the garage

jim@NAL · Post by **jim@NAL** » Mon Mar 02, 2015 10:51 pm

been thinking about building this for some time and iv got an idea how im going to make the building look like its a rendered building .I had some celetex left over from a job at home and tonight I roughly drew and cut out the first part of the building to get a look and feel of what the building will look like

jim@NAL · Post by **jim@NAL** » Tue Mar 03, 2015 6:12 pm

made the rest of the building its all celetex jest taped together its pretty strong and robust managed to get hold of some stone like stuff that goes on hot tar on flat roofs its very fine stone like stuff.i then covered the building in pva and sprinkled the stone on too the glue im not too sure if this is going to work but we shall see

jim@NAL · Post by **jim@NAL** » Tue Mar 03, 2015 10:33 pm

iv been out most of tonight and jest got on first layer of glue has dryed another layer and more stone added and I think its working .its given the building a nice textured effect .iv also given the whole building a good coat of pva

Big Jim · Post by **Big Jim** » Wed Mar 04, 2015 12:27 am

Blimey Jim, you are on a roll.
That looks good so far.

jim@NAL · Post by **jim@NAL** » Wed Mar 04, 2015 5:45 pm

got home from work today and the stuff seams to of guled on rather well so the hole building had another coat of pva and more stone added .im not too sure what colour im going to paint it yet?.when I do paint it I think I may have to give it a very thin coat so I don't lose the effect of the stone .

I will add more stones and more glue later tonight if this drys .the layers and layers of glue really do make the building very very strong and its quite unbelievable how heavy the building starts to get .the garage is going to have a car sales area ,petrol pumps ,etc iv been looking and iv found a tow truck and I will have an area where cars are being repaired

Soar Valley Light · Post by **Soar Valley Light** » Wed Mar 04, 2015 6:48 pm

Jim,

The colour as it is now looks a pretty good match for weathered stucco to me, maybe you will get away without paint at all!

It's another great effort, I look forward to seeing the finished structure.

all the best,

Andrew

tom_tom_go · Post by **tom_tom_go** » Thu Mar 05, 2015 9:31 am

The stone effect works well.

You can't beat how great real world materials look for model buildings

jim@NAL · Post by **jim@NAL** » Sun Mar 08, 2015 9:36 pm

not a lot done on the building this weekend with work and a ushers suit fittings taking up most of the weekend .I did get a chance to do a little this eve with cutting out the window for the car showroom and I cut out the other windows and doors these jest cut out with a sharp
scalpel .

Dr. Bond of the DVLR · Post by **Dr. Bond of the DVLR** » Sun Mar 08, 2015 10:13 pm

You must be running out of room soon! Looks like this will be another great addition. Have you got a town plan?

jim@NAL · Post by **jim@NAL** » Sun Mar 08, 2015 10:23 pm

space is a little tight my garden is quite small .im sure I can get a few more buildings in there yet though .

Keith S · Post by **Keith S** » Mon Mar 09, 2015 12:05 am

I think I would paint it a flat white. It seems to me I've seen real buildings with an exterior texture like this and they were always whitewashed. It wouldn't matter if it softened the texture a little, because of course dozens of coats of whitewash over the years in real life would have the same effect on a full-size building. In Upper Canada there are lots of old buildings, many of them are now garages, from the 19th century which were lime stucco over field-stone, and looked somewhat like what yours would look like with a good coat of white paint, maybe with some larger chips of rock on the corners to look like some of the stones poking through the lime.

jim@NAL · Post by **jim@NAL** » Mon Mar 09, 2015 6:51 am

Thank you for the comments I'm going to try a coat of a washy white/gray on the building tonight and iv got some barge boards to put on too

kandnwlr · Post by **kandnwlr** » Mon Mar 09, 2015 8:09 am

I´ve tried both leaving things as they are (budgie grit) but stuck to a background of grey-ish paint, and painting over it in white wash (tho you may need more "white" than you might think. Everything depends on how far away the building is seen from. It looks totally different - at least to my eyes - from around a metre of so, and you don´t need to worry about the "holes". The closer to the viewer, the finer the "rock" needs to me, in my experience. I´ve even used aquarium sand to get a good coating of fine particles.

jim@NAL · Post by **jim@NAL** » Mon Mar 09, 2015 6:24 pm

gave the building a coat of paint tonight I will give it a rub over with some gray later to tone it down a little made some barge boards and the sign ready to go on too

jim@NAL · Post by **jim@NAL** » Mon Mar 09, 2015 9:52 pm

bit more progress tonight sign lettering done and barge boards on

Peter Butler · Post by **Peter Butler** » Mon Mar 09, 2015 10:01 pm

Very impressed Jim! You do work quickly and still manage to produce good models. I like the rough-cast finish, it is most convincing.

jim@NAL · Post by **jim@NAL** » Tue Mar 10, 2015 9:12 pm

a bit more progress tonight windows and doors painted on a few more signs added.and the garage sign lettering was dulled down a little iv also sat and cut loads and loads of card slates for the roof

Keith S · Post by **Keith S** » Wed Mar 11, 2015 12:09 am

That looks great- just like whitewashed lime mortar over stone. That will look good in the garden.

MDLR · Post by **MDLR** » Wed Mar 11, 2015 5:33 pm

Nice job I DO hope you put a car or two in the showroom!

jim@NAL · Post by **jim@NAL** » Wed Mar 11, 2015 7:14 pm

yes I have a few to put in the showroom

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