This is what The Hotel California is supposed to look like.
This is how I built it.
We did not care for the baby blue color of the plastic stone walls. So we decided that I would change the color. It took a lot longer to do the painting than the actual construction. The kit comes with very good working windows that they intend for you cover up with paper curtains. Hence, no floor pieces for the second and third floor. Since I will eventually add furnishings to the interior, I had to fabricate a floor for the second story, and a roof for the one story beer hall next door. A chunk of old Plexiglas worked very well for both.
Painting: First off everything was washed in paint thinner to remove the mold release compounds. A coat of black primer followed by a double coating of “River Rock” almost a limestone color.
Weathering was next, a very light misting of “Slate Gray”, “Satin Black”, “Saddle Tan”, “Blue Hyacinth” (light blue), “Ruddy Brown Primer”, “Red Oxide Primer”, “Gray Primer”, “Catalina Mist” (light blue-green), “Ballet Slipper” (light pink), “Gum Drop” (purple), and “Bright Idea” (light yellow). Since I am notorious for smearing “almost dry” paint, I waited an hour between each coat or misting. All this "down