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As usual I am working on my layout in fits and spurts. After completing the plaster work I painted it with cheap indoor house paint in a brown color (got it on sale for about $15 for a gallon at my local hardware store). These next couple of pictures show how I will be placing the building models to complete the scene. This...
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For this section of the build I installed the chimneys first, after assembling them. I painted them by dry-brushing a couple of colors over the gray primer coat. I used a ca glue to assemble them and to fix them to the wall. I then cut each of the pieces of the parapet into the correct length, and then held it up to its...
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After I finished installing all of the copper sections of the roof, I painted the top section of the roof using floquil’s roof brown. As I did not mask the top section when spraying the contact cement, it left a little bit of texture. My only intent was to save time when masking as it would be covered by the fine ballast. Once the...
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Once I had all of the brick paper glued into place, and the windows and door openings had been cut out, I started working on the roof. I made sure to test the fit of each piece before gluing it in place using the Elmer’s wood glue. Going back to cutting out the windows, I found that the easiest way to do this was...