My first wood Kit Structure, Water Tower

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PeterA

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Here are some pics of my water tower I just finished. I stained the wood by first applying a tea stain to increase the amount of tannin in the wood and let dry. prior to this I had made up a wood aging stain by cutting up steel wool and let it ferment in vinegar for a week. This i brushed this on after the tea stain had dried on the wood pieces before assembly.
The roof is corrugated and was shinny, so first applied a coat of dull coat. Then I weathered it with water color pencils brushing on each coat and let dry over night. Started with a french grey, then raw umber, then burnt sienna, vandyke brown, and copper beach last.

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That looks really cool. I love the stain and the roof. Are you putting steps up to the door farthest from the tracks?
 
I'm thinking of embedding the back into a little hill and the building a small coaling section next to it. And thanks for the kudos.


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For your first build .. That's awesome!
Luv the slight sag in the roof and the tin is as good as I have seen.
 
Sirfoldalot said:
For your first build .. That's awesome!
Luv the slight sag in the roof and the tin is as good as I have seen.
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Yea the sag is not on purpose. It's card stock supporting the galvanized roof. But it does add to the character. I did allot of reading and watching videos on weathering. I think the water color technique I first came across in model railroad hobbyest. Practiced on the roofs of a couple of box cars and then went for it.


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The roof is about perfect with the slight sag. It was just some watercolor and paint wash?

lasm
 
logandsawman said:
The roof is about perfect with the slight sag. It was just some watercolor and paint wash?

lasm
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A few tips for the water color is a little goes a long way when doing the layers of color. Also you need to let each layer dry overnight or they'll just blend into one yuck of a mess.

I would soak the pencil then use a small brush to get just a small amount off the end of the pencil and don't get the brush to soaked or it'll run.


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