I finished up a little project tonight. The inspiration for this project was a little building I saw in north Arkansas last weekend while traveling through. There was a building there that had a portion of the tin blown off the roof, exposing the rafters underneath. At one end of the building, dense vines had overtaken the roof and were creeping towards the center, spelling the final doom for the building.
The metal roofing material was weathered with ferric cloride (PCB etchant), and then further weathered with Bragdon Enterprises weathering powders. The strip wood was stained before I began work with an alcohol/india ink wash. The vines are Woodland Scenics groundfoam applied with white glue.
VERY nice job, Eddie!! [:)][tup] Originally being from the south, I can’t tell you how many times I’ve seen that scenario: Old, unpainted barn; dilapidate and rusty tin roof; ivy threatening taking over. That has the south written all over it. Thanks for sharing…
Final doom? I wouldn’t be so hasty. If the real building was just as square as your model, it’ll be there for a while. That’s a fine job you’ve done there.
Superb job, that rates a star on your forehead and an additional 5% for spelling dilapidated correctly. Also isn’t that green stuff in the south called 'kudzu" so far it hasn’t reached too far north but it’s on it’s way. And, gee, it’s not from a kit ! ! good work.
Being from Northern Arkansas all I can say is wow I think you hit it on the head very well! Not sure if we have kudzu but we have ivy. Kudzu is more eastern and south of my area ( that stuff is amazing to watch grow, all you southern boys will agree you can watch its progress!!)
I like it and only hope I can emulate it. Good job!
Eddie, that’s great modeling. It reminds me of a little barn that used to be on the south side of Weatherford Texas. I think that I have a picture of it some where. If not I’ve got it in my mind. You have got me to thinking about doing a model of it. Thanks for the additional pictures. You do real good work.[tup]
