A long visit to the hobby shop killed a lot of my work time. I finished the trim painting and started shingling.
The painted caps highlight the brickwork.
I also measured, cut and painted all the parapet caps. I wanted to get these ready to install before shingling for the same reason that I wanted to paint the trim before shingling. The shingles are fragile.
I taped each piece to the painting board and airbrushed the ModelFlex concrete. I was getting low on paint so I added some Liquitex acrylic extender. I think it may be a mistake since when spraying I was getting some fisheyes where the paint was not adhering. The extender may not have been fully compatible with the Modelflex.
It may need another coat of brush paint and then I'll shoot it with some Dullcoat. I'm going to install them before finishing the shingling, again for the same reason so If I get sloppy with the glue.
Here's was the first few courses of the shingles, which I'm going to stop until I get the parapet caps installed.
Weekend here, no work till Monday. Next week we're out of town until after Labor Day, so you guys will have to find something else to read for a while.
