Downtown Deco Addams Ave 3

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I'll be following along as well Jeff.  I've also got a couple of DD kits but haven't built one yet.  Keep those progress pics coming.

[GPdemayo]

Neat building Jeff.....I'll be looking in. 

[Zephyrus52246]

Thanks for following along, gentlemen.  Bricks painted with two light coats of acrylic.  Applied wet and streaky.   The weird line on the bottom must be a flash reflection from the glass.


Jeff

[Zephyrus52246]

Then a light streaky coat of raw umber.  Next up all the concrete areas.  Tops of the walls, cornices, sills.  Still need to pick a color for the window frames.


Jeff

[nycjeff]

Hello Jeff, you're doing a great job on this kit, especially on the corner seams. Working on the hydrocal walls is very different than any other type of kits. I built the Trackside Tavern a while back and had a good time with it. I'm looking forward to seeing how this turns out.    Jeff

[Opa George]

I agree with NYCJeff, the corner seams look great.   Nice job with the colors.  Looking forward to the next steps.

--Opa George

[Mark Dalrymple]

Looking good, Jeff.

Are you planning on picking out a few individual bricks in different shades?

Cheers, Mark.

[Zephyrus52246]

Jeff, I think sanding the back side of the walls a bit helped with the seams.  If this was a foreground structure, I would have used a bit of spackle in them.  Thanks.


Jeff

[Zephyrus52246]

Thanks, Opa George.  The colors are the opposite of my previous build.  Cheap acrylic barn red and a terra cotta. 


Jeff

[Zephyrus52246]

Thanks, Mark.  I probably could have, but as this isn't quite in the foreground, I decided not to pick out some of the bricks.  Since only two sides and a bit of the top of the other side would be visible, I probably should have as it wouldn't have taken much time. 


Jeff

[Zephyrus52246]

Concrete areas painted.  I used two slightly different colors for this, so the buildings weren't the same.  A dark blue was airbrushed onto the tile on the right side.  The windows will match the blue on the right.  On the left, light green windows will be used.  Stone areas painted as well. There will be a structure on the right side of the building, so the stones don't need detailing.


Jeff

[Zephyrus52246]

Anyone who's followed one of my previous builds knows that I really dislike glazing windows.  Acetate would be my preferred material, but the arched windows here preclude that.  So I'm using a liquid glazing, called diamond glaze.  It works OK most of the time on smaller windows, on these larger ones, some of my early attempts are wrinkly.  So I tried the micro krystal clear on a couple.  It isn't working very well, either.  I try to straddle the edges of the windows on something while they dry so they'll be flat.  Doesn't always work. We'll see when these dry which I'll use for the rest.  Funny, on my last build of this structure, when it came to the windows, I think it sat for several months.   


Jeff

[Zephyrus52246]

The roof has some issues as well.  It's two different levels.  The upper level piece of styrene isn't in the kit.  Easy enough to cut some cardstock to fit.  There's a center spine to separate the roofs, then a single piece of styrene to lift the higher roof above the other.  Only one piece where you need two.    Some similar sized stripwood fixed this problem easily. 


Jeff

[Keep It Rusty]

Really enjoying this thread, Jeff.

Randy at Downtown Deco sent me a box of walls and streets to play with just before Christmas. They really do make nice stuff.

[postalkarl]

Hey Jeff:

Looking very nice. Can't wait for more.

Karl