Time for another update on this project…
I glued the corrugated metal to the sorting house, starting with the roof:
Then I did the walls:
I painted the roof, including the interior. The interior of the roof will only be minimally visible, and in shadow, so it got a really sloppy, crude paint job – something with just enough variegation to give the impression of old wood:
The exterior was painted, and the roof received some rusty streaks. I still need to do a bit more weathering of the roof, and haven’t yet weathered the sides:
Meanwhile, the main part of the mill has been sitting outside on the layout for a while. As a result, I found that the two sloped sections of roof were not sufficiently braced, and warped in the hot sun. Straightening them out without damaging the corrugated metal was a little tricky. I had to heat the underside with a torch to soften the PVC slightly, then lay it fly with a couple bricks on it. Once that was done I added some heavy bracing, and then painted the underside of each roof:
Then I weathered them with some subtle streaks and a few rusty spots:
I also weathered the peaked roof on the lowest level of the mill:
Now I’m working on the doors and windows, which are from Grandt Line. Since they need to look old and heavily weathered, I scribed some wood grain and a few small cracks into them. Then they were given a light coat of white primer. Next I painted them with a light, grayish brown latex house paint, thinned with water:
This was followed with a few very thin washes of medium brown and dark brown craft acrylics:
The final step was to give them traces of old, peeled paint. This effect was achieved by coating each piece with Testor’s enamel thinner. While this was still wet, I lightly brushed on some green, craft acrylic:
Next will be the “fun” part – cutting glass to fit all the windows.
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