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The tarpaper was finished as Brett suggested with white water based pint thinned in alcohol. I then lightly sanded it with a fine abrasive sponge. The abrasive sponge sands away a little at the edges of the tarpaper making the edges show up better. Finely, I scraped black and brown chalk on the roof and streaked it from top to bottom with a soft brush. That for the most part finishes the tool shed until I instal it on the diorama. Thanks for looking and all commen ts or suggestions are welcomed. Randy
After the glued dried overnight the toothpicks were clipped of and the boards were stained with alcohol and chalk. I used Rembrandt chalks number 234.3 and 231.8 gold ochre to color the wood. The gold ocher gives the wood a new wood color with the light brown 234.3 adding just a touch of age. The third of the wood without toothpick knots was stained mostly with the gold ocher with just a touch of the light brown. This will be the wood for the inside walls.
The wood for the outside walls was treated with just a little more of the 234.3 light brown.
The front wall with the siding in place but not trimmed.
The front came out just about how I was wanting it to look. Thanks for looking and as always all comments and suggestions are welcomed. Randy
They are under weights now so they don't warp. The only problem is I need two more strips of wood for battens for the corners. I will need to find some in my pile of strip wood. Thanks for looking and as normal all comments or suggestions are welcomed. Randy
Nicve wood prep on the lineside shed too. Can't wait to see them all on the diorama
After the handles were blackened I installed them on the prebuilt doors.
Next came the larger wood detail parts. I did the coloring of these parts with the AK interactive weathering pencils I described back on page one of this thread.
Of course I painted the non wood parts of the castings and blinded everything together with chalk. There are a lot of detail castings in this kit. The following the pictures show most all of the "metal" casting.
I will finish up the barrels and wood boxes and be back with pictures of them later. Thanks for looking and as always all comments and suggestions are welcomed. Randy