I finished this kit a few days ago, and am expanding on the process a bit. On my layout, this is Wilson & Co., a meat packing facility. Oddly enough, the kit is called Wilson Bros. I didn't but the kit for the name, I bought it because it fit the strange triangle shaped area. I bought the kit from Right On Track Models at: https://www.rightontrackmodels...AN_KIT_O%2FOn30.html
The building is laser cut MDF with wood trim and molded plastic parts for the rest. The kit goes together quickly, and the parts fit well.
First, I glued some wood strips to the back of the walls to keep them flat and add support. Then, I assembled the main walls. The roof is in place at this point to stiffen the structure while the glue dries. After the glue dried I removed the roof, then added the office extension.
Almost all paint is from a rattle can. Per the instructions, I painted all of the walls and steps Ace Hardware Red Oxide. I moved the building to the side and painted the roof flat black. After the black dried, I added the roof vents, then installed the roof permanently.
Before adding the windows and doors, I painted them with a flat gray primer. After the primer dried, I painted the door frames with Rust-Oleum Khaki. I painted the windows and doors with Army green. Both paints are part of their camouflage series. After everything dried, I lightly brushed the doors with a stiff brush to add a weathered look. I added the loading dock doors to the frames, and then installed the "glass", and added those assemblies to the building.
I painted the plastic corrugated roof material a flat black. I cut the pieces to size, and glued them to provided sizes of MDF. After they dried, I attached the support brackets to the underside, and painted them black. Then I installed the roof for the loading dock, office, and entryways.
I painted the roll up door first with a coat of Krylon Ruddy Brown Primer, after that dried I very carefully sprayed on some Rust-Oleum Stainless Steel. I painted the bumper underneath flat black.
I painted the loading docks with a gray primer first, let that dry, then very lightly with Rust-Oleum Khaki. I wanted them to look more gray and sooty than wood colored. The steps were painted Ace Hardware Red Oxide like the walls. The barrels were painted black, and the crates an Almond color.
I painted the hatch on the roof a tan color, and I used Model Master Pale Green acrylic on the AC unit, and black for the grill.
I painted the jib crane the Ruddy Brown after assembly. I still can't believe I got those tiny little parts together with my frying pan hands!
I made everything a little more grimy by giving the entire structure a black alcohol wash. I went over everything several times until I liked the look. After that I used Pan Pastels to create the streaking from the roof and windows, and added some streaking on the loading dock. I know the weathering looks pretty strong in the pictures, but not as much in person.
I'm pretty happy with the results. As I get more experience, I'll use more varied techniques. Thanks for looking.
Andy
. It looks great mind you, but like most is kinda wrong/kinda missing some detail at least, ....and that's sealing the roof edges at the walls and collors of vent fixtures, and or curving up the walls like kick moulding (I've skipped that plenty as well). The older it is, the more likely every seam and edge at least would be tar (later, maybe "silver sealed"). Likely a few tar repairs even on vulcanized. AC coils are usually light colors, normally of aluminum. Heating with gases exhausts clean. Some black or silver paint, be it gloss or flat, just a different tone, at the edges and or seams of roofing material. And actually sealing along the top edge of awnings, etc. is another tiny detail most folks might not think of.
