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  • Member since
    January 2012
Posted by KindKiwi436 on Monday, January 9, 2012 8:45 PM

Alrighty. Finally, how about scale? I read somewhere that each story on a multilevel building should be a bit shorter. Is that recommended?

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    February 2011
  • From: Ontario, Canada
Posted by gunner_chris on Monday, January 9, 2012 3:19 PM

As for windows you can use transparency paper (for overhead projectors), clear plastic that comes in almost all packaging or (I haven't tried this yet) using Krystal Klear apparently you can make widows with it.

Someone else might have more advice about using it.

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    March 2008
  • From: The Bluegrass State
Posted by EasyMike on Monday, January 9, 2012 11:28 AM

Spackling compound is cheap.  It can serve as stucco.

Smile

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    April 2010
  • From: Somewhere in MN
Posted by El Taino on Monday, January 9, 2012 8:53 AM

What Don is suggesting is a good idea. However, that comes already made. Check the artist section at Michaels and look for this:

I have used it, it is a sandy gritty paste.

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    January 2009
  • From: San Antonio
Posted by paintsniffer on Monday, January 9, 2012 8:42 AM

There is some stuff in the paint section at home depot called spray on wall texture. It is not cheap, it comes in a can like a whipped cream can, and It is designed for texturing repaired areas in textured walls. You could give that a try. It would be insanely expensive to use on a 1:1 scale building, but for modeling purposes the cost will likely not be any more insane than most of our other materials.

Excuse me.. Is that an Uzi?

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    November 2009
  • From: Twin Cities of Minnesota
Posted by Don Stauffer on Monday, January 9, 2012 8:29 AM

There used to be a substance one used to add to paint to create "texture" paint.  The texture paint craze seems to have passed, though and I don't see it  any more (I have some left if I ever need it).  It seemed like sand, so maybe just adding a clean sand to paint would work.  Or, could you add it to a thin plaster?

Don Stauffer in Minnesota

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    January 2012
Buildings
Posted by KindKiwi436 on Sunday, January 8, 2012 9:17 PM

Just wondering, what do people use for stucco, and windows? Also, for second floors how do u make the ceiling for the floor below?

I need to know for my diorama.

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