I've got the house about 90% done and have started to fill in the ground work. 1 problem I'm having is on the color of the stonewall..not sure on the color..Help please! I do intend to put grass, weeds etc. between the stone joints. I'm just not sure on what color for the stones themselves. Hope Y'all like the progress. Fire away!

stone colors vary a lot from place to place John and all I can suggest is to look around at the area in which you live and take note of the differences in stone colors. Then do your best to replicate them.

Is the house to be a deserted ruin or a lived in dwelling?

looks good so far mate

Hi Roo, The house will be lived in..still have curtains and doors to put up. As far as stones, if it ever stops snowing and raining here Ill have a look!

It is coming along nicely. May I suggest drilling some small "nail" holes in the fence boards. You may want to use a burnt umber or black wash on the fence to give a more distressed look. Weathering it will bring out a more realistic appearence to the fence. I also think that the shingles on the roof might look a little better if they were a tad darker so there was more of a contrast with the color of the house itself. The construction of everthing is very clean and well built. Try to find some photos of an old farm house and look at the way the finish is weathered and try to duplicate it. I think that if you make the stones differet shades of dark to light greys and if there is cement between the rocks then I would suggest a light grey for that. I hope that you will not take offense to my suggestions. I think that you are doing a fantastic job in the building of this dio and I like the subject you have chosen. Cheers

First off the whole idea of RRB is for ideas and critisism. No offense taken. Second: thankyou for the comments and all ideas given. They are always used. Besides..thats why I posted here!

Hey - ditto above on nail holes - you can even use some really small wire and have a couple sticking out and bent maybe rusting.
Rocks - i'd go various shades of gray to light gray to almost a grayish tannish yellowie color (hows that for techie color speak)?? The mortar would be a light baige color.
Add a number of different washes to the whole thing. Being a low wall next to a road it will get a lot of dirt kicked up on it.
One thing I see on the left of the house where the garage meets the 2nd floor - there will be a good amount of 'dirtying' going on in that joint.
IMHO the bricks are a bit to monotone. I would add a little more variation in color.

I like the house was it scratch built? Sorry if this was asked and answered.

To age the Wood Try Weather it

It's 6.95 @ Micromark. You could try some HO scale RailRoad Spikes for Nails too.

I have heard that day old black coffee is good to use on wood. Any truth to that one?

I've heard that too......But I don't drink Coffer so I use the Weather it.......

Coffee is a bit dependant on how well the wood will soak up pigment. The grounds are better than the liquid. Take day old grounds and eye dropper water in a bit until you get a 'slurry' then dip a brush in and use the watery stuff as your pigment. The grounds have more color concentration in them.

Slodder, The house is by Verlinden, next one Im going to scratch build, I took your advice and added more color to the brick. Thanks!

Nice dio!
the layout is great!
what do you want to add? tanks, vehicles or figures?
cheers