Yorke´s Brick Store

[lucas gargoloff]

Hi gang, last week I started to build this funny kit in 0 scale. Is the Yorke´s #103 Brick Store.
I starterd with painting walls with a mix of Humbrol #70, red and yellow. Then with white acrylics paint all the surface, removing it inmediately with a rag, this way I did the mortar lines.
Yesterday painted doors and windows.
Still I don´t know what will it be as a commerce, but I´m thinking to name it as my grandfather´s busines many years ago, was called "La Famosa", a nice place I grew up with lots of remembers with my cousin, the building doesn´t look like as the one I said, but adding only the name it´s all said. It was a pizza bussines and a beer corner in a little town far from the big cities here, the town is Dolores (yes, like the DRGW town!!)
So, this is the progress.
Hope you enjoy.

[michael mott]

Hi Lucas, looks like you are off to a great start.
regards michael

[marc_reusser]

I agree...good start. Looking forward to your progress. I was a bit worried when you wrote you were using white for the mortar (usually that is pretty strong/bright)...but it looks like you are making it work.

Say...do you live near Plaza Matheu? 

If you follow Avenida de La Plata all the way to the end at the water...is that an old dock, or a sunken ship?

Marc

[lucas gargoloff]

Thank you guys! I used white and then with black india ink applied in lower parts.
Yes Marc, I live one block to Plaza Matheu. Was you seiing Google earth??
This docks are part of the port of La Plata, there is a shipyard near from it , and two cold-storage plants. It was a very popular zone by mid 40´s with full of inmigrants.

[marc_reusser]

Lucas...It's a long story filled with too much alchohol and wild women  ....

....yes, I used Google "Maps"...I saw the address on the package in the background of the photo....so, for the fun of it, I thought I would have a look...the only slightly confusing part was figuring out that you lived between 115th  and 116th Street/Ave.

Marc

[lucas gargoloff]

  Be careful, around Plaza Matheu are some kinds of "woMEN" LMAO 
Well guys, here is a prebuild to see how does it looks. Walls aren´t glue yet because I haven´t yet the MDF laser cut windows I design in CAD for the front. Will have it soon, I hope.
I have to work in weathering this brightness door. After glue all walls I will paint the building with a mate coat.
Cheers!

[lucas gargoloff]

hey guys! this is some progress at the Yorke´s building. I made the exterior floor with an epoxi daugh and the interior is color laser print in regular paper.
Will keep posting.
Cheers

[michael mott]

Looking good, I am interested in how you achieved the cracking in the concrete.

regards Michael

[lucas gargoloff]

Thanks Michael, as I said, it´s an epoxi daugh modeled with fingers. The cracking lines were did with an X-Acto knife, after seeing a couple of pics as reference. Now I´m painting with grey base colour and then will do a wash with black india ink, to give life to these cracking lines.

[PuckHog]

Looking good, Lucas.....Do you plan on adding interior?  Randy

[lucas gargoloff]

Thanks Randy!
Yes, I´m planning to add interior but not full detailed as I like, right for show something in it. It will be a local post office.

[lucas gargoloff]

More progress. The roof are corregated aluminium sheets trheated with ferric chloride for give this rusted effect. I airbrushe all the model with many colors as brown, black and white. Finnaly applied a mate coat for fix dust colours.
Cheers

[lab-dad]

Looking better each time!
take it outside and shoot some pictures, hard to see the detail in this light.
-Marty

[LLOYD]

Howdy  Lucas,

very nice weathering, and interesting way to paint the walls !

Sincerely!

Lloyd

[PuckHog]

Lucas,  I really enjoy watching your progress...please closeups on sidewalk and doors!....Thanks,  Randy