07-24-2009, 01:40 PM
Thanks Pete. I did as you suggested, then applied some dull cote. I don't think it looks much different in the photos, but I assure you it does in person. I've applied some ground cover around the basement walls of the office bldg., and have given some thought to the construction of the main floors. I ordered windows from Tichy (the bldg will use 96 windows!)
Rather than use the masonite base you've seen in the pictures, which was just a mock up, but I had considered using to attach the walls to, I think I will use 1/8" styrene in 1" width to glue the bottoms of the individual walls to (once they are complete with windows and doors) The 1/8" styrene can then be fastened to the plywood basement walls to get a close to perfect vertical alignment between the two wall sections. Other strips of the 1/8" material can join the individual walls together and provide strength, kind of a lattice work base. No need to have a solid base.
I hadn't decided what to do with the front wall of the office, I wanted it fancier than the brick on the other walls. What are anyones and everyones thought on the use of "sidewalk" material? I have used this in the past for a bldg to simulate marble, see pic. Can I feasibly use it and paint it to simulate granite for the office front? There are a couple reasons this would be nice: 1) I have it on hand 2) The squares are 1/2", the windows I am using are basically 1/2" wide (actually .495) It will be easy to cut the window openings out and keep them square (14 windows along the front wall, 2 floors)
Rather than use the masonite base you've seen in the pictures, which was just a mock up, but I had considered using to attach the walls to, I think I will use 1/8" styrene in 1" width to glue the bottoms of the individual walls to (once they are complete with windows and doors) The 1/8" styrene can then be fastened to the plywood basement walls to get a close to perfect vertical alignment between the two wall sections. Other strips of the 1/8" material can join the individual walls together and provide strength, kind of a lattice work base. No need to have a solid base.
I hadn't decided what to do with the front wall of the office, I wanted it fancier than the brick on the other walls. What are anyones and everyones thought on the use of "sidewalk" material? I have used this in the past for a bldg to simulate marble, see pic. Can I feasibly use it and paint it to simulate granite for the office front? There are a couple reasons this would be nice: 1) I have it on hand 2) The squares are 1/2", the windows I am using are basically 1/2" wide (actually .495) It will be easy to cut the window openings out and keep them square (14 windows along the front wall, 2 floors)