My Michaels tin building

Pete,

I think it looks great! Mine is still stashed under my layout untouched. And you are right, I think it's to big for a house...

Jeff

Looks really good Pete I was wondering how about to paint it got two after Christmas. Hope to get to them now the warmer weather is coming thanks for ideas.  Tom

I am waiting until the weather clears to start mine so I can spray paint in the garage.  I never thought of using a glue on paper roof, garage door and chimney brick. This is a great idea, I will do the same for my Harmony Creamery.

Thanks Pete!

Jim Z

Sure looks better than the mess I made.  Starting mine over tonight.

Pete in Kansas posted:

Like many here I bought one of the tin buildings Michaels had before Christmas. I just started mine last week and it's coming along nicely. To start I cleaned it with Easy Off oven cleaner and then primed it with Rustoleum etching primer. The eves and windows were hand painted so they're not perfect but a lot of details on Standard Gauge were hand painted so I think it looks fine. THe main color was a mix of Rustoleum blue and white to approximate B&M blue since I'm going to letter this building as a B&M Machine Shop. I know it was billed as a house but I don't think it looks like one so mine is a shop. THe roofing and some other details ( garage door and front door) were printed from the  Big Indoor Trains site. I still have on small section of roof to do, painting the chimney, adding some signs and a little landscaping. I made the hole in the base bigger to allow easy access to add a light later. To add the the shop look I've got the frame of an erector P-58 motor that I'll place under the overhang to add to the shop look. It should make a nice addition to my floor layout.

Nice work - you are right, this building never looked like a house. Looks more like a garage business or machine shop.

I have the Easy-Off, but where did you find the etching primer?

Sean007 posted:

Pete in Kansas posted:

Like many here I bought one of the tin buildings Michaels had before Christmas. I just started mine last week and it's coming along nicely. To start I cleaned it with Easy Off oven cleaner and then primed it with Rustoleum etching primer. The eves and windows were hand painted so they're not perfect but a lot of details on Standard Gauge were hand painted so I think it looks fine. THe main color was a mix of Rustoleum blue and white to approximate B&M blue since I'm going to letter this building as a B&M Machine Shop. I know it was billed as a house but I don't think it looks like one so mine is a shop. THe roofing and some other details ( garage door and front door) were printed from the  Big Indoor Trains site. I still have on small section of roof to do, painting the chimney, adding some signs and a little landscaping. I made the hole in the base bigger to allow easy access to add a light later. To add the the shop look I've got the frame of an erector P-58 motor that I'll place under the overhang to add to the shop look. It should make a nice addition to my floor layout.

Nice work - you are right, this building never looked like a house. Looks more like a garage business or machine shop.

I have the Easy-Off, but where did you find the etching primer?

I found the primer in the Automotive section of my local Walmart.

Hi Pete, what is the approximate scale of the Michael buildings? The job you did on your building looks absolutely fantastic.

Jim

O Gauge Jim posted:

Hi Pete, what is the approximate scale of the Michael buildings? The job you did on your building looks absolutely fantastic.

Jim

 

The way mine is done I'm going to use it with Standard gauge so I'm guessing it's around 1/29th to 1/32nd scale. The only thing that makes it look a particular scale in this case is the height of the door which I printed and stuck over what was there. If you wanted to use this in O scale your could print an O scale door with a Transom and cover the existing one making it look like the right scale. Industrial buildings ( which I think this is) have windows of varying size so this looks acceptable.

Pete in Kansas posted:

Sean007 posted:

Pete in Kansas posted:

Like many here I bought one of the tin buildings Michaels had before Christmas. I just started mine last week and it's coming along nicely. To start I cleaned it with Easy Off oven cleaner and then primed it with Rustoleum etching primer. The eves and windows were hand painted so they're not perfect but a lot of details on Standard Gauge were hand painted so I think it looks fine. THe main color was a mix of Rustoleum blue and white to approximate B&M blue since I'm going to letter this building as a B&M Machine Shop. I know it was billed as a house but I don't think it looks like one so mine is a shop. THe roofing and some other details ( garage door and front door) were printed from the  Big Indoor Trains site. I still have on small section of roof to do, painting the chimney, adding some signs and a little landscaping. I made the hole in the base bigger to allow easy access to add a light later. To add the the shop look I've got the frame of an erector P-58 motor that I'll place under the overhang to add to the shop look. It should make a nice addition to my floor layout.

Nice work - you are right, this building never looked like a house. Looks more like a garage business or machine shop.

I have the Easy-Off, but where did you find the etching primer?

I found the primer in the Automotive section of my local Walmart.

thanks Pete - I check my Wal-Mart.

Almost done, I've clear coated it to seal the paper but I think I'll go over this with dull coat as it is too shiny. I've added the decals and a few magnetic signs next I'll add some vegetation and it's ready to go on my layout.

That is really nice!!!

Bob

Looking good Pete!

Very nice.  The signage really makes it pop.  I still haven't done anything with mine yet but I think it's going to be a brewery.

wild mary posted:

Very nice.  The signage really makes it pop.  I still haven't done anything with mine yet but I think it's going to be a brewery.

I had thought maybe a shop or garage but it would make a nice brewery!

I have a few of the smaller houses and not quite sure how to finish them. I like the stick-on roofing and the brick siding.

Finished and on my floor layout.

Pete,

That turned out really nice! You did a great job.

Jeff