Detailing large brick building

modeltechstudios.com & barmillsmlodels.com
both have various details you may like ranging
from vents, window a/c, dust collectors, roof top
access structures, etc. add some pipes, wood
planks, a billboard sign, some scrap newspaper
and you're good to go.

jerrman

With a marker, you can random color in some bricks and give a unique brick color detail. also don't forget to fill in the mortar.

Dave, Please take a look at www.westportmodelworks.com and look at the exterior details page,

 

You may also call me at 203-226-2798 to discuss your needs.

 

Les Lewis

Thanks for some ideas.  I will check out the sites.  I was also hoping for some ideas on homemade details too.

it's pretty east to make a roof access
with some scale clapboard or just some
coffee stirrer sticks and some grant line doors.
look at the o scale details on modeltechstudios.com
and you will see two version that are easily duplicated
with scrap wood if u don't want to buy them
ready made. u cn also put on some chimneys with any
plastic tubing ( I use the cylinder plastic tube in the middle
of my doggie bags, one of the few advantages of having
a dog . finally,u cn add some some misc. piles of
scrap wood, tubing and newspaper scraps in the corners. finally u cn easily make billboards by printing ads from google image and building the billboard from scrap wood. look at some pictures of billboard models and you will c what I mean (foslimited.com is a great source. their unique designs are ho scale but u will see how to construct the billboard from looking at their models).

jerrman

any other ideas or photos?

Here are a few things I've added to the side of a building I've built. Notice the ketchup sign, blocked up window, fire escape, air conditioning unit and pipe/stack. The pipe is there mainly to hide the seam on the side of the building. The escape, and air conditioner are scratch built and the pipe is a soda straw. The sign came from an old period magazine add.

 

 

Mark very nice.  Thank you for sharing.  Could I ask a few questions about your work?

 

1. What colors and type of paint or other medium do you use for your rust and brick colors?

 

2.  What did you use to make your detail parts for attaching the straw to the building?

Yes, nice!

 

I grant the first picture a rare "could pass for real" award.

 

Get one bottle each of black, tan and white.  Randomly paint bricks like you will see on buildings with this type of brick.  Sometimes two or three together, etc.  Be creative and true to what you've seen and taken pictures of.  Do the white wash for mortar.  Follow with weathering chalks to tone everything down and bring it together.

 

I built an Atlas roundhouse as part of a layout build and had kind of like a blog thread about the build on this forum.  There are some decent pictures in it if you are interested.  I like how it came out.  That was a BIG model with a lot of brick.  Really fun to build.  If you search William 1 new layout build you'll come across it like 6 threads down. The roundhouse part is at the end of page one and the start of page two.  Just thought I'd share.

David,

I used a rustoleum spray paint (Regal Red #7765) for the brick color. I air brushed the fire escape with flat black and then went over it with a few light passes of Model Master Rust. The exhaust pipe is secured with 1/2 inch staples flattened and bent around a dowel rod approximately the same diameter as the straw. I drilled two small holes on either side of the pipe and pushed the staple over the straw into the building.

 

Pete, Thanks for the compliment.

 

William 1 said..'Get one bottle each of black, tan and white.  Randomly paint bricks like you will see on buildings with this type of brick.  Sometimes two or three together, etc.  Be creative and true to what you've seen and taken pictures of.  Do the white wash for mortar.  Follow with weathering chalks to tone everything down and bring it together.'

 

That's a good technique. I've used it on the chimney here:

 

Window detail, with different colors, Building trim.


Gutter and Downspout.

Mark Diff and Mike CT.... WOW, those buildings look amazing!!!! 

 

Mark, what is that brick, paper??  I saw you painted it, so I'm not sure

 

Mike, is that paper in the windows?

 

The brick is plastic brick sheet, Plastruct I believe was the brand.

marker tops, lego blocks, aluminum tubing, tank under cheep Lionel reefer, rectangular plastic tubing, cardboard, costume jewelry, printed signs on styrene stock, awnings from an MTH building, balsa block covered with spackling compound, vents from old plastic kits, etc

 

 

 

Very nicely done guys!!

 

Alan