Rusty92 Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 Started messing around with this. I had an old diorama that I made but threw it out. Started doing some painting. The wood is just bass wood from HL. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shambles Posted March 20, 2020 Share Posted March 20, 2020 Nice work. Keep us posted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misterNNL Posted March 21, 2020 Share Posted March 21, 2020 Looking interesting. I also use water based paint for weathered basswood surfaces and will give you a suggestion to age some age to those boards. I sand them with the grain with those foam center finger nail sanding sticks you can find in any Walmart beauty section. I use a very aggressive grit and am always pleased with the end result. You might try a spare board to start with and vary the pressure you apply to have more color left at the top of the boards than at the bottom similar to real life painted stuff exposed to decades of wind,rain and sun damage. Good luck and be sure to post your progress here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rusty92 Posted March 23, 2020 Author Share Posted March 23, 2020 Going to be pretty good sized. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rusty92 Posted March 23, 2020 Author Share Posted March 23, 2020 On 3/20/2020 at 8:48 PM, misterNNL said: Looking interesting. I also use water based paint for weathered basswood surfaces and will give you a suggestion to age some age to those boards. I sand them with the grain with those foam center finger nail sanding sticks you can find in any Walmart beauty section. I use a very aggressive grit and am always pleased with the end result. You might try a spare board to start with and vary the pressure you apply to have more color left at the top of the boards than at the bottom similar to real life painted stuff exposed to decades of wind,rain and sun damage. Good luck and be sure to post your progress here. Thanks for the info! I have some lying around that I will try! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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DrKerry Posted March 24, 2020 Share Posted March 24, 2020 Looks good so far!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott8950 Posted April 1, 2020 Share Posted April 1, 2020 Thats a big barn but it looks great  Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rusty92 Posted April 2, 2020 Author Share Posted April 2, 2020 On 3/24/2020 at 6:19 PM, DrKerry said: Looks good so far!! Thank you! On 3/31/2020 at 7:26 PM, Scott8950 said: Thats a big barn but it looks great  Thank you kindly!  I got the base started. I think it looks pretty good. Want to add a few more cracks and gouges though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrKerry Posted April 2, 2020 Share Posted April 2, 2020 Very nice!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brizio Posted April 13, 2020 Share Posted April 13, 2020 Looking good! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misterNNL Posted May 26, 2020 Share Posted May 26, 2020 Any progress here ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misterNNL Posted September 24, 2020 Share Posted September 24, 2020 Around here an "old" barn is something built in the 1800's. There are some still standing and the owners are friendly enough to allow me to take photos and measurements. I have plans to build one "someday" .These old survivors are built using hand hewn beams from local old growth hardwood timber(mostly oak). Those beams are fun to replicate and weather. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Geiger Posted September 24, 2020 Share Posted September 24, 2020  Tom, here’s an old Pennsylvania barn down the road from me. 1700s and many of the old buildings from that era were built solid from local stone and survive today. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slusher Posted September 27, 2020 Share Posted September 27, 2020 Barn is coming along great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rusty92 Posted September 6, 2021 Author Share Posted September 6, 2021 Getting back to this one. No progress since the last photo. Should have some updates later today! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rusty92 Posted September 7, 2021 Author Share Posted September 7, 2021 Got the remaining wall framed up and started putting on the siding. Thanks for looking! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ceaser_Salad Posted September 10, 2021 Share Posted September 10, 2021 PHew that's pretty large! (Your signature is terribly funny too) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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