Weathering Skaledale buildings

[keithp1707821843]

Hello All,

I was wondering if anyone has weathered any of the Skaledale range? If so how? I have three of the buildings - Post Office, Pub and barn - they are all quite expensive, so the prospect of weathering is daunting! I have tried it with less expensive kit buildings and am quite pleased - but I had to paint then anyway - whereas the SKaledale buildings are painted and do look good, but very new!

Any ideas would be appreciated.

Keith

[Chrissaf]

Rather than paint, use powders. These don't cover the original factory paint finishes, the powders just add dirt and muck. Also some 'washes' [washes are very highly thinned liquids] can create streaking effects, like for example dirty water marks down a wall to represent a blocked overflowing roof gutter / rainwater downpipe etc. The advantage of powders is that if you don't like the effect, you can wash them off with soapy water and try again.

 

See this webpage for examples.

 

PS - Powders can be locked in place with a thin lightly sprayed coating of matt lacquer [some use hairspray].

[Bulleidboy]

With my engine shed and water tower, I just gave them both a "wash" of very watered down black paint (water coulours), this took the newness off of the building. It could be washed off if necessary. I appreciate your building are not likely to be so dirty as for example a loco shed. I fully understand doing something to a building, even  a loco, that was expensive, and then daubing paint all it.  I have a  Liddle End cottage on a hill (supposed to be is the distance - hence N gauge) and I painted a section of it with PVA and then sprinkled a green flock (Woodland Scenics) over the PVA - it now looks as though there is a "creeper" growing up the wall.

[keithp1707821843]

Ok thanks that is helpful. I did check the Humbrol pages -  but they don't use buildings as examples. The idea of powders is good though - especially with the 'wash off' idea.

Perhaps Hornby are missing a trick here - offer some ideas with the Skaledale range on use and weathering?

Keith

[JJ73]

With a few of the building - you can buy the 'pre-weathered' for example - a few yrs ago now I bought the Traction Shed R9679

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[VESPA]

I would suggest buying a box of cheap artist pastils and using a sharp Stanley knife scrape along it to make powder. Then use a stipple brush dipped in the dust and dabbed over the model. Very cheap and washable. Use black, brown, white, Dk Blue, purple or red and some green. Apply as single colour or mixed to the areas you want to weather. It is quite a simple process that just requires patience.

[keithp1707821843]

Ok thanks. At the moment I tend to use Hunbrol oil paint - diluted in white spirit to give light wash effects - which has been fine for the kit models. It is that first step of actually applying it to a ready made model - hence the query if anyone else had actually weathered a 'Skaledale' model. Some of your ideas are good though, I already have pastels as I am an artist, so could try that idea.

I would still love to see any pictures of any Skaledale models that have been weathered though!

At some stage I will post a picture of my attempt. I am going to try the barn first - as it does not need too  much.

Keith

[Buz]

Hi keihtp

I would suggest getting citadel or other brands of water based wash and thinning them down fifty fifty with water.

Choose the appropriate color for what your doing, you are dulling down and highlighting not painting.

If you are going to put a flat finish on the building to seal the wash or other weathering used.

What ever you do don't forget to properly mask the windows unless it is the loo window as the flat finish will frost the window.

And as you point out the resin cast buildings are quite expensive and you don't want to spoil all that work with something preventable.

You can also add some sort of climbing creeper if appropriate to the building they don't grow over night or do they I sometimes wonder.

regards John

[keithp1707821843]

Sounds good. Nice to be reminded I am not painting 😳 I hadn't quite worked that one out!

Thanks again.

Keith

[JJ73]

Heres an idea (Not sure if this will work or not) why don't you let Mother Nature do all the work for you  - just leave your Skaledale building(s) out side in your back garden or yard for a week or 2 & see what happens!!!

Then it will be 'Weathered' for real!!!

[keithp1707821843]

Heres an idea (Not sure if this will work or not) why don't you let Mother Nature do all the work for you  - just leave your Skaledale building(s) out side in your back garden or yard for a week or 2 & see what happens!!!

Then it will be 'Weathered' for real!!!

Sounds like an interesting idea... being in North Yorkshire - it will certainly weather quickly! Not from the sun though!

[VESPA]

I edited and deleted the stuck reply

This reply (above) is stuck in the reply box and is thus stopping another reply from myself. I have somewhere a video link to the weathering of a large shed using oil based paints highly diluted but I am usure how long they would take to dry.

[Chrissaf]

@Puffed Out.

Unfortunately the 'profanity filter' is not intelligent enough to look at words in the context of the sentence they appear in. There was a certain word in your post that has innocent use in certain conditions [hence why it was removed from the profanity filter database] but is still considered a profanity when used in a different context. Your use of the word fell into the second context criteria.

 

As ComMods cannot edit the content of a post. I have had to remove your post, but I have reproduced the text content of it below with the offending word edited.

 

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I recently purchased some Marabu('Creabox') water based acrylic paints from Amazon.  I also got some from the local Lidl store.

 

Absolutely brilliant for pretty much any surface.  Also bought some cheap fine artist brushes.  There is also a 'a paint effects' pack. Gold and Silver mettalic and Fine sand finish.

 

It can even be thinned with water.

 

The best thing you can wash it off if you muck it up, and the brushes wash out in cold water. 

 

Yesterday I painted a road with it, using a fine, flat sponge for effect.

 

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[keithp1707821843]

I edited and deleted the stuck reply

This reply (above) is stuck in the reply box and is thus stopping another reply from myself. I have somewhere a video link to the weathering of a large shed using oil based paints highly diluted but I am usure how long they would take to dry.

Video sounds good - if you can find the link. I have searched for videos but seem to get mainly loco weathering - not buildings.

Thanks anyhow.