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24 June 2013

The Joy of Painting and a few late nights...

The weekend saw a few late nights (such devotion to the hobby, or did I just get carried away)

I'm still not sure if the stone is too dark, but then again, it's supposed to represent a pre-Clean Air Act environment, and I've seen some buildings here in Leeds that are STILL black...

The stonework was treated to several layers of built up colour - having an overall sand colour applied as a base, then washed over with dilute brown. When dry (speeded up with a hair dryer) it was treated to an additional wash of dilute black.

Once this was dry, I painstakingly went over all the mortar course lines with a dilute magnolia mix, which settled into all the mortar lines. Some were a little clogged from the multiple coats of paint these walls have received, but I think that is perfectly acceptable as it breaks up the uniformity. Once this had all dried it left a tide mark around some of the edges (more noticeably on the track side where it had got really late and I got a bit more urgent in painting, opting to just splash it on rather than follow the mortar courses) which was then hidden with a dry brush of brown black to weather it all up.


I'm very pleased with how the roof has gone:




Close up photography can be very cruel - it shows up the patchy and sometimes wonky edges on the bargeboards and guttering - I'll have to go over them again. The roof tiles will alsoo receive a bit more weathering - especially around the chimney stacks. I also noticed when photographing this morning that I missed painting a bit of leading around one of them




The mortar shown here is probably a bit too light as it faces trackside and I think it's going to be treated to additional weathering to make it REALLY sooty.

6 comments:

  1. As I said on RMWeb, this is looking great! Eagerly anticipating windows now...

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  2. Thanks, Iain. So am I. a little fettling is required first. Not to mention making them all

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  3. I knew you would get there in the end Lee and what a superb job you have done. The roof has turned out really well and the whole model has really come to life. Like Iain I am looking forward to seeing the windows in place not to mention the chimney pots......

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  4. Thanks Geoff. It's starting to look like intended now. The completed roof has made all the difference

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  5. Lovely job Lee. The late nights have obviously paid off! I can picture it with windows and doors fitted - its going to look magnificent.

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  6. Thanks Chas -looking forward to getting on with it now, Although I'm still fettling the stonework...

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