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Re: 20's brick buildings - FiatFan - 12-06-2009
LynnB Wrote:Hi, LynnLynnB Wrote:These have been really great examples and I think I get the idea now. I also found a picture of how I'd like to paint the two buildings like this <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://i1004.photobucket.com/albums/af170/lynnboydpics/407B.jpg">http://i1004.photobucket.com/albums/af1 ... s/407B.jpg</a><!-- m -->]I thought I'd try bumping this up to see if any of you's fine modelers would have input on whether concrete color would be the same as standard grey primer?
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I already painted the building on the left a red primer color and building on left a grey primer color. How do I get the not colored front on left building a concrete color? as well as building on left side walls a concrete color or would the grey primer paint be same. Its just the regular primer paint.
I have used primer as a concrete color. I have also used a wide variety of the inexpensive craft paints for concrete. I have used so many different colors I can't recall which structures I've used primer on but, yes I have used primer for a concrete color. I have also used used primer to spray one of my downtown streets. I'll look and see if I can find a picture.
edit: found one!
![[Image: IMG_4216b.JPG]](http://www.frontiernet.net/~tbohlen/IMG_4216b.JPG)
Tom
PS Nice looking buildings.
Re: 20's brick buildings - ocalicreek - 12-08-2009
I like Delta brand craft paints 'Mudstone' for concrete (& so much more!), but 'sandstone' works too. The names may have changed, as they do occasionally with these paints, but I think there's a batch # that remains the same. If you look for these colors and can't find them by name, let me know and I'll look up the # on the bottle.
As for brick, check out my summer kitbash contest entry for an orange brick. The color I used was 'Georgia Clay', but I didn't use a primer so the red color beneath which the plastic was molded in can affect the end result.
Galen
Re: 20's brick buildings - LynnB - 12-08-2009
Thanks I'll check it out, right now I'm trying to get the hang of picking the right colors.
Re: 20's brick buildings - MasonJar - 12-08-2009
In terms of brick colour, I have successfully used Krylon Fusion for Plastic sprays. A good colour is Cinnamon in satin finish (#7931).
I used Robert's Brick Mortar for the mortar lines. The jury is still out on that one, as I find it is difficult to get it to look right in the corners. On large flat expanses of brick it's ok, but it tends to get too thick in the corners and details.
Andrew