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Friday, September 4, 2026

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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  1. CodstickerSeptember 5, 2026 at 10:31 AM

    Those markers work well - great looking siding.

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    1. HeislerSeptember 11, 2026 at 10:04 AM

      They are fun to work with and a lot more versatile than I thought they would be. The only issue I really have is the grain pattern of the wood starting to show through.

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  2. Muncle MikesOctober 13, 2026 at 10:25 AM

    The roughness may read much better once the ore bin, ground texture and roof are in place. I would judge it under the layout lighting from the normal viewing distance before adding another full pass. If the wood grain still dominates, a very thin neutral gray-brown glaze over only the brightest boards can unify the markers without erasing the variation; then reserve the darkest color for lower boards, corners and water-runoff paths. A small scrap finished beside the building is safer than changing the whole wall at once.

    I work with Muncle Mikes. Our scenery-scale guide discusses the same viewing-distance and texture-size issue, including keeping the most accurate textures in the foreground: https://munclemikes.com/blogs/collector-guides/model-train-scenery-scale-ho-n-guide

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