A quick and easy way to upgrade any plastic model is to add roof shingles and paint. These simple changes can make any model unique to your railroad.
For this Atlas tower, I added Campbell’s profile shingles and re-painted it using Floquils’s Depot Buff (walls), and Roof Brown (windows and trim).
Painting a plastic model greatly improves its appearance by removing that plastic “toy-like” shine. To simulate the mortar lines on brick walls, use any good brick color paint such as boxcar red mixed with a touch of engine black. Once dry, paint over the entire wall with a waterbase white. Then wipe of the face of the wall (while white paint is still wet) using a clean wipe. This will leave traces of mortar lines behind. Then finish up with a flat finish (dull coat)
Have Fun
Bob…
