STEP 4 ADDING DETAILS

I started the final phase of the build by spray-painting the Tichy Train Group door and window castings with Rust-Oleum Painter’s Touch 2X Flat Gray Primer (334017) ❶. I weathered the parts with the thinned FolkArt Raw Umber from the previous step.

Then I used canopy glue to attach .010" clear styrene to the back of each window. I sprayed the back of the styrene with Testor’s Dullcote to frost the material, preventing visitors from seeing that the building interior is empty.

The Downtown Deco kit includes printed paper signs; I used two of them. I attached them to .010" styrene with 3M Super 77 spray adhesive and put them on the building with canopy glue ❷.

I trimmed the supplied styrene to size for the roof on the main building and annex. Prior to installation, I spraypainted the styrene with Rust-Oleum Flat Gray Primer. After that had dried, I dusted the roof pieces with Tamiya Color for Plastics Rubber Black (TS-82).

I used a black paint marker to simulate seam sealant. Then, using a paintbrush, I applied FolkArt Pure Black (479) along the edges where the roof meets the walls ❸.

To make the model easier to work on, I didn’t attach the annex to the main building until after the painting and weathering were completed. I fashioned the wires included with the kit into downspouts that mask the seams between the two buildings ❹.

The kit includes five pieces of ⁄4" square styrene strip.

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After assembling the parts into a vent with Plastruct Bondene, I sprayed the styrene with Flat Gray Primer. After that dried, I spray-painted it with Tamiya Color for Aircraft Bare Metal Silver (AS-12) and weathered it with the same company’s Rubber Black ❺.

I attached the building to the layout with white glue. Then I supplemented Steven Otte’s scenery work with Hydrocal details from the kit, crates, static grass tufts, and a dog walking through the lot ❻.

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