Gary Leone has an excellent article in a recent MR about how one can model stucco texture with a coating of spray glue. I was searching for a way to model the rough surface and sparkles(?) of asphalt shingles and tried spraying a light coat of spray glue over black card stock. it looks great.
Do you have any pictures?
Marlon
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Hi Jim:
Do you paint the glue to prevent things from sticking to it?
Dave
I'm just a dude with a bad back having a lot of fun with model trains, and finally building a layout!
I'll have to keep searching. I found Pelle's article in the Jan. 2018 issue on how he used spray glue for stucco, but he sprinkled fine sand over the glue.
Mike.
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It might have to be awfully fine sand: 1:1 scale stucco involves fine sand to give texture to the coat.
I would be tempted to use a light dusting of an appropriate colored metal powder for the asphalt-shingle effect: just a little of the powder in something like a photographer's blower-brush might be enough to produce a little sparkle in the right light.
You'd want a glue that dries non-hygroscopic, I think, but wouldn't a quick coat of Damar/Kamar varnish give the appropriate non-stick surface effect?
I always found spray glue to be sticky and messy. How do you control the mess?
Joe Staten Island West
OK, I found the article. Jim could've just said where it was, it's in the Dec.,2017 issue, pages 41-43.
He , Gary Leone, also has some stuff on MRVP, if your a subscriber to that, that's called "Off the Rails".
He just lets the glue dry for a few days, or as long as it takes, so it looses some it's sticky-ness. Even then, he warnes, it may be tacky to the touch.
I would like to see pictures of his roof.
I am using spray adhesive to glue microscope slide coverslips on the inside of my roundhouse windows. Normally I would have used contact cement for this, however, because I want to try and detail the inside I have painted the window frames on the inside and the glass would not stick to the painted frame. After checking out some online modeling sights I found out spray adhesive is the weapon of choice for glass on painted surfaces.
When using coverslips, it is a good idea to install the window frames first and then the glass, so to avoid spraying the walls along with the window frame, I cut out some of my leftover label paper to fit tightly around each frame and then I sprayed, set the glass and moved on to the next window.
As far as stucco goes, I think tile grout would work well for this application, just pick your colour or paint afterwards. I am thinking this may be a good method for a tar and gravel roof and will be experimenting.
I am really pleased with the performance and usefulness of spray adhesive and I think I will be using it more often down the road.
In the photo below you can see on the left the ridiculously thick piece of plastic Walthers gives you for the window glass. On the right are the Slide coverslips. They also look way better from the outside as well. At $.03 each, it is a cheap improvement to any model.
Brent
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