My LHS is opening again, rejoice, and whilst talking to the new proprietor, who is more into Railways, we got to this little Loco shed.



Not much to look at (.. ), but a shed none the less. I mused how ith just a little painting TLC this could be turned into something a whole lot more handsome. To which his reply was: take it home and have a go..

So one challenge and an evenings work later.





He's not putting it back in the shop, but putting it in his own lay-out..



Cheers
Henk

Looks good, I take it to be HO scale?

Well done,sir!

Baring in mind that its an ex-Airfix kit, first produced in 1958!!! you've done an excellent job with that OO item. I'm in the process of building a layout and still have one of those still to finish, plus a couple more old Airfix trackside buildings. I just hope I can do it as well as you.

Thanks Rick.

Geoff,
It's fairly easy, in short , paint the wall your base colour (in this case Tamiya Hull Red), then a thin wash of a light (not white) colour for the pointing. Let the light colour settle in the grooves, but don't worry about it setteling some on the brick work. This will be part of the final effect. Then use the base colour, and drybrush the wall, bringing the bricks out, but lightly. Vary the tone of your base coat by lightening and darkening your base coat. A brick wall is never one single shade of colour. Then using the same lighter and darker shades, and some contrasting reddish and brown colours, pick out individual bricks. Keep these random, swapping walls as you go along will help in that. Finish with a light dusting with pigments, to tie everything together. Again, vary the dusting, going a bit heavier along the bottom.
Study real walls for reference.

Hope that helps. I'm planning on picking up another one today, 'll do a SBS for an article with that.

Cheers
Henk

That came out great. The before and after photos really show the improvement. Well done.