Acme Bakery

[Steve]

I finally got outside to paint with the airbrush, but I probably should have waited for a warmer day. The wire I used for the conduit started popping off in a few places the longer I stayed out there. Luckily, after I got the model back into the relative warmth of my basement, the wire became taut again.

This first pic shows the paint job after the salt was removed:


I think it worked well, but I should have used more salt. Having envisioned a more beat up finish, I wound up stippling on some brick colored paint with a 1" brush.


Here is where I left off today. I painted the blue along the bottom, and added the Acme logo. I had intended to shrink the picture to-size and make a stencil, but the cuts were way too small for me to do a good job with. In the end, I just cut the logo out, sanded the backside to make it as thin as possible, and glued it on. I will get closer pics as I finish this up:


I think it is capturing the spirit of the original.
Next I will get the windows glazed and the vents finished. Still have to do the doors and roof as well....