OCDSpecial 0 Posted January 25, 2019 Share Posted January 25, 2019 Building 1/72 control tower based on US 8th Airforce Museum in Ohio (actual recreated RAF conrtol tower) - I am having issues determining how to create the pebble dash effect on the sheet styrene; Any thoughts? sand? Golden pumice gel? Link to post Share on other sites
s.e.charles 246 Posted January 25, 2019 Share Posted January 25, 2019 (edited) at that scale, something subtle might be best. sand might be too large unless it's "sharp sand", screened & graded. if you have the pumice gel, go for it. if you need to purchase something, I would lean towards Vallejo 'rough grey pumice #26213'. I don't know if bonding to styrene will be a problem. perhaps a coarse sanding & alcohol wipe will give you a head start towards good adhesion. if the finish is too rough, a skim of spackle wall patch can cover a multitude of sins. there are so many different texture mediums it will boil down to your brand & texture preference, the paint finish may also modify the texture in subtle ways. Edited January 25, 2019 by s.e.charles Link to post Share on other sites
Valenstitch 1,402 Posted January 25, 2019 Share Posted January 25, 2019 I have successfully used Mr Surfacer dissolved putty applied by stippling with an old brush cut down to about 5mm, stays workable for several minutes so it`s easy to mess about with, got to be worth a try! Granto Link to post Share on other sites
Paul821 2,036 Posted January 25, 2019 Share Posted January 25, 2019 51 minutes ago, s.e.charles said: at that scale, something subtle might be best. I would agree, rather than a 3d effect go for subtle shading and dappling with paint as in my view that would give a better look. We once had a pebble dashed house and the pebble dash was less than 4mm proud of the surface. If you scale that down to 1:76th scale you will see what you have to aim for. This is probably why, as far as I can see no one makes plastikard type products for pebbledash in any scale under 1/12th. By the way you might get more response to your question if you had posted it in a more applicable thread, such as diorama chat. Also why not introduce yourself in "New Members" https://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/forum/43-new-members/ again you might get a response there as many people seem to visit that thread to offer messages of welcome. Link to post Share on other sites
goggsy 1,098 Posted February 3, 2019 Share Posted February 3, 2019 What about glueing some fine grade sandpaper to the plastic with PVA? Link to post Share on other sites
Mancunian airman 3,032 Posted February 3, 2019 Share Posted February 3, 2019 Buildings of this kind were externally cement rendered so no need to go down the road of pebble-dash. I have done one or two of these buildings and the best effect you can achieve is simply to sand the external plasti-card with a sand paper. I will post a photo or two when I get home. Ian 1 Link to post Share on other sites
fightersweep 3,431 Posted February 4, 2019 Share Posted February 4, 2019 (edited) One or two buildings Ian? That's an understatement! OCDSpecial: Heed the learned gentleman's words above as he knows what he's talking about! Steve Edited February 4, 2019 by fightersweep 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Army_Air_Force 3,943 Posted February 5, 2019 Share Posted February 5, 2019 If you have an airbrush, I would probably just use several fine speckles of slightly different shades to create the impression of texture. Link to post Share on other sites
Mancunian airman 3,032 Posted February 5, 2019 Share Posted February 5, 2019 On 1/25/2019 at 2:16 AM, OCDSpecial said: Building 1/72 control tower based on US 8th Airforce Museum in Ohio (actual recreated RAF conrtol tower) - I am having issues determining how to create the pebble dash effect on the sheet styrene; Any thoughts? sand? Golden pumice gel? All these three buildings are externally rendered, plasti-card that has been rubbed down with sandpaper . . . Here is the real thing, again cement rendered . . . I hope this helps Ian 4 Link to post Share on other sites
bar side 4,906 Posted February 13, 2019 Share Posted February 13, 2019 They all look much the same. This is RAF Bury St Edmunds, an 8th airforce field but built to the same designs as RAF fields i built a 1/48 version but changed the greenhouse on the roof to a post war type. I built it with card and the paint is household emulsion mixed with black poster paint. Gives a good textured finish got to get around to doing the walkway hand rails soon 4 Link to post Share on other sites
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