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Best way to do concrete ?
WARDUKWNZ
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Posted: Monday, June 13, 2011 - 02:27 PM UTC
Need some help here from the masters of Armorama ..I got my hands on a Bachmann 0 scale signal bridge for a model railway for next to nothing and it got me thinking ..,,I'm going to use it as a crane for the removing of tank engines with some mods of course .
What i need help with is the base ..a big concrete slab .

Hows the best way to build one ..was thinking some MDF painted in the right sort of tone and then wash and stain it to get the best affect , any help here would be great
Cheers
Phill
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Posted: Monday, June 13, 2011 - 03:10 PM UTC
The most realistic way to do concrete is with plaster of Paric. Build a form and pour it just like concrete. Then paint a medium grey color and weather with some washes. It comes out looking really good.
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Posted: Monday, June 13, 2011 - 07:55 PM UTC
Cheers Gino ..that makes is so easy to ,,make it runny enough and it will level itself

Brilliant !
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Posted: Monday, June 13, 2011 - 10:47 PM UTC
In addition to Gino's assistance, you can tint the plaster during the mixing stage to save touch ups later.
Brad
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Posted: Monday, June 13, 2011 - 11:05 PM UTC
Cheers very much Brad ,,very nice idea ..that i will use to ..to when this is built the credit for the base will have to go to you and Gino i'm taking credit for the painting tho ..maybe thats not such a good idea
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Posted: Saturday, June 18, 2011 - 08:50 AM UTC
See my short tutorial about modelling concrete surface.

http://diorama.websnadno.cz/how_to_make_concrete_surface_on_your_model.pdf

V.
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Posted: Saturday, June 18, 2011 - 08:00 PM UTC
Hello Vladimir ,,Even tho i am not doing a building in concrete ( its a concrete pad for working on tanks ) thanks so much for that ,,I know i will be doing a concrete building at some point and thanks to you its going to look excellent

Thanks a heap mate

Phill
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