It has been way to long since I have posted anything. But I have been working on modules belonging to other people and I don't post that stuff here. Maybe someday I'll make another blog for when I work on peoples models.
This is an old image but it gets us back to where I am currently working. I have the Dollar Drug store on the street corner with a Western Auto Parts store to it's left. I am going to have to come up with a name for the connecting street...
The sidewalk base for the drug store is a thick piece of basswood seen here set into the foam landscape. I had to cut all the way down to the wood deck of the module to get a flat surface for the base. The roads are in the foreground and you can see how Sullivan Ave drops down grade after crossing the railroad as it approaches the front edge of the module. I will use some strip basswood to create a foundation for the building on this sidewalk base.
After constructing and test fitting the foundation, I used Elmers wood filler as a skim coat in the sidewalk base and building foundation.
The wood filler is applied very thin. I like to use a wet finger to spread it around. The wood filler literally fills in the wood grain.
Once I have sanded the base I painted it using Testors Light Aircraft Gray out of a rattle can. The expansion joints and cracks are drawn with a 3mm pencil. Then it is sealed so the pencil work isn't smudged during weathering.
Next will be the sidewalk base and foundation for the Western Auto Parts store.
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