Painting a wooden Laser-cut kit

[steve45]

1 hour ago, ROSSPOP said:

Finishing this bridge should`nt have taken so long but as mentioned before the lasercut brickwork did`nt take to my way of painting.

 

Good kits are easy and quick. to paint up.

 

 

 

 

My own personal brief was to use lighter shade colouring tones so as not to overpower it`s scenic position in the centre of a two foot deep baseboard to give an attempt at distance.  The shallow engraving of the brickwork pattern meant that the `mortar` was`nt deep enough to take properly and so it all looks too patchy to me.

 

 

 

 

The other difficulty was that it was meant to be in two separate units straddling a baseboard joint... but I forgot during assembly and made it as one unit so it has had to be made removeable complete with it`s own section of `screen at the back`

 

 

 

Out of the number of 7mm laser cut products there are very few convincing looking bridge kits with the exception  of those costing £150 -£200 which was too expensive for me to chop about. But it is what it is.  T`aint  bad in parts..........

 

 

Acrylic rattle can basecoat.  Enamel hand painted brickwork pattern. Acrylic `tester pot` mortar.

 

 

 

 

Before I sign off... a shot of a not expensive quality lasercut brickwork building kit...

 

 

.........with the `shallow` brickwork stuck on the end as comparison..........

 

 

 

 

 

 

The patchy brickwork looks very realistic to me, just needs a little weathering with powders in my mind.

 

 

[ROSSPOP]

24 minutes ago, steve45 said:

The patchy brickwork looks very realistic to me, just needs a little weathering with powders in my mind.

 

 

Thanks Steve, I 've got some powders and will use them when the LED lighting is up.......