Building the Barbose Mining Co. Stamp Mill - Windows and Doors

Things continue to progress at a slow pace. Weathering is pretty much finished on the four sub-assemblies and I'm moving on to windows and doors, which is pretty much in line with the instructions at this point.

I mounted everything on a piece of plywood with double sided tape, then primed, painted the base color and then added an oil based wash. They still came out a bit to uniform but I'm not sure what else I can do at this point. Will have to dwell on it a bit.

I test fitted the windows and doors and now I'm ready to add the window glazing. Not going for see-through windows on this one, everyone needs to be fogged so we just see the impression of light rather than the interior. There is not going to be very little if any interior detail on this one.

The painting on the windows and doors is complete.

And this is what it looks like after I have pulled them off the double sided tape.
One important note here. I used Scotch brand double sided tape, be careful to only tape the edges of the castings. This tape is strong and I broke off a few mullions getting the windows off, because I made sure they were well taped down!

Windows and doors waiting to be installed. Anything gray is the backside and are windows I had to fix.

Quick test to make sure everything looks okay. Its not bad and I think this was a better choice than painting the window and door frames in almost any other color.

The inside and why we don't want to see it!

Building the Barbose Mining Co. Stamp Mill - The Ore Bin - Part 3.2

I finally got my hands on what are, more or less, about the right size. These are 1 5/8" NBW castings and I probably could have gone up to 2" castings, the 2 1/2" were much to big though. So I opted for a bit smaller.

Do they pop out, not really, but even if you don't notice them right off they add a bit of "unconscious" realism. I'm happy with them at this point.

I gave the ore chutes an initial coat of paint and a little rust. I will leave these as is for the time being. I'll work on these more when the whole building is together and I work on the final weathering. 

I added the hatches on the top of the bins and I'm calling it good for now. I didn't want to add the walkways and railings at this point until I'm ready for final details. I may go out and see if I can find some better railings. The ones in the kit are on laser board and are very flat, which isn't wrong by any means, but they would look better with more thickness on the posts just to give some visual separation from the rails.

Building the Barbose Mining Co. Stamp Mill - Even More Weathering

Things have been progressing very slowly at this point. This particular weathering technique is not quick by any means. Its not difficult but switching off from one marker to the next just gets clumsy and the board and batten siding doesn't make it easy either. I have to deliberately running a marker down the side of the battens to make sure its colored. I have discovered that raw wood looks truly awful, you need to make sure that you cover it all.

Still, almost finished!

The back, which is unlikely to ever be seen, so it was a good place to practice.

Straight on view, the ore bin will fit in the big space at the bottom.

Office side. I decided didn't need to weather the section where the office building will be attached.

And the other side, getting ready to finish it off.

While I will finish this one off with this technique I'm not sure if it looks good or not at this point. Maybe once its on a base and finished it will look better. Right now it looks rather rough.

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