Thanks Jonte.
This is something I've always wanted to try out - building a laser cut kit, weathering brickwork and an ill-maintained building. However there's no layout yet on which place it though.
Now for some chim chimneys.... spent a couple of hours building and painting these today.
The whitemetal chimney pots were drilled out as far as I dared and I decided to have one broken. This was the same height as the single pot and the removed pieces have been retained ready to place in the gutter (when added) with one or two shards on the ground.
The mortar base on which they are resting is made up from filler and painted with a mixture of Vallejo Stone Grey and Middlestone. The pots were painted black inside and then weathering powder applied to obtain the dusty soot effect. The rim was touched up along the edges to make it appear as if had recently broken. The terracotta colour is Vallejo basic rust oxide from their Panzer range.
This one has a nice lump of soot ready to fall back down to the fireplace.
Next - the roof....