The most painful part!
Added 2024-09-28 10:11:39 +0000 UTCMy friends, the garage is progressing steadily and I've hit the most treacherous part of the process - the back side!
But let me just say at first how fun it was to make the crumbling stucco. As usual, I scribed the bricks and sealed them with Tamiya paint. I didn't add them to areas with intact stucco, just in places where I knew the bricks would be exposed. The stucco was made from white acrylic wood putty. This had to be done in multiple layers, letting each one to fully dry and sanding it for a smooth, even surface. This is very messy and produces a lot of dust! Then I marked the cracks with a pencil, as this allows you to make corrections. An old airbrush needle was then used to scribe the cracks.
If I wanted a nice, flat veneered back side, I had to figure out how to assemble both buildings. In the end, the shack and the garage are glued on a flat cork sheet, and the decorative wall in front of the garage is removable for painting. Lining everything up, gluing it precisely, and then shaving the excess veneer takes hours! And I'm not even finished yet.
The roof of the garage is also sweet. The shingles are cut from the kit box. Kit boxes are actually a great source of very good cardboard! For example, the cement ledges on top of the front wall are also cut from cardboard and textured with acrylic putty.
Anyway, as you see, now I have to finish the shingled roof and cut the remaining veneer. Something tells me that the large barn door will be much more fun than this!
Comments
Perfect. As my father used to say: "Stability is a sign of mastery" :)
Serhii Mezhuiev
2024-10-02 09:50:54 +0000 UTCThere's a gutter hidden underneath because that's where the water collects! :) In other words, yes, it should be there, but because it would be invisible in the diorama, I didn't add it :D
Night Shift
2024-10-02 09:38:43 +0000 UTCYou have unlocked a forgotten childhood memory in me! Same, same! :D
Night Shift
2024-10-02 09:37:47 +0000 UTCEverything in this scene is scratch built :)
Night Shift
2024-10-02 09:37:02 +0000 UTCVery nice. Can’t wait for finer details!
Quintin Paparella
2024-09-29 09:04:55 +0000 UTCLove the shed, it's a shame to paint over scratch built constructions like that
Joxar
2024-09-28 19:54:50 +0000 UTCThe shed is absolutely beautiful with the rigid siding. Great work
julian durham
2024-09-28 15:41:07 +0000 UTCYou are juts beyond words
Dawn
2024-09-28 13:30:35 +0000 UTCLooking great, amazing skill! Question, Where the two roofs meet, will be a gutter of sort? 👌
Stephan Joubert
2024-09-28 11:20:06 +0000 UTCLove it all Martin but the corrugated shed is top tier work. Absolutely fantastic. I remember sheds like this when I was a kid and the cuts and bruise we used to get playing in them.
Paul Garrity
2024-09-28 11:14:45 +0000 UTCLet me guess - all the metallic parts was scratch builded?)
Serhii Mezhuiev
2024-09-28 10:17:08 +0000 UTC
