Kitchen table work shop: Coaling tower.

[Anonymous]

I had this coaling station to kitbash into a tipple but I decided to scratch build my tipple and make this kit as it is.

I like to spray a little paint on about anything I have and this is no exception.

I thought a coaling station should have some coal, seems logical so i went to the pet shop for charcoal and black aquarium gravel

Also I needed some white glue.

No if you old pros dont laugh at my methods, the several newbies might want to note this and maybe try it to. It is pretty simple.
)I havent an air brush, I just use regualr spay pint.)

You can do the same as well as me, not just on this but any build it yourself kit. Plasticville is perfect to customize or to weather.

This shows work on the base with the coal bunkers.

First I shot some flat black paint around to simulate coal dust. I did the base more so than the building. Dirt would not be prominent to high up.






I next laid down some white glue and elevated the whole thing so the coal would pile up in the bunker corners. I pored in a layer of coal then more glue and more coal until I had the banked up coal as I wanted it. This was messy and the glue was running all over. I just sprinkled coal on the seepage.




Once it seem to set up a little I mixed the white glue with water, pored it in to a spray bottle and sprayed it well. I added some very fine hobby shop coal that sort of soak it up on top.



When it is totally dry, I will shake off the lose stuff and give it several more couses of sprayed, diluetedwhite glue aand when fianly dry, a coat of Tester's Dull Coat.

Dont be afraid to experiment, you can always repaint your mistakes.



This will be drying a day or two but I will retuen here with more pics as I go along.

I have begun working on the second story but I have run out of paint.

I expect I will weather a section of Fast Tract like this so it will all match.

[spankybird]

Very nice Steve, I may do the same with my tower.

Thanks for sharing

tom

[mitchelr]

I'm very impressed with your efforts so far. Can't wait to see how the rest of this project turns out.


Mitch[:D][:D][:D]

[laz 57]

STEVE,
Looks great.
What I did after mixing glue with the coal was take a spray can of laquer and sprayed it real good then what look I was looking for either anthricate(hard) or bituminous(soft) give it a gloss coat or a flat black coat. It worked great for me. The lacquer helps keep it all together and helps the glue.
laz57

[andregg1]

Look great!!
Keep posting more steps.
Very nice job, I like this kind of work is better that go and buy one ready.
Andre.

[wrmcclellan]

[#ditto]