2025-2026 Winter Challenge - Feed Mill

[Larry C]

Mike very nice coloring on the walls.

[ACL1504]

Mike,

I like your wall coloring/staining, looks natural to me.

Yes, I agree, anytime we get a model off the "to do" shelf, is progress.

Tom

[Michael Hohn]

Mike very nice coloring on the walls.

Thank you, Larry. Driftwood has become my go to stain over the years.

Mike

[Michael Hohn]

Mike,

I like your wall coloring/staining, looks natural to me.

Yes, I agree, anytime we get a model off the "to do" shelf, is progress.

Tom

Tom,

Thank you for your observations.

Mike

[Michael Hohn]

Added bracing:



Some more sides remain to be cut out.

Mike

[Larry C]

Michael the bracing should make a nice strong and straight building.

[Michael Hohn]

Michael the bracing should make a nice strong and straight building.

Larry,

Thank you.  There's strength in numbers. 

Mike

[friscomike]

Howdy Mike, nice work on the walls.  I'm looking forward to your build.  Have fun, mike

[elwoodblues]

Mike,

Just catching up, the build is looking great.

[PRR Modeler]

Great job on the bracing.

[Michael Hohn]

Howdy Mike, nice work on the walls.  I'm looking forward to your build.  Have fun, mike

Thank you, Mike.  I appreciate you looking on as I build.

Mike

[Michael Hohn]

Mike,

Just catching up, the build is looking great.

Thank you, Ron.

[Michael Hohn]

Great job on the bracing.

Thanks, Curt.  It seems to take the longest time, and none of it shows in the end, but it's necessary.

Mike

[Michael Hohn]

Time came for painting.  I bought an acrylic craft paint from Michael's and a brush.  I squeezed a little paint on a make-shift pallet, dipped the brush in the paint, dabbed much of it off on a paper towel, and brushed it on.  My goal was to get incomplete coverage so as to look like weathered paint.  Not too weathered, just enough to expose some of the stained wood.





I've found little use for the type of brush shown in the first photo.  It's a very poor brush, but exact;y what I needed: relatively stiff.  I find most craft brushes too soft for jobs like this.

I'm going to work on the windows and doors next.

Mike

[jbvb]

Hardware stores and other places that carry house paint usually have that type of brush in sizes down to 3/4" diameter. Inexpensive and not too prone to leaving bristles behind. I have 4-5 hanging on nails beside my cans of latex paint,