I need some suggestions on how to paint/finish the roof on a Walthers American Millwork model. The roof is composed of panels, some smooth, some with a "pebbled" finish. I don't have any photos of the roof of similar real buildings so suggestions are helpful.
Thanks
DOC
PS The building is being lightly kitbashed into a Spagetti Warehouse and will have a lit detailed interior (more pix to come).
Picture of roof detail
Picture of loading dock and kitchen area
Co-owner of the proposed CT River Valley RR (HO scale) http://home.comcast.net/~docinct/CTRiverValleyRR/
the brick building looks lilke a roll tar paper roof but i haven't noticed those type of seams before. were it mine, i think black perhaps fading to grey with somewhat darker seams. it would also benefit from gutters and down spouts. the other roof is obviously a corrugated metal. a silvery galvanized surface when new with a bit of rust to similate age. a gutter over the steps and walk would look good. perhaps a bit of darker black flashing around the base of the chimneys and vents.
grizlump
I've done a few roofs using Rustoleum black speckled paint. This dries with a rough, sandpaper-like finish, and has just enough off-black speckling that it looks like roofing material. It can be "aged" with Dul-Cote, and I like to give it more wear and tear with weathering powders.
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As the roof is still removable haven't put in the downspouts. There actually are gutters, but they are in a Testors Steel color and hard to distinquish. Still have to do a black wash on things. Will backtrack on flashing (either black or silver - lot of that here in CT).
This is almost identical to the roof they use on the two stall engine house I just built. I modeled mine as a type of rolled tar paper. I sprayed the whole roof with a flat black primer. After two good coats I took an oily black paint and brushed it along the vertical seems and along the uneaven brakes in the paper to represent the tar adhesive. Afterwards I weathered with some alcohol wash(dark) and then followed up with white or light grey chalk brushed to simulate water and sun weathering
I started a dark wash on part of the roof to see what it looks like. Won't be as dark but has a uneven weathered look. I may do some of the smooth panels in steel with weathering to simulate some repairs.
Thanks for the input.
PS
I believe the basic model is used for an engine house.
I'd spray paint the roof with dark gray auto primer in a rattle can. Any auto parts store carries it. It dries dead flat and just the right color for tar paper. You could proceed to jazz it up with some gloss black highlights to simulate recent repairs with hot tar.
David Starr www.newsnorthwoods.blogspot.com
Gee - this part,on the right, looks like standing seam roofing, which is metal If It is, I'm wondering why the curvy edges on the panels (horiz. wavy lines - they would be straight, usually.) Roofs are often painted, and get thickly coated; sometimes with aluminum paint over tar, or black paint, which often seems to alligator. I also see it around here in green, oxide red, and across the road, prussian blue! Looks like a neat project!
McWho2Gee - this part,on the right, looks like standing seam roofing, which is metal If It is, I'm wondering why the curvy edges on the panels (horiz. wavy lines - they would be straight, usually.) Roofs are often painted, and get thickly coated; sometimes with aluminum paint over tar, or black paint, which often seems to alligator. I also see it around here in green, oxide red, and across the road, prussian blue! Looks like a neat project!
I agree with McWho2 regarding the standing seam metal roofing and the horizontal, wavy joints (they make no sense at all). Roll roofing of asphaltic sheet would be laid horizontally, not vertically, in normal practice. Flashing used with metal roofing-both corrugated and standing seam-should be metal also unless, of course, it has been "repaired" with good old flashing cement! If painted, the roofing can be any color, as McWho2 has stated. If left in its natural state (probably galvanized sheet for economy), it will turn from silvery to a medium to dark gray with the touches of rust previously mentioned.
Dante