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Kevin I hope blueberry cake is ok for you...?
there's a whole forum full of them here.....
per the spouses.
As pointed out by Robert, the stack of "live edge" lumber drying is a unique element. I particularly like making furniture featuring live edge mesquite lumber.
Later, Dave S. Tucson, AZ
The fine modelers here, without exception, put in the time.
This type of comparison can also result in never being happy with your work. The whole point of this hobby is to learn, while having fun.
Those barrels, wood plank and the crate the guy is sitting on are very well done. Might I point out what strikes me...the barrel tops have a slight yellow tinge with enough oily grunge to be effective but still have the color show through. The subtile oil accumulation around the opening on the one with the very subtile, yet effective, two tone color drum. Many drums colored like that are way too stark with too bold of color. Yours are excellent. The board has wonderful grain texture and with depth and subtile color variation. Subtile nail holes are also not overdone. The crate also has excellent highlights that show the detail of the junction of the board pieces to form the crate. The "dirt" shows the effective use of varied aggregate size which looks natural with some various color tones. Excellent work and if you take these small "mini scenes" and work them as you have here into the rest of the project...you're golden! carry that same process to your scenic work and can't wait to see how it looks! Now...about the cake, figure, and the shredded pieces of lumber...we need to talk!...lol.
Ken, your encouraging words, besides Karl's, Robert's, Kevin's, Brian's, Alco's, Brett's, Randy's ....., did truly help a lot to become more confident to my skills. I really appreciate that!
The Main Roof
After cutting the corrugated piece to sizes I spraypainted the small panels,
baked and weathered them like the manual demands,
and I definitely must admit, I was really impressed how easy this weathering technique leads to convincing results.
As i said before, the painted surface on the corrugated was a bit sensitive and through handling, like glueing the roof sheet on the trusses e.g., the primer chipped or flaked off, so the aluminium showed through (just 1 or 2 mm little scratches). Maybe our primers in Germany have other ingrediences or i did not bake hot or long enough.? I think i will secure the surface with a clear coat when i finished the roof. What do you think?
I fixed the scratches with a coat of light grey with my airbrush and used the umbra wash to blend in the grey again. At the end all this gave more colour variation