I am scratch-building a model of a rather odd building from the 1950s I will probably complete and post photos of this weekend (77 Sunset Strip). A good deal of it was stucco, and I was in mind to just cover the wooden building shape I made with spackling, sand it "smooth"and then paint it flat to simulate that, when I noticed while at my LHS that Plastruck included amoung all the brick, stone, wood , clapboard and natural rock, and asphalt tile sheet textures it makes, one labeled "Stucco."
Somewhere there is a brilliant individual who has very likely always had his/her work taken for granted and never was recognized for the brilliance of that model Stucco. What a difference. It is superb - with very tiny, almost microscopic, details of stucco surface rendered flawlessly, near as I can tell. How did they do that. Regardless, it achieves a look that it just what I needed.
I realize it is unlikely that nameless person will ever read this, but I will feel better knowing that I thanked him or her, and probably have the better Karma for doing so!
