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I've begun painting
with enamel paints prior to assembly in
the image above
The front of the
bank has its name and date of establishment engraved in the "stone." After
putting on the enamel paint I smeared some water-based black pigment
from the Woodland Scenics Earth Color Kit. Then I wiped with a paper
towel to remove the excess from the stone. This makes the text a little
more readable, although I may have filled in the engraving a bit too
much when I put on the original enamel paint.
For some strange
reason, a goof on the part of Micro Structures perhaps, all of the windows
except four were made to put into the building after being painted. The
other four had to be painted very carefully as part of the wall. Micro
Structures provided a template to protect the rest of the wall and suggested
that the windows be airbrushed. I just tried to be very careful
and paint the window frames with a small brush. The kit went together
fairly easily. However, I misread the illustration for folding the edges
of the roof - the "crown" was folded towards the roof on the
back and away from the roof on the front. I folded everything towards
the roof. As a result, some of the pieces did not fit together properly
and I cut off some "extra" brass with nippers. I did
get the roof and "crown lip" installed, but with a few gaps.
I filled the gaps with Foam Putty
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