Episode 146 20 How To Paint Brickwork And Create Mortar For Model Buildings

G`day Folks,
Here we have a basic method that will yield a good result on your brick buildings.
It very much requires you to practice the techniques I will show you in order to become proficient in the method and thereby have confidence in the result you will get.
Enjoy the video
Cheers Gormo

[@bruceritchie3874]

Nice job, I’m gonna try your method in next scale but will use acrylic paints in combo with the chalks. Thanks for a great video

[@georgiasunbelt]

Great techniques and information you shared...I’m gonna try this... I know this is a year old but I’m just seeing this...new subscriber....Anthony

[@user-ty6wj8bq2m]

That is REALLY amazing! You take a cartoonish looking brick factory wall, and turn it into an authentic looking grimy industrial factory wall! It looks really good when you are done. You have inspired me to fiddle around and see how close I can get to that look. Thanks for showing us every step as you achieve this!

[@greatchesterfordjunction]

Wow, thank you!

[@brianwebster4858]

Great clinic best ive seen on weathering brickwork..Cheers ...Brian U.K. American HO modeller

[@siddywiddyb]

Best technique i have seen! Thank you so much!

[@Weesel71]

Interesting techniques. Definitely going into my mental tool kit. I like the use of caulk for the white base.

[@sidoftheid496]

Hello Gormo, So glad that you are keeping well during these difficult times. Those walls looked so real when you had finished and so much better than the basic plastic ones. You made it all look so easy especially when I think of the times that I used to spend painting the lines of brickwork in. Brilliant video. Keep up the great work and stay safe.

[@greatchesterfordjunction]

G`day Sid, Yes myself and the family are all safe so far and fingers crossed. Yes the walls came up rather well compared to the Orange colour we started with LOL. The pastels make the difference adding that realistic texture Hope you and your family are all safe and well. All the best Gormo

[@wolfpack4694]

That looks great! I like ur technique!

[@Kettenhund31]

Hi Gormo. Thanks for this video... I use a similar method but do the mortar with household emulsion paint. I scour the local DIY Stores for obsolete 'matchpots' (the little sample pots of paint that they sell for home colour trials) they cost pennies and have a lot of uses for senic work. The methods and results are much the same. HOWEVER... I've never tried using pastels for weathering afterwards -- which I am going to do in future!!! Once again thank you for this one... All the best Ken.

[@greatchesterfordjunction]

G`day Ken, Yes I have some of those paint pots too......good value. I get them from Bunnings here in Oz. The pastels take the project to a new level and add a more realistic texture in my opinion. They are chalk ( NOT OIL ) pastels and reasonably cheap from your $2 store. Practice with them first......small amounts at first and get the feel of how they work. Good luck with it and stay safe. Cheers Gormo

[@Sandlingjunction]

HI Gormo, great insight, enjoyed the process, cheers Paul at Sandling Junction

[@greatchesterfordjunction]

G`day Paul, Thanks for your comments and I`m glad you enjoyed the video. Stay safe Cheers Gormo

[@rhiwderinraytube]

A tip for painting buildings brickwork - the bottom (scale) foot of so of a building is generally darker than the rest because of dirt splashed up from the ground. The lightest brickwork is at the top under the gutters and eaves. The rest is an in-between shade. You can also do vertical dark stains to simulate water runs down the building and the roof tiles. Window sills are also darker because they are horizontal and retain dirty rainwater longest. Hope this helps!

[@greatchesterfordjunction]

G`day Ray, Thanks for the tips. Most helpful as always. Hope all is OK your end......stay safe Cheers Gormo

[@garethmullins886]

G' day Gormo. Wow, the result is fantastic. In my line of work going to old warehouse's repairing fork trucks, this is it to a tee. Over here in the North West of England there are so many buildings with sweating walls, cracks, broken drain pipes and the like Brilliant, resourceful as always. Cheers Gareth

[@greatchesterfordjunction]

G`day Gareth, Thanks for your comments. It`s nice to know I got it right.....LOL Cheers Gormo

[@lesbird2074]

I'm about to construct a brick base to support a high level station building. This video couldn't have been better timed. I now know how to get the best effect. Thanks very much

[@greatchesterfordjunction]

G`day Les, I`m glad I`ve managed to time that video just right for you...LOL. Yes practice first though and get your hand in with the method and you`ll be fine. Stay safe Cheers Gormo

[@peterbradford5987]

Brilliant. Thanks.

[@greatchesterfordjunction]

G`day Peter, Thanks for your comment Stay safe Cheers Gormo

[@pebblesthecat3625]

*Gormo* If you go to this channel, and watch these 3 videos, you will get some brilliant ideas on how to make stuff for the railway in some unexpected ways. I found the channel purely by accident and the person who makes the items is pure genius, and has even made little tools to help make stuff - it's amazing ! The channel is called : HMS2 And some really inventive methods are shown in these particular videos : Make green tea bottle Make Japanese tea cup DIY fake food, Miniature mango mouse. I don't suggest you watch them for the items made, but for the process she uses to make them, such as a heated plastic mould maker, using a tea light, 4 bull dog clips and 2 pieces of hollowed out MDF. A lot of the videos are of no use for railway modeling, but some will put a lightbulb on in your head.

[@greatchesterfordjunction]

G`day Pebbles, Thanks for the tip......certainly sounds well worth a look. I have just subscribed to the channel so I won`t lose track of it. Will have a look in detail soon and see what happens. Stay safe Cheers Gormo

[@patji123]

No more gaps looks like what we call caulk on this side if the pond.

[@alanhill769]

I like it. I just watched a guy do the same thing with toothpaste. I prefer your technique by far. Thank you.

[@greatchesterfordjunction]

You`re welcome

[@TATICMOOR]

Gormo, thanks for that. Yeah, the Pastels add their charm as they dust over wet painted areas. To form what looks like crumbling masonry with the particles of fine powder getting trapped on the walling etc.

[@greatchesterfordjunction]

G`day John, Thanks for your comments Stay safe Cheers Gormo

[@garydoc]

¡Hola buenas tardes Gormo - actually, buenos días now for you I’m guessing! As one of my other KZbin peers, Paul Apps, has recently commented, a really great insight to a method of colouring and weathering. With my hillside tunnel portals to build, using plasticard, I have been researching my trusted sites for ideas and inspiration. As ever, you’ve proved a method works and, looks fantastic. Pre-build practice will definitely be the order of the day. Having recently come into a whole heap of rather older and, let’s say, basically painted old railway buildings, I’ll set to and experiment. I assume weathering powders and pastels are very much of a common and, interchangeable, weathering medium? Glad you’re all keeping well, down-under and, look forward to your next channel offering. Un Salud. Gary

[@greatchesterfordjunction]

G`day Gary, I hope you`re OK over there in Spain. You guys have copped it a lot worse than we have here in Oz.........stay safe. Thanks for your comments on the method. Yes practice, practice, practice is the best way to go before you start working on your good models. I may be wrong, but weathering powders are very similar to chalk pastels. If you scrape the side of a chalk pastel with a blade, it comes off as powder and pretty much works and looks the same as a weathering powder. Are the two one and the same..?????.....who knows Gary....it`s a mystery ??????.....LOL Have fun with your brickwork. Cheers Gormo

[@antman5474]

I'm putting together a laser cut plywood station building and have some off cuts to practice on. The laser etched mortar grooves are about 0.1mm so I've got my work cut out (no pun intended) but you're demo really helped. Thanks!

[@greatchesterfordjunction]

Glad to have been of some help to you Ant Man. Practice is essential before committing to your station and I hope you get a good result. Cheers Gormo

[@vincenthuying98]

Great mortar method dear Gormo. Am wondering if the small silicone spatulas I once used to do the caulking joints at the inside corners of the bathroom will provide an even easier way to wipe off the ‘fill the gaps sheen.’ Anyhow, am assuming the fill the gaps product is an acrylic based caulk. People shouldn’t try this with silicone caulk. Silicone covers the surface with a thin film, which grabs on all the microscopic indentations. Because silicone caulk can’t be painted over, it is indeed not the way to go. Very much like the brick work you produced. Looking really great with the different toned bands and the filled mortar lines, plus the pronounced brick lines shading the wall even further. Definitely will try the caulk method on my next project! Thanks 🙏 for sharing.

[@greatchesterfordjunction]

Thanks Vincent, Yes the product I use is acrylic.......no silicone used here at all. Cheers Gormo

[@anthonybradford1041]

great video I use arcelics they work out a lot a lot cheper than tins of paint and don't go off & go a a long way to water baste bunrt umber bunrt seana a touch of green a touch of yellow creem red & blacke dry bruse Anthony

[@greatchesterfordjunction]

G`day Anthony, Yes I like using acrylics too and have done successfully on other projects. Thanks for your tips. Stay safe Cheers Gormo

[@pat2633]

Hi Gormo thanks for the vid which i just came across my question is what is the stuff you are using is it like a caulk or spackle or joint compound here in the states we most likely have the same type of product with a different name thanks Pat

[@greatchesterfordjunction]

G`day Pat, Technically the product would be known as caulking. It`s a flexible water based product known here as "No More Gaps ". It`s the same product you might used to seal a gap in a wall or around a window or in your bathroom. Hope this helps Cheers Gormo

[@willbricksproductions]

Do you have any links to buy this product? also what brand and shade of arylice color is that.

[@greatchesterfordjunction]

It comes under the general banner of caulking as used for tiles. Your local hardware should have something. The paints were Humbrol enamel paints available from your hobby shop....colour is up to you Cheers Gormo

[@mannbrand]

Hello, the first one you do the process, is it a Pola kit?

[@greatchesterfordjunction]

G`day Not sure what it is as it came from a box of bits and pieces that was given to me. Cheers Gormo

[@peaks4719]

Another great channel just subbed Sam from Peaks 47?

[@greatchesterfordjunction]

G`day Sam, Welcome aboard Cheers Gormo

[@peaks4719]

Great Chesterford Junction Model Railway brill you came up in my recommendations which is ideal for both of us

[@pauljames9626]

Hi Gormo. I've never been a fan of plastic brick kits / sheets for OO scale since I've always felt they look a little toy like - especially when you have excellent, printed brick textures from people like Scalescenes, but this looks very convincing. I'm not familiar with the product you use for the mortar (I don't think it's sold in Blighty) - is it more like a "Plaster" type tile grout as opposed to a silicon based sealer? Another great video nonetheless. Stay safe, Gormo.

[@steveyates2091]

I have just googled it mate ...it is I think what we would call Decorators Caulk ...99p at screwfix www.screwfix.com/p/no-nonsense-decorators-caulk-white-310ml/57568

[@pauljames9626]

Thanks Steve. I'll get hold of some once the lockdown ends. Stay well.

[@greatchesterfordjunction]

G`day Paul, You could use caulking or joint sealer.....should work just as well. Stay safe Cheers Gormo

[@toni-si2np]

Is it necessary to cover the final chalk pastel with any sort of sealer?...Toni

[@greatchesterfordjunction]

G`day Toni, I have never done it myself and it has not shown any signs of degradation. However if you wish to seal it, I would use a Matt Spray sealer specifically for pastels. I believe Hairspray would work as well but may give a more glossy finish. It`s up to you, but I would leave it unsealed and see what you think. Cheers Gormo

[@toni-si2np]

@@greatchesterfordjunction Thanks Gormo Received a 3D printer for fathers day so your video is becoming even more relevant Cheers Toni

[@JohnDoe-dx6ix]

Where can one get the Selley no more gaps?

[@greatchesterfordjunction]

G'day You can get it from hardware stores in Australia Cheers Gormo