The Burbank Branch

[P5se Camelback]

... That is the Zero Corp. building. The front and side walls are styrene; the floor, back wall, and roof are made from foam core. The roof I modeled is called a bow truss roof. For the roof I cut 2 arches from 3/16 foam core then glued them on edge to a flat piece of foam core. I then covered the arch with thin balsa wood and worked it into the flat part of the roof. The assembly was covered with material used to cover model airplanes. It was applied over a thick coat of gray paint so the paint would glue it to the roof. I used a fine Sharpie marker to draw in the tar lines of the roof. I still have to weather the building and that will tone down the contrast between the tar lines and the gray roof. ...

HMmmmm! There were several materials used to cover model airplanes that I can remember from my days managing a hobby shop in the seventies ... tissue, silk, Monocote, Super Coverite ... I'm sure by this time there are at least a half-dozen more to choose from.

So ... which one did you use? I'm just curious.

By the way ... you did a very nice job on an interesting piece of architecture that, although uncommon in 12" = 1'-0" scale, I'm sure is downright rare in 3.5mm = 1'-0".

Kudos, young man!