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I am posting this to share what can be done with an MTH stone mill.   The foundation for the added porch is from a 2nd mill.     It could also have been built with stick wood to save using two buildings.

I sanded off the corrugations on the roofs and added slate shingles from Builders in Scale.

Eventually this will get a water wheel on the back side and some larger  foundation stones on the back side where the ground drops off for the water wheel.

Posts and details are from Grandtline.

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That looks really nice Stu. Have you ever built the Sudbury Mill kit by Stone Mill Models? He still sells his kits on eBay under the name treefactory. I built up this shell for my layout but never used it. I added the freight doors and this was going to sit on a raised foundation. Maybe I’ll use it someday on my next round of scenery.

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Norm Charbonneau posted:

That looks really nice Stu. Have you ever built the Sudbury Mill kit by Stone Mill Models? He still sells his kits on eBay under the name treefactory. I built up this shell for my layout but never used it. I added the freight doors and this was going to sit on a raised foundation. Maybe I’ll use it someday on my next round of scenery.

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Norm.   I have actually been to the Sudbury mill.   I am looking for someone to make the water wheel kit based on the Sudbury mill.   If I can get one would you be interested.   I can have the laser person make some extras.   I have found other O scale water wheels but nothing like Sudbury.   

I tried looking for Treefactory on ebay but no luck.

The stone coloring is great.

Stu

CHOO-CHOO MIKE posted:

 Stu

 Could you tell us how you painted the stonework. Types of paint etc.

Remove all doors and windows,    Prime the building with a gray rustolium primer.    Paint random stones with different earth colors.  They do not have to be painted too carefully.  At this point the stones look  bad. Use a gray crayola brand tempera paint (mix white and black)  Do not use other brands because there black is often made of mixed colors and will separate out.   Crayola is just black pigment.   Paint the entire walls then wipe off the tempera paint.  you can go back and wipe off more of the tempera paint with a damp rag even after it dries.   This will blend and mute the colors.    Rub powdered earth colors on the stones using you fingers, not a brush, to pick up the cast high spots and add texture to the color.   Spray the building with Rustolium dead flat or other clear flat.   

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