Building "Ten Cent City"...recreating 1950's little houses

Post by **Howard** » Wed Feb 26, 2020 4:44 pm

maria wrote:I love it in green!

Just wait until you see the other colors of bricks Paul has made available!

Howard

Post by **Jeanne** » Thu Feb 27, 2020 12:03 am

I love this green and white. My old school colors. I may just have to make this one. Thank you Howard.

Iris · Post by **Iris** » Fri Feb 28, 2020 7:15 am

I love the stone! It looks amazing.

Post by **Howard** » Fri Mar 06, 2020 11:37 pm

update...3-6-2020...

greetings to all...

here is the "ten cent city" red brick printie...house three in the series of printies...go here for the graphics for the red bricks...
https://bigindoortrains.com/indoor_reso ... _gauge.pdf
the pattern for the house is in the PDF below...stay tuned...there are more brick printies to come...

howard...

Post by **Jeanne** » Tue Mar 10, 2020 7:55 am

It's another cutie Howard. I have the first one almost finished...have to get back to it and get er' done!
Thank you Howard for all your sharing and encouraging us to keep on building. I do have to ask...how do you get such a smooth finish on the sand??

I'm getting a distinct dislike for the stuff...I'm having a heck of a time with it...and...no matter how hard I try to contain it, I always have a gritty work surface.

Post by **Howard** » Fri Mar 13, 2020 6:51 pm

Jeanne wrote:It's another cutie Howard. I have the first one almost finished...have to get back to it and get er' done!
Thank you Howard for all your sharing and encouraging us to keep on building. I do have to ask...how do you get such a smooth finish on the sand?? I'm getting a distinct dislike for the stuff...I'm having a heck of a time with it...and...no matter how hard I try to contain it, I always have a gritty work surface.

Oh, you’re not the only one who has...and still have...issues with the outcome of sand application...I get less than perfect results...so do fret too much...

I’ve used various grits of sand...and found I get better results with fine grit sand vs large grit sand...I only apply to one surface at a time...I personally like Elmer's Glue All white glue thinned only a tiny amount of water...I know some forum members use Modge Podge (spelling?) instead of white glue...but I haven’t tried it myself....

Howard

Post by **Lynn** » Fri Mar 13, 2020 7:12 pm

Hi, i have tried the modge podge and i found it to really help.

Sorry i forgot who gave us this tip....

Post by **Jeanne** » Fri Mar 13, 2020 7:51 pm

As for the sand..I just bought a finer grit and it is working better Howard, and Lucy I have been using the Mod Podge but I'm going to try the Elmer's Glue All next for comparison.

And....here is the flagstone without the base or tree. I could not get good lighting in the house so I took the picture outside...

Jeanne

Post by **Jeanne** » Fri Mar 13, 2020 7:54 pm

AND...the Green Brickie. I had a problem with the printing, for some reason it printed in two alternating colors of green. Gave it a different look than Howard's.

Post by **Jeanne** » Fri Mar 13, 2020 8:00 pm

I also ran into problems with the red brick in printing. I don't think this is the same file that Howard used. I may have tried to print a brick pattern from another file. Well anyway....it's done, except for the base as usual. I am not in love with this one, I may try to make a new one with a different Brick pattern where the mortar is whiter and the bricks are smaller.

In my defense it was late....