The most painful part! (Patreon)

My friends, the garage is progressing steadily and I've hit the most treacherous part of the process - the back side!

But let me just say at first how fun it was to make the crumbling stucco. As usual, I scribed the bricks and sealed them with Tamiya paint. I didn't add them to areas with intact stucco, just in places where I knew the bricks would be exposed. The stucco was made from white acrylic wood putty. This had to be done in multiple layers, letting each one to fully dry and sanding it for a smooth, even surface. This is very messy and produces a lot of dust! Then I marked the cracks with a pencil, as this allows you to make corrections. An old airbrush needle was then used to scribe the cracks.

If I wanted a nice, flat veneered back side, I had to figure out how to assemble both buildings. In the end, the shack and the garage are glued on a flat cork sheet, and the decorative wall in front of the garage is removable for painting. Lining everything up, gluing it precisely, and then shaving the excess veneer takes hours! And I'm not even finished yet.

The roof of the garage is also sweet. The shingles are cut from the kit box. Kit boxes are actually a great source of very good cardboard! For example, the cement ledges on top of the front wall are also cut from cardboard and textured with acrylic putty.

Anyway, as you see, now I have to finish the shingled roof and cut the remaining veneer. Something tells me that the large barn door will be much more fun than this!