Ray:
Another project that was all plastic. An Ertl Farm/Barn. My wife worked extensively on this project, until she was either upset, or happy, sometimes it hard to tell the difference 
. There was a two paint application and uses of an eraser to remove some of the final coat to simulate peel-ed paint. There was uses of Bestine Rubber cement solvent and Rubber cement diluted and brushed on the first coat of paint before the second color was applied. She also did a lot of dry brush application of lighter colors.
Note the red plastic color.
Application of two colors of paint and the peel effect.
Note the dry brush, off white, on the roof.
Another "What were they thinking??", out of the box, project, was the MTH water tower. We worked something close to, what we thought, was a red-wood color and, with some dry brushing, and india ink, on the roof, were please with the new look.
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IMO. The Sweet lady, my wife, is talented with the brush 
Mike CT
