Rivermead Central

[Fitzroy]

It's very effective. I like that.

 

[simond]

The ‘speckling’ is surely inherent. Spray something very lightly with thousands of tiny droplets and speckling has got to be inevitable. It does make for convincing concrete. The underlying paint, ‘Weathered Concrete’, was ‘wiped over’ with fine abrasive paper before spraying. Since successive coats of the ‘Concrete’ paint had dried to slightly different greys, the light sanding exposed subtly different shades. So this has also helped.

Here’s the same technique used on the coping and lintels (and window-sills) of the warehouse building I finished last year:

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Thanks,

yes, I see what you’re saying, it’s just that when spraying “normally” I think we tend to try to get the droplets to coalesce into a uniform layer, and you’ve managed to achieve a most convincing effect by precisely not doing that!

cheers
Simon

 

[40057]

Another nice (dare I say ‘spring’?) day, so I have been outside using the spray cans on the Benham’s office building — making the grey paint look more like concrete:







I can now join the wall section to the main building. A test fit earlier today before applying the spray paint:



Spraying done, windows can be fitted. I will do a little further weathering applied by brushing. Railings in front of the doorway. Then install on the layout.

 

[40057]

The Benham’s office building is now in one piece, with all the main parts permanently joined. I have fixed the wall section to the north end of the office this evening using glue and a couple of wood screws. I will put in some more fastenings tomorrow after the glue has set over-night.

The two parts joined this evening were a gratifyingly good fit:



Everything true and straight and square, better than I could have hoped.