 am like clockwork. Who will be more miserable tomorrow when the back-to-work alarm goes off at 4:30...me or the doggers?

After experimenting with colors on some scrap clapboard I'm going with white for the back shed along the tracks. First, of course, was the inkahol wash. Then dry-dabbing with grey.

[Dave K.]

Then another round of dry-dabbing, this time the white color of the shed. Gobbed it on a few spots there, especially on the long front wall, so I'll use this nifty scratchy-tool to take those down. I'll also use it to ragged the bottom row of clapboards for some weathering/rot.

[Dave K.]

That seems better. I'm going for a beat-up old look...this mill has seen some miles...but maybe I overdid it. I might give 'er another round of white dabbing. I'll go paint the wind'ers 'n' doors and ruminate on it a spell.

[Dave K.]

Cheapo gray primer for the windows and doors, followed by dry-dabbing of Polly Scale Earth. Then dry-dabbed the white color. As it turns out the Earth dry-dabbing was a waste of time as it didn't show through the white. No worries...went back over it again.

That's it for a couple of hours. The dogsters and I are off to our weekly visit to the local old-folks home.