07-16-2015, 07:43 AM
The superstructure is complete
![[Image: IMG_4265_zpsnnpwzutz.jpg]](http://i966.photobucket.com/albums/ae149/faraway52/FL2015-2/IMG_4265_zpsnnpwzutz.jpg)
![[Image: IMG_4266_zpscj4c3b0z.jpg]](http://i966.photobucket.com/albums/ae149/faraway52/FL2015-2/IMG_4266_zpscj4c3b0z.jpg)
A styrene building next to the Downtown Deco building is a challenge to the brick paint job. My standard brick painting is boxcar red primer from the rattle can and a light gray mortar wash. That results in a very uniform and dark surface. I tried the same technique as used with the plaster building with the styrene building. It got a layer of white primer and then several layers of diluted brown followed by a black wash. The resulting surface is more similar to the plaster surface and not as slick and perfect. I think I will continue to work with that technique on styrene structures.
![[Image: IMG_4271_zpsgsiphuxt.jpg]](http://i966.photobucket.com/albums/ae149/faraway52/FL2015-2/IMG_4271_zpsgsiphuxt.jpg)
Same technique for the other building
![[Image: IMG_4265_zpsnnpwzutz.jpg]](http://i966.photobucket.com/albums/ae149/faraway52/FL2015-2/IMG_4265_zpsnnpwzutz.jpg)
![[Image: IMG_4266_zpscj4c3b0z.jpg]](http://i966.photobucket.com/albums/ae149/faraway52/FL2015-2/IMG_4266_zpscj4c3b0z.jpg)
A styrene building next to the Downtown Deco building is a challenge to the brick paint job. My standard brick painting is boxcar red primer from the rattle can and a light gray mortar wash. That results in a very uniform and dark surface. I tried the same technique as used with the plaster building with the styrene building. It got a layer of white primer and then several layers of diluted brown followed by a black wash. The resulting surface is more similar to the plaster surface and not as slick and perfect. I think I will continue to work with that technique on styrene structures.
![[Image: IMG_4271_zpsgsiphuxt.jpg]](http://i966.photobucket.com/albums/ae149/faraway52/FL2015-2/IMG_4271_zpsgsiphuxt.jpg)
Same technique for the other building
![[Image: IMG_4272_zpstoeumxyl.jpg]](http://i966.photobucket.com/albums/ae149/faraway52/FL2015-2/IMG_4272_zpstoeumxyl.jpg)
Reinhard