The Old Joat Mill

[grandpopswalt]

Bruce,

Congratulations on your great looking mill. it is absolutely one of the finest scratchbuilt structures I've ever seen.

I also visited your website and was equally impressed with your other work.

Welcome back to the forum. We look forward to seeing more of your work in the future.

Walt

[aljay]

Bruce,

What a great project.. WOW. Well done, and thanks for sharing..Your web page is also well done.
Thanks

[bman36]

Hi Bruce,
Welcome to the forum! That is absolutely outstanding workmanship!!! Was wanting to do a little stone cottage this winter....now I know where to get advice! Again I am very impressed. Good for you. Later eh...Brian.

[TheJoat]

Larry,
It's kind of difficult to see in this picture, but maybe it will help to exlpain:


Basically, I cast the two end pieces first. When I did this, I also stood some stone pieces on end up against the pink foam, thus forming a corner. When I added the side walls, I cut the stone pieces to fit what was already there.

[Anonymous]

I can't remember when I've learned so much about modeling buildings in such a short time. Thanks Joat.

One more question: how did you make the corners on your mill building?

OLD DAD

[TheJoat]

Vic,
Glad the technique worked. It is quite tedious, but it sure lets your mind relax.

If you don't need that many colors, you can also get a good effect by first painting a brick color and then rubbing in some mortar. I used some powdered tile grout on this plastic building on the left.


It really mutes the color, so you need to start pretty red. I do like the overall affect.

[vsmith]

Hello Bruce

Nice Mill, i read the other topics on your site, particularly about painting the bricks of the Downtown Deco "Blue Moon Saloon" kit where you suggest taking 5 or 6 color on a palette and just painting away with out cleaning up, letting the colors mix.

Well last night I tried it for a stone footing with 6 very different colors and was very surprised by the results i got , It Works! I got some very nice marble stone effects for a stone foundation I am making . Will post some photos once I get the project farther along. (or I figure out how to use my new digital camera..could be a while...LOL)


Thanks for the Tip, can't wait to try it some more. Vic

[Anonymous]

Wow Bruce, think my chin drops every time I look at your Mill!
Dang I like it! Have to check to see if they had any in Texas, if not then I will just have to put one on the list to do [:D]
Man that is GREAT!

[TheJoat]

I made a form from pink styrofoam, then placed cut stones in the form. I added some hardware cloth and poured Quikrete vinyl patch on top of it all.


There's a bit of cleanup to do afterwards:

[Anonymous]

Hi Bruce,
Superb, just superb. Did you build the mill around a timber frame or cement the stone to ply formers? Or did you build it like the real thing, one stone at a time?
Cheers,
Kim
[tup]

[Anonymous]

Really outstanding Mill work! I am humbled!

[jmozz]

that mill just blows me away every time i look at it i am lost for words jmozz

[TheJoat]

Thanks, guys! I used some stone that I got from Stoneworks and cut that to size. It's set in Quikrete Vinyl Cement Patcher.

The windows I built from scratch. It is surprising how easy it is to do them. I built a jig to help, of course. You can see more details on my home page: http://www.jbrr.com/

Here's a shot from the other side:

[Anonymous]

I would also like to know what you use for the walls and windows of your fantastic mill.

OLD DAD

[smcgill]

You had me fooled, I thought it was is the real thing!
Great job!

[Anonymous]

One word to describe the mill, AWSOME!!!!!!

[jmozz]

what are you using for the brick walls

[TheJoat]

Just finished my stone mill and finally got it working!



There's quite a few more pictures over on my web site.