Linka Railway Models

My first Linka Church.

The church took longer to  make than my previous buildings, mainly because of the steeple, As I do not have a mould. So I compromised by making a cardboard template , layed it onto the moulded roof piece drew around it and cut 4 pieces the same.I glued them together and used Milliput superfine to fill the edges, making ridges.

Milliput Superfine was also use to make the window shapes, downpipes & hopper heads and the little cross. I had to use an acrylic paint ( deco paint from Aldi ) to paint the Milliput.
I still like to paint my buildings with watercolour paints , caution : whilst wet it can weaken the joints if too much water is used.I don't believe the expert model builders would approve of my technique.
 
I am open to suggestions on what to use for the final protection coating , ie Varnish? , at the moment I use a water-soluable varnish called Sculpey Satin Glaze.

A roughly painted church , with dark & light area's, hopefully gives it a UN-uniformed look.

I remember some churches have a wisteria against the wall, this was made by using the dried stalks from my Astilbee bushes, coat with PVA wood glue and dipped in Flower Soft, which comes in many colours, and small pots go a long way.

 

 

 

The window inserts, which are passable, were images from the web that I made smaller on my photo imager program, printed and laminated, stuck inside using Pin flair Glue Gel. I have these things already at hand because I make Cards and Dollshouse miniatures.

 

Below is an example of using the flower soft. Notice the wall, which I made from collecting tiny stones and gravel from the garden, sift them through to get the smallest of pieces and glue together with pva glue allowing each layer to dry before applying more height to the wall

 

 

 

The main thing is To Have Fun making your models and improvise with what you have around the house and in the garden.