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Quote from: finescalerr on August 17, 2026, 11:13:37 AMI feel sorry for the horses. I'm sure they would have preferred to do other things. -- Russ

... the same for the blokes on the logs

Quote from: Lawrence@NZFinescale on August 20, 2026, 10:16:48 AMhttps://www.vms-supplies.com/vms-universal-weathering-carrier

An interesting Polish company. Basically specialise in weathering.  Their products form a system, but quite compatible with others as well.

Thanks for the tip, Lawrence!

I looked up VMS yesterday and thought their universal weathering carrier might be the must useful solvent I've ever encountered. It's yet another crucial modeling tip a lot of people will overlook. Thanks, Lawrence. -- Russ

Anyone who would prefer that thing to the model you are working on has terrible eyesight and BAD TASTE. -- Russ

Although this isn't your most impressive component, here's my comment and it applies to every post you've ever made: You are world class model builder. Your work is satisfactory. -- Russ

Not bad. -- Russ

Quote from: Hauk on August 20, 2026, 01:31:34 AMPardon my ignorance, but what is VMS?

https://www.vms-supplies.com/vms-universal-weathering-carrier

An interesting Polish company. Basically specialise in weathering.  Their products form a system, but quite compatible with others as well.

All the big companies do this sort of thing, although in many cases the plethora of products is just confusing. The VMS website is quite clear and the videos useful, if dry. Good service. Their products all work as advertised in my experience.

The staircase leads to a roof access hatch, providing access to the flat roof of the annex.








The sheet metal cladding for the roof hatch was made from annealed 0.1 mm copper foil...




...which I first tinned.




I marked out the fold lines using a scriber. Two sheets of different thicknesses, placed against the stop, yield the two required dimensions.






Soldering the individual parts while maintaining precise dimensions was a bit tricky; due to the materials involved (wood and Forex), I couldn't do it directly in place. Masking tape held the parts in position while I lifted and transferred them to the soldering surface.




Then the hinged flap was still missing; I soldered it together using parts from my (or was it Frithjof's?) scrap box.






While the inside screws are some plastic parts I used some thick glossy medium to imitate the outward screwheads of the carriage bolts (see first and third picture).




Cheers,
Volker

Gentlemen, please don't go overboard with the praise—it's just a little model building, after all!

After the new window frames had been burnished, pre-painted black, and painted green, I started to age them.

In the end, they might end up looking a little like the real thing

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This way, I'll have significantly less white paint left over from the kit!

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Over the years, the old kit had started to fall apart, with rust and dirt becoming visible.

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A frame sat on the windowsill, basking in the sun:

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The scaffolders will probably end up taking the blame for the broken window panes ;-)

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The Internet is also a murkier place. Soon after I had posted the pictures of "my" gun in some related FB sites, there appeared a new attempt to throw a similar product on the market quickly.
Unless you don't know the subject in detail, you can make oput, that this is a) of poor quality and b) that it looks more than a comic version!