Merchant's Row I, A Magnuson Kit Bash

[ACL1504]

Howdy Tom,

The row is looking great.  The varied colors look authentic.  I am a big fan of Deco Art's Heritage Brick color.

Have fun,
mike

Mike, Howdy,

Thank you. I'm really liking the Heritage Brick Red color.

Tom, still having fun.

[ACL1504]

Congratulation on the contest win Tom! I was out sick when it concluded.

Philip

Philip,

Thank you for the comment. I'm happy you and the Mrs. are doing well now.

Tom

[ACL1504]

I finally got back to this build. I started with painting the roof concrete blocks on top of the brick walls.

[ACL1504]

I removed the roof for easier access for painting.

I chose Floquil Aged Concrete for the blocks. This color will weather nicely when all the roof detail are painted and added.



I carefully hand painted the sides and top of the wall blocks as well as the chimney caps. I'll paint the chimney stack with a weathered black once the aged concrete is dry and cured.

[ACL1504]

I also painted the concrete trim on the main structure walls. The roof was placed on the building and set aside to allow the paint to dry and cure a few days.

[PRR Modeler]

Looks great Tom.

[deemery]

Good choice for the wall caps.  A reasonable alternative (particularly for an earlier building) would be terra cotta (clay pot) color.  But the Aged Concrete gives a nice contrast with the brick and presumably with the roofing, too.

dave

[elwoodblues]

Tom, the roof is looking great.

I like your choice of colours, once weathered, the concrete colour will like it was supposed to be there.

[Rick]

Tom, nice to see you back at it.
Good color choice.

[Jerry]

Nice coloring Tom. And good to see you back working on this project.

Jerry

[ACL1504]

Looks great Tom.

Thank you Curt.

Tom

[ACL1504]

Good choice for the wall caps.  A reasonable alternative (particularly for an earlier building) would be terra cotta (clay pot) color.  But the Aged Concrete gives a nice contrast with the brick and presumably with the roofing, too.

dave

Dave,

I was going to go with a gray color but liked the aged concrete look better. I haven't seen terra cotta wall caps here in the south but have seen them on northern structures. We have terra cotta roof tiles here though.

Tom

[ACL1504]

Tom, the roof is looking great.

I like your choice of colours, once weathered, the concrete colour will like it was supposed to be there.

Ron,

Thank you as well. I think when weathered it will look natural for a 1920s structure.

Tom 

[ACL1504]

Tom, nice to see you back at it.
Good color choice.

Rick,

Thank you and its good to be back at the desk/bench.

Tom 

[ACL1504]

Nice coloring Tom. And good to see you back working on this project.

Jerry

Jerry,

Thank you on both, it is good to be back, well sorta. My explanation follows in the next post.

Tom