Thanks Peter. That's another idea to try out.Peter Butler wrote: ↑Tue Sep 19, 2017 3:33 pm When I used the moulded brick pattern plastic sheet I first sprayed everything with grey plastic primer then, when dry, used a dry-brush method of painting across the bricks diagonally with two or three red/brown colours to give variation. The dry brush has enough paint to leave a mark but not enough paint to flood into the mortar joins, also the diagonal strokes avoid the same problem.
Just tiling (or slating) the roof at the moment. Even using the strip approach (which probably owes its origins to John Ahern), it's quite laborious but, like the brickwork, rewarding.
Rik