Having a clear out of old model rail acquisitions, I found a Peco brand goods shed that I'd picked up as part of a job lot eBay purchase. 

It was painted blotchy yellow, with a grey roof, dark red drainpipes, gutters and doors, and - somewhat bizarrely for a goods shed - it also had scale size holiday destination posters glued to it.

I very nearly consigned it to the recycling bin.  But I reconsidered and decided to take it on as a salvage project.

It had been so well glued together that dismantling wasn't an option.  Luckily though, it had only been painted once - and not heavily (the original plastic was visible in several spots.)

I decided that the best option was to give it a quick scrub, and then prime it as  was.

The problem with this approach was how to paint the different parts of the model (brickwork base, wood-panelled shed, awning, roof, window frames, guttering and drainpipes) with accuracy - it was N gauge after all!

Once primed, with grey aerosol spray, I decided that starting with the darkest colour in my chosen pallette (black) would be a good idea. 

I began by painting the main body of the building first, followed by detailing the roof - painting randomly selected tiles black and white.  I painted around the (now grey) window frames, awning and guttering with a very fine brush.

After this, I painted the awning white and then the brickwork yellow, with random bricks picked out in black, white, grey and red.  

Unfortunately, I had no option but to paint over the glazing when I primed the model - this particular building kit has a sealed base, so access to the interior is impossible without dismantling.  I could've removed the primer with a thinner, but as it was a goods shed I opted that the windows and skylight would be dirty. 

The roof was weathered by building up several layers of watered down black paint,  the awning had less coats of this to slightly tone down the white.  The brickwork base was to be weathered similarly to the roof, but with a brown wash.

I gave the main body of the building a final coat of black (over the course of the project, the odd spot of unwanted paint had inevitably appeared in places!) 

I added a coat of grey-beige to the visible part of the shed floor.  This was followed by the final weathering - white paint dry-brushed over the whole of the shed except the brickwork base, then some detail parts added to the interior platform and some foliage scatter around the footing.

In situ on the layout : 

"H. Faversham, Purveyor of Finest Quality Salvaged Metals."  (Formerly of Oil Drum Lane, Shepherds Bush...)

Thanks for looking in!