Bar Mills Tribute Kit 1

[Janbouli]

Maybe it's different in N-scale but I find peel and stick a joy to work with. But don't use P&S and glue together , it won't make a stronger bond then the weakest of these products.

[PRR Modeler]

Really nice brick color and I love the color of the exhaust stack.

[Opa George]

Maybe it's different in N-scale but I find peel and stick a joy to work with. But don't use P&S and glue together , it won't make a stronger bond then the weakest of these products.

Thanks, Tom and Jan for input.  I should qualify my comments on peel-and-stick. I do like it a lot for putting together window and door assemblies and such, and have not had problems with those. The freight doors on this and the first structure were all peel-and-stick. I just didn't trust it to hold the pipe bracket in place. 
Best regards,
George

[Opa George]

Really nice brick color and I love the color of the exhaust stack.

Thank you, Curt.  I used Rustoleum red primer on the casting. Although "red," it has the brownish appearance of rusty metal. I think the rough surface of the resin also contributes to the effect.
--George

[jerryrbeach]

George,


The brick come out nicely, and I like that furnace wall.  It really stands out against the siding color.  I'll be following to see this come together.

[Janbouli]

I should qualify my comments on peel-and-stick. I do like it a lot for putting together window and door assemblies and such, and have not had problems with those.
George

Yes , that's exactly what I like in N-scale , windows and doors in the tiny scales are almost impossible without P&S

[Lynnb]

Moving along nicely , I agree with the brick work looking great. One thing I find with the BM kits is the walls take color and weathering nicely, looking good.

[Opa George]

Thanks, Lynn!  The past few days I only got a few minutes work in at a time. This evening I managed to get the walls almost finished with initial detailing. I want to fashion some freight door handles from thin wire yet, which are best installed while laying flat. Other more fragile details, like light fixtures, will wait until the structure is assembled and mostly done.


Next up are the shingles for coloring. Below are the peel-and-stick shingles with four shades of acrylic gray and one basic brown. I think any shades of gray will work as long as you have a variety from light to dark. For the record, I used Nicole's pale gray, gray, dark gray, slate gray, and brown.


Random streaks of paint thinned with water give the effect below. It will need to dry completely before I start applying strips. Per the instructions, I will not remove the shingle strips consecutively from the holding sheets, but take them randomly from the three sheets to avoid a stripe effect.  But that will be tomorrow evening.


--George

[PRR Modeler]

Nice job with the posters on the wall.

[jerryrbeach]

Very nice.  Looking forward to how your shingles turn out. 

[vinceg]

yeah, I'm very anxious to see how the shingles work. Your technique looks much simpler than the slate coloring technique in the SRMW instructions.

[Lynnb]

It will be interesting to see how the shingles turn out, I tried the same technique on another Barmills kit , I think it was Hunch Landing and I really didn't care for the results I got, probably just me, I ended up going with the Campbells shingles.

[Opa George]

Lynn, Vince and Jerry--here we go. Below is the cardstock roof with the "sag" inset removed. Bar Mills offered the option of sag or no sag. I opted for the sagging roof, so cut out the marked portion.


Artie's instructions suggested shingling the roof before installing, except for the last three or so rows around the removed portion, gluing in place, then finishing the final few rows.  I used the random strip technique, and enough is shingled to give a good idea of how it has turned out. Keep in mind, it has no weathering yet to blend it in.  My opinion is that this is an effective coloring technique and I like the final result. I will leave everyone else to weigh in on whether it strikes your eyes as effective or not.


I haven't installed the roof yet--need to have the building shell together first. Below the four walls glued and clamped and just sitting on the foundation.  Once dry and I'm satisfied with the seams, I'll glue tight to the brick foundation and finish off the roof.

All for now.
--George

[PRR Modeler]

I'm not sure I like the roof as it is now, but as you stated earlier it still needs weathering and since you went with the sagging roof it will probably be weathered heavily and I think It will look great with the colors subdued. I look forward to seeing what you do George.

[jimmillho]

I'm not sure I like the roof as it is now, but as you stated earlier it still needs weathering and since you went with the sagging roof it will probably be weathered heavily and I think It will look great with the colors subdued. I look forward to seeing what you do George.

Right now it looks like it was shingled with all the leftover shingles the roofer had on is truck.

Jim