Since completing the station building the last few months have not been the most productive due to a combination of external factors and general frustration at not getting the tenement project moving to my liking. The windows were the real sticking point, I had wanted to use my tried and tested method of building the frames up using microstrip but the amount of windows just became daunting so I experimented with card, initially not a success but I have managed to get something reasonable now. I then had what initially looked like a disaster when I did something I had not done before and followed the general card and brick paper instruction to give the brick paper a spray coat of matt varnish.
Don't know if it was the cold in the loft but the matt varnish dried white and initially I thought I would have to start again, but giving it a second look I thought, "well it is the grotty run-down" look I am looking for so I am going to push on and try and weather over the top of that and see what happens.
The bits painted matt black are now cut out and recessed as this is where the bay windows go, (another headache), these are the bits that gave be the most grief on the station build so I need to have a think how to approach them so that they do not warp.
The general view shows that apart from the bare patch to the right of the shop and the bit that has pooled at the bottom right the general appearance is not bad, these can be rectified so onwards and upwards, at least I am getting something done!!
Jim