Monster Modelworks Yard Tower - Second annual Raymo Challenge 2018

[S&S RR]

Look very good.. I,ve always like the monster model work brick pattern.
Eric

Eric


Thanks - this is a very nice kit. It went together very easily.

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I made some more progress today.  First, the outside brick pieces were glued on.

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I then started adding interior bracing to make this a very rigid structure.  Based on my experience with warping with the painting samples I want to make sure the structure is well braced before it sees the painting process.

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I then cut a floor piece out of basswood.  Since my model will have interior detail  - this is an add on piece not included in the kit.

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I mounted the floor 4 scale feet below the big windows.

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At the end of the day I was adding more bracing in the lower level of the Yard Tower being careful not to get in the way of the window and door inserts that will be added after painting.

[sdrees]

Hi John,

Since you are in the middle of a structure with brick, I want to ask if anybody has used Roberts Brick and Mortar Formula for the mortar.  If so, what are you comments on it?

John, your tower is coming along great.

[S&S RR]

Hi John,

Since you are in the middle of a structure with brick, I want to ask if anybody has used Roberts Brick and Mortar Formula for the mortar.  If so, what are you comments on it?

John, your tower is coming along great.

Steve


I have used Roberts Brick and Mortar Formula.  It works just like a wash of lt. grey paint. It works just fine on resign models and hydrocal models.  I did not achieve good results in my testing so far with the wood brick.  The wash just absorbs into the wood and doesn't leave behind enough pigment.  I'm sure there is a solution but I haven't found it, yet.

[Dave K.]

Comin' Along nicely, John.

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Comin' Along nicely, John.

David


Thanks - starting the painting process today.

[ACL1504]

Hi John,

Since you are in the middle of a structure with brick, I want to ask if anybody has used Roberts Brick and Mortar Formula for the mortar.  If so, what are you comments on it?

John, your tower is coming along great.

Steve,

Personally I don't like it. Tried it twice and don't like the look it gives. Not a good product in my opinion. Others may have had better results. I threw my jar out.

Tom

[Erieman]

Hi John,

Since you are in the middle of a structure with brick, I want to ask if anybody has used Roberts Brick and Mortar Formula for the mortar.  If so, what are you comments on it?

John, your tower is coming along great.

Steve,

Personally I don't like it. Tried it twice and don't like the look it gives. Not a good product in my opinion. Others may have had better results. I threw my jar out.

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Steve,


I concur with my esteemed buddy in Florida. I also have tried this product. Several times actually. I think the same as Tom. Not a great product. I have used drywall mud that is thinned down. On Monster laser cut walls, I use acrylic paints and achieve a much better look, quickly and simply. Just my humble opinion.


Frank / Erieman [/size]

[deemery]

I think the Roberts product has a limited shelf life.  I seem to remember it being a lot 'juicier' when I first got it.  And it seems to me that (dyed) thinned wallboard mud has the same feel/consistency.


dave

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Tom, Frank and Dave


Thanks for your input on Steve's question about Robert's.  My experience with it is more than 30 years old.  I used it for the plastic  buildings on my first layout when my 30 year old daughter was a baby.  From what I remember, it was like diluted latex paint - it worked at the time but I found the jar during one of my cleanups a few years ago and the paint/plaster/white stuff  was solid in the bottom of the jar.

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So anyway, back to this build. I finished bracing the interior of the structure and painted it with the lt. grey acrylic primer. This is not the procedure on the directions.  I'm painting the mortar on first and then adding the brick color.  See sample 7 above. I started the painting process with figuring out how I was going to hold the molding pieces and the chimney while I painted it and let it dry.