The Playland Penny Arcade

[nk]

Ken that looks fantastic. Nice going on the tarmac sealant and the patches. I have not thought about a chad since the 2000 election, so its good to see thay have a purpose other than feeding a 24 hour news cycle.

[michael mott]

Ken thanks for the info nice work.

Michael

[Ken Hamilton]

The side wall of the Arcade building was originally going to be stucco,
but you know how that goes......
Here's the basic brick wall - 1/2" scale dollhouse brick sheet with sand/paint mortar:



And here's the first floor ghost wall:



This is basically what it will look like attached to the Arcade. 
Still lots more work to do:



Here's a close-up.  I used crackle paint for some visual interest:

[TRAINS1941]

Excellent work Ken.

Jerry

[Ray Dunakin]

Nice effect!

[Malachi Constant]

I'm getting tired of looking here and going "ooh" and "ah" ... why don't you just do something boring for a change?  

Meanwhile, "digging" the modern archeology on this one ... layers & layers of old artifacts ... cool stuff. -- Dallas

[EZnKY]

Good eye for the details Ken!

[nk]

That wall is just like a color-field painting. Beautiful work Ken. I like the ghost of the tread as it protrudes from the riser. Keep it coming.

[lab-dad]

Looks great!
May be some old lag bolts and or holes where the stair tread was attached?
-marty

[SandiaPaul]

Namesake?

Scroll down a bit...

http://www.openthinkinc.com/tatra/

Not sure the car would fit in, or maybe it would!

best,

Paul

[Ken Hamilton]

Work continues on the facade of the Arcade building:



The glass block windows were an experiment.  I made strip styrene grids and
filled the squares with "Liquid Nails":



Not precise, but I think they get the point across.

[finescalerr]

Clever idea. I like it. -- Russ

[Gordon Ferguson]

Great work Ken, and the colour choice is spot on !

That is a really useful tip on the glass blocks , filed away for the
future that one.

Slipping into rivet counting mode here, sorry, would suggest that where the tiles on the facade have slipped/fallen off that you increase the old cement blobs from 4 to 5 .... adding one in the centre of each tile position would reflect more accurately how they are usually applied.(Maybe a lighter grey/almost white   colour to?)

Love the side wall and all the old/ghosted detail... very clever

[TRAINS1941]

Ken

Great idea on the glass blocks.  The building is really coming together.  Nice color scheme.

Jerry

[Ken Hamilton]

Slipping into rivet counting mode here, sorry, would suggest that where the tiles on the facade have slipped/fallen off that you increase the old cement blobs from 4 to 5 .... adding one in the centre of each tile position would reflect more accurately how they are usually applied.(Maybe a lighter grey/almost white   colour to?)

....that's doable.....
Thanks for the suggestion.