Horwood Brothers Gas, Oil and Service - Rail Scale Miniatures.

[ACL1504]

Looks great Tom. Do you need some Tuscan Red for the keystone shape?

Butty Curt,

Well, thanks but no thanks for your kind suggestion. I have plenty of ACL Royal Purple.

Tom

[ACL1504]

Do you need some Tuscan Red for the keystone shape?

 

Rick,

Like I just said above, it ain't gonna happen. 
 
Tom

[ACL1504]

Today I applied stucco to two of the Horwood Bros. buildings.

Dario suggests using a lacquer/solvent based paint when applying the stucco. I used Floquil Reefer White which is also his recommendation. I followed his suggestion in how to apply the stucco. I have mixed feeling on how it turned out.

The process he suggested is to take a soft 1/4" brush, paint some of the white on the wall and then dip the brush in the Durham's water putty and dab this on the wet paint on the wall.

I started on the rear wall of the service bay and then to the rest of the building.

[ACL1504]

I want to mention here that areas on the walls signs will be applied. The signs in the kit are paper and flat.

Thinking ahead to adding the signs, I wanted to be very careful in adding thick or heavy stucco to those areas.

I was perhaps to careful in adding the stucco as it is very subtle when looking at the walls.



I hope you can see the stucco application. When I lighten the photo, the stucco disappears.

[ACL1504]

One thing to consider is the fact the Durham's water putty has a yellowish or tan color. Horwood Brothers is supposed to be white. I'll end up painting it when all is done.

For now, I'll add stucco to the large show room building. I'll let the structures sit a few days and then I'll made the decision to leave them as is or add another very light coat of stucco.



Done for today.

[Rick]

I think the stucco looks good.
I also think you can scrape some of it off where the signs go.

[deemery]

I think the stucco looks good.
I also think you can scrape some of it off where the signs go.

Suggest doing a test strip with the stucco.  Then you can test scraping -or- sanding the stucco flat on the test, before working on the model.

dave

[PRR Modeler]

I think it looks very smooth which is a look I like.

[Ensign]

Tom, I think your stucco looks exactly how it should look.
I never had to repaint my Horwood's after applying my stucco.
I also never had to sand any areas where signs got glued down on it.
Keep up the great work!

Greg

[Jerry]

Tom you get my approval it's looks just fine!

Jerry

[Rick]

I also never had to sand any areas where signs got glued down on it.


Greg

Curious how you got the signs to lay flat.
Did you sand the signs thin enough so they easily followed the texture of the stucco?

[Larry C]

Tom looks good to me.

[Philip]

Looks good Tom!

Didn't most of those old art deco type station have tinplate exteriors like the old Gulf stations?

Philip
 

[Vietnam Seabee]

Looks good Tom...I stuccoed first and gently scraped off at the sign locations
terry

[Ensign]

I also never had to sand any areas where signs got glued down on it.


Greg

Hi Rick, as I remember the signs were printed on slightly thicker paper, so to me they were like scale wooden signs.
So I just glued them onto the stucco as such.

Greg

Curious how you got the signs to lay flat.
Did you sand the signs thin enough so they easily followed the texture of the stucco?