When I checked at 1:00 this afternoon the silicone had not completely cured. It resembled my pancakes I make that sometimes, when the batter thickens, cook on the outsides and exude uncooked batter from the inside. I put the legos back against the mold and let it cure some more. I moved it upstairs where the temperature was higher. Right now it seems like it's getting more solid, but I won't open it up until after the trip we're about to take tomorrow.
So to fill the time, I painted the roof, the trim, and started finishing the base board.
The roof is made to look more like natural slate. I do this by randomly painting shingles with a purple/gray, a green/gray and lighter gray. It's quite subtle, but kills the uniformity of the sprayed gray roof. I also used some gloss black at the chimney base to simulate more tar sealant.
I then painted the roof trim and the trim surrounding the upper edges of the main building. I used two coats and did it entirely by brush.
Here's the front trim in detail.
I masked where the building would go so I wouldn't groove under the walls. I laid out the base on 8 scale foot expansion grooves using a sharpie.
I then used one of my many dental tools to engrave expansion grooves into the Masonite.
Before airbrushing Model Tech concrete, I ground down the front edge to be the curb cut to ease the fire trucks entrance and egress onto the concrete pad.
Lastly, I dropped the building onto the base for a status shot.
The base needs some weathering (as does the building). This will be done when we return on May 4th. I'll be checking in on the iPhone, but probably not posting (as much).
