04-23-2010, 08:04 PM
Thanks Wayne. I don't really have a single prototype in mind, The idea came from a Reading roundhouse near Bethlehem PA. It's construction is a concrete frame with concrete block walls. I just subsided the block with brick. The brick pattern comes from my uncles old home in Somerset NJ. When I asked him why some bricks were darker than others He said, " There just dirty. I'll get you a toothbrush and we'll clean them up, one at a time". I think I was about 5 years old at the time and thought I was in for some hard work.
I kind of like the look and think I'll use it as the company standard.
Here's a step by step of the process. It's pretty simple. The first step is to dry brush the brick . I used a brick red color from my wife's craft pants.
Then I touched up the moder lines with a wash of Aged Concrete and D&H Gray.
The last step is to paint some of the bricks Roof brown and to lightly dry brush Grimy Black all over the wall. I also installed the windows to see how it looks.
I kind of like the look and think I'll use it as the company standard.
Here's a step by step of the process. It's pretty simple. The first step is to dry brush the brick . I used a brick red color from my wife's craft pants.
Then I touched up the moder lines with a wash of Aged Concrete and D&H Gray.
The last step is to paint some of the bricks Roof brown and to lightly dry brush Grimy Black all over the wall. I also installed the windows to see how it looks.
My other car is a locomotive, ARHS restoration crew