Lamson bash

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A bit of work today, but some touchy stuff.  First, I touched up the black, including the one set of window wells I forgot to do.  Then I carefully traced around the half-circle window casting onto thin clear styrene.  I cut that out and carefully sanded it down to fit inside the casting.  When I got that right, I used it as a template to cut and sand the other two window glazing.  Finally, I filled in the small window wells in the one cast-in door, using Testors Canopy Cement.  Hopefully that'll dry clear and look like glass.


add:  24 hours later, the little drops of Testors clear part cement look like glazing


dave

[S&S RR]

Dave

Great looking build! I love building these kits and always end up changing the size or shape to fit my space on the layout. It sure is nice to see a build thread on this build.

[Jerry]

Hey Dave you're din some great work on this building.

Jerry

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Small project, big impact:


I mixed 1/3 black, 1/3 neutral grey, 1/3 water (Liquitex Acrylic Gouache), and brushed it over the stonework.  I went back over a couple of times, which cleaned off the top of the stones but put the wash into the mortar lines.  

I'm still contemplating the brick mortar, I'm thinking a mix of neutral grey and red, so the mortar lines do not pop out.  I want the stone mortar to pop, but the brick mortar to be more subtle.

dave

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Brick mortar washes.  Most pieces got grey/red/white.  The two on the bottom right got grey/red, and the two above that got just gray.  The idea is make the buildings look slightly different as if they were built at different times.  I'll check back tomorrow and see if I like the net result.


Add:  a test fit of one structure:


dave

[ACL1504]

Dave,

The wall coloring is great, this is coming along nicely. Like you said, "small project - large impact."

Tom 

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I could start on window glazing.  Or I could do some wall assembly.  Hard choice (not!)

I sanded the back of the gable piece using sandpaper glued to a stone tile, and the ends of the other piece (and the bottoms of both pieces) using my sandpaper paint paddles.  When I was OK with the fit, I set up the assembly shown. I used the Micro-Mark thin beam square (one of their best products!) and a 1-2-3 block to align the inner corner. 


The wrinkle here is the gable end needs to slightly overhang the side wall (see the bottom right corner here.)  So I had to touch up that exposed bit of gable end before gluing.  After the glue sets, I'll go back and over-paint the red with the stone grey color.

Once this glue is dry, I'll epoxy 1/4" square strip (styrene or wood) to reinforce the corner joint.

Add:  More glue set-up:



As a reminder, the two back panels meet more-or-less flush.  Because they're in the back, that joint won't really be visible, but I do need to get the two parts as tight as possible for gluing/overall strength of the model.

dave