2025-2026 Winter Challenge - Feed Mill

[Michael Hohn]

Mike the building is looking soooo good! Glad to see I'm not the only one that uses clothespins in modeling.

Larry,

Thank you!

Since we had the outdoor clotheslines removed to make room for a garage, modeling is the only use we have for clothespins.

Mike

[Michael Hohn]

Parts of the feed mill are metal clad.  From the photos, the cladding was added over the original clapboard siding.  Both wood and metal look beat up.

I decided to use "corrugated iron" material from Mine Mount, a paper product I find superior to actual metal.  It comes in long strips, already in a galvanized iron finish, although I will be painting it.



The first step was to cut out pieces 8 scale feet by 4.5 scale feet, a little wide but those proportions will fit the building better.



I stuck them to a piece of cardboard and painted them white;



I also gave them a light dusting with cream and dark brown powder to take away the new white look:



I cut some to a shorter length, weathered them some more with dark brown acrylic and powder to look like old rust and wear, and glued them on the building with canopy glue, which I find good for joining dissimilar materials. The results:



Almost ready for the roof.

Mike

[Larry C]

Mike love the look of the weathered iron siding.

[Michael Hohn]

Mike love the look of the weathered iron siding.

Larry, thank you.

[PRR Modeler]

That is a great weathered color Mike.