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 Posted - March 19 2014 : 1:17:30 PM
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My BOTW is a general store built from an AHM kit for a house. It had several options like balconies, additions, or even the sliding dock door that I used for receiving merchandise.
I bought it long ago, and it was getting shabby with age. I recently repainted it and made the roof look more the color of wood shingles, since that was the molded on texture. The roof was a color that looked nothing like wood. This shot shows the roof:
The shingles look a bit too new. I'll probably experiment further with aging them.
The porch looked kind of bare, so I added a barrel and a bench with a couple of good old boys to liven up the scene. This shot shows the porch:
Here are a couple of shots of the store o the layout:
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Posted - March 19 2014 : 1:38:13 PM
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My Tyco Barn & Silo...
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Posted - March 19 2014 : 3:48:20 PM
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Walt - I just sold one of those barns not too long ago. I had painted and weathered it to make it look as real as I could, but personally could never get past the scale of it - it always looked like it belonged on a N-scale layout. But, a lot of the Plasticville stuff is like that, and it does make it easier to fit into tight spaces 
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Posted - March 19 2014 : 3:58:01 PM
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Jerry, my ex-wife bought the barn and a bit of farm stuff for a planned farm on a corner of the layout. Don't know if I'll use the farm stuff or not but I haven't ruled it out...
I think the plasticville buildings look quite unrealistic and like a toy. (Though they actually are toys)
Edited by - walt on March 19 2014 4:02:44 PM
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Posted - March 19 2014 : 5:54:48 PM
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neato Barn-o, Walt-o 
I want one
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Posted - March 19 2014 : 8:15:57 PM
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I like the look, schaggy - and once again am reminded how the addition of people really bring a scene to life. Love the good ol boys
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Posted - March 19 2014 : 8:17:25 PM
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quote:Jerry, my ex-wife bought the barn and a bit of farm stuff for a planned farm on a corner of the layout. Don't know if I'll use the farm stuff or not but I haven't ruled it out...
I think the plasticville buildings look quite unrealistic and like a toy. (Though they actually are toys)
Originally posted by walt - March 19 2014 : 3:58:01 PM
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Walt, it's always good to keep the wife happy. Just a thought 
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Posted - March 19 2014 : 11:39:56 PM
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I did that same building recently Jerry. I left mine as a rooming house. I like what you did with the porch; the columns and the way you painted the supports. I thought I would try to cover the chimney on mine with small stones, but I guess I didn't get them small enough; didn't get it to look right. The roof on mine looks better now than in this photo (have since covered it with flat enamel which seemed to soak in and settle down some of those paper shingles that made repair spots obvious. I need a bunch of those guys from the rail yard to come rent some rooms now.
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Posted - March 20 2014 : 08:27:39 AM
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That rooming house looks good. Is that stairway one of the options of the kit or did you cook that one up, yourself? I don't remember that being in the kit.
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Posted - March 20 2014 : 8:13:11 PM
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| That stairway was part of the kit; the kit was actually called a rooming house. Although, like yours, mine also came with the big freight door, which I thought was kind of cool. I haven't used it yet, but it seems like it will be useful. Must be they had similar items to supply an array of kits. I think your painted roof looks good; better than I thought those shingles would look. That's why I covered mine with those paper ones, but it probably would be just as well left alone.
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Posted - March 20 2014 : 10:15:04 PM
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quote:I think your painted roof looks good; better than I thought those shingles would look. That's why I covered mine with those paper ones, but it probably would be just as well left alone.
Originally posted by Barry - March 20 2014 : 8:13:11 PM
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I like the look of the paper shingles and do have one building with them. I also have several buildings with plastic roofs molded to look like wood shingles, and am experimenting with making them look acceptable with paint alone.
The results of this go around look like fairly new shingles. I'd like to be able to better approximate old graying shingles and have my eye open for a wood shingled roof to photograph and try to get a better sense of the coloring. That knowledge could also help with aging the paper shingles.
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Posted - March 21 2014 : 01:21:38 AM
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I've messed around a little bit with trying to make plastic look like wood. What has worked for me is to apply the basic color I want (like your roof shade) and then wash over it with like some Minwax stain and then wipe most of it off. And then dull coat it. It's trial and error, but you really can't mess it up unless you get too heavy with the paint and obscure detail. The wood shingles of that plastic Model Power roof look good and they also added the detail of a nice cap piece. These photos are after the dull coat was put on the paper shingles. It darkened them a bit and helped obscure some heavy seams.
I didn't put enough time in with those paper shingles. To make it look good, the puffy ones need to be settled down a little and some of the smushed ones pried up a bit. I still need to learn to slow down; despite the fact that my novice self spent at least 20 hours on this rooming house. Crazy.
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Posted - March 21 2014 : 3:49:05 PM
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Walt, it's always good to keep the wife happy. Just a thought My wife is very easy to keep happy!
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