Thanks much Tom! I was happy with how it panned out.
Outstanding job with the stucco Ken. What did you use for it? It’s a very nice touch with the stones showing through and the cracks. As expected from you excellent weathering. How were you able to cut the resin so smoothly?
What a great take on this classic kit. I look forward as always to following your build. That stucco looks great.
Hey Curt, appreciate the kind words my friend! The “stucco” was made from dental plaster and mixed a bit thin so tapping on the sides of the casting caused the surface to self level and smooth out nicely. I cut the resin casting with a fine toothed Zona saw.
Nice hearing from you Joel. Appreciate the thumbs up from you for sure.
Lordie, lordie! Home run, dude! Down hill from here!
Reminds me of the Alamo. Way cool Ken.
Thanks much Al!, Finishing that front wall was the main hurdle for sure.
Hey Travis, maybe I went too far down the southwest rabbit hole? lol. Thanks buddy!
Only you could pull this off!! Oustanding so far.
Jerry
Hey my friend, nice hearing from! Don’t know about that Jerry, but haven’t seen one posted that was done quite like this that’s for sure. Appreciate ya!
Moving on to the all important wood color, texture, and detailing. As stated, the goal for the wood color is a yellowish/red or maybe orange color indicative of many desert southwest structures from the late 19th and early 20th centuries. First order of business is to grain the strip wood…
Done…
Next is to give the wood a golden color tone. This is accomplished with a wash of brown AI…
Done…
Followed when dry by a wash of black AI…this will tone down the golden color and give it some age.
Done…
This is followed by a careful detailing of each individual board and battens. Damage, rot, knot holes, etc. are applied to each board. The following image gives an in progress shot with a few knot holes, butted board ends, color tone variation, etc.
The following is an image of one completed wall with the battens…
Shot is a bit dark but you get the idea of the color tones I was after. I’m happy with the result as it does have that desert southwest look that I have been harping on!
Great job on the coloring Ken. I grew up in the Southwest and that looks like what the older wooden buildings look like.
Hey thanks Curt! Nice to have your support with first hand knowledge of the prototypical look.
Mom named me Gerard!! Otherwise it’s Jerry!!
Your work is really going beyond the outside of the box!! 
You have the talent wonderful to see you using and sharing it.
Jerry
Appreciate the kind note here Jerry! When I get a note like this it just makes my day.
Late to the party…distracted as usual…but I like where you are going with this…a fairly substantion change…but it looks great.
Thanks Art!
Here are a couple shots of the interior finish for the main structure.
And the original look of the interior boards for comparison as shown below.
Walls look great Ken! Has that “Karns Grunge” look. The boards at the bottom of the wall are nicely weathered, and I’m impressed by how precise your interior support structure beam joints are. Great job!
I dont know…they look pretty ‘grungy’ to me…well done, Ken
terry
Great coloring and precise cuts Ken.