Reconditioning the Metcalfe Corner Shop
Posted: Wed Oct 31, 2018 2:24 am
Elsewhere I mentioned my reservations about Metcalfe and the need to correct some of the things that detract from the finished appearance of their kits. At the time I mentioned that I was working on correcting the Corner Shop model. I did this last week but forgot to post the results. I admit that it isn't perfect but I think it does look better.
First I removed the provided roof which was a fiddly job as I didn't want to tear the walls. This also removed those over scale dormer windows at the front. I suspect that whoever lived up there was one of Snow White's little friends. I attached some sections of Evergreen square section to the walls with CA so that I had a firm anchor for gluing on Wills slate sections with which I replaced the kit supplied roof and painted the new roof in darkish slate colour and weathered it with my brown/black acrylic wash. I then used various Evergreen sections to add fascia boards, guttering, down pipes and barge boards as well as a simple ridge cap and finials.
I filled the seams at the corners with a local brand of poly filler which bonds well with card and sanded it down with fine paper and then painted it. To cover the seams at the rear of the build where the walls of the courtyard meet the main building I pasted on some advertising signs. I'm still considering ways to fill those sorts of seams without destroying the printed brick detail - as you might see from the seams on the chimneys. I then used some smoke coloured pigment to gently darken the surface to cut back on the rather strong pink shade of the printed brick. I also added a few more advertising signs.
First I removed the provided roof which was a fiddly job as I didn't want to tear the walls. This also removed those over scale dormer windows at the front. I suspect that whoever lived up there was one of Snow White's little friends. I attached some sections of Evergreen square section to the walls with CA so that I had a firm anchor for gluing on Wills slate sections with which I replaced the kit supplied roof and painted the new roof in darkish slate colour and weathered it with my brown/black acrylic wash. I then used various Evergreen sections to add fascia boards, guttering, down pipes and barge boards as well as a simple ridge cap and finials.
I filled the seams at the corners with a local brand of poly filler which bonds well with card and sanded it down with fine paper and then painted it. To cover the seams at the rear of the build where the walls of the courtyard meet the main building I pasted on some advertising signs. I'm still considering ways to fill those sorts of seams without destroying the printed brick detail - as you might see from the seams on the chimneys. I then used some smoke coloured pigment to gently darken the surface to cut back on the rather strong pink shade of the printed brick. I also added a few more advertising signs.