Workshop

So the basic layout is something like this.

The walls and the floor are made of xps.

Measured, cut, and made the bricks by the blunt side of a #14 blade.

The bridging above the window & the door is a separate piece.

Walls are ready to be painted.

Thick brick red as a base color.

Added some color variations.

The recesses were filled with grinded gluing material, then soapy water (to break surface tension) was applied with a pipette.

Side wall.

Bridging in this case is concrete colored xps.

The floor with added dilettations.

Cat accident: somehow the wall fell down, and my beloved kitty chewed on it... well, rebuilding it is.

The base of the roof, also from balsa, weathered with thin gray acrylic paint, and black oil.

Now the windows. Balsa wood, and the glass is from a lid of a takeaway container.

Weathered.

The handle is made from soldering material.

Finally in their places.

Now onto the doors. The material is 0.5mm plastic sheet.

I created everything from the same sheet, cut into stripes.

One is ready.

And now, painted in gray, weathering & rusting is yet to come.

For the workbench, I used this AFV Club kit (35302). It is most suitable for the Vietnam war era US workshops, but a workbench is a workbench nevertheless.

These came with the kit, and they are NOT decals, but finely printed on paper.

The bench has removable drawers! Painted the thing with some olive drab.

A bit of weathering by my beloved standard pencil.

The drill is a real gem.

The etched tools are from some Chinese seller on Ali. Yeah, shame on me.

But they do look good. Sprayed with Vallejo Dark Aluminum.

This shelf is made of balsa and matches.

Some weathering &panting.

Just to get some ideas of the layout.

Let's start with the wiring. I'm no electrician, as the pics perfectly indicate.

Yeah, the cables ain't straight, but alas, after so much vodka, yours wouldn't be either 🙂

Added some stuff onto the shelf, and to the wall (fire extinguisher).

At several companies here, mechanics & workshops use rags to clean up oil and stuff. Often these rags coming in transparent big bags, and are actual clothes cut up for this purpose. What I did, was to cut out a small piece of xps, then painted with loads of colors. Then covered the thing in kitchen cellophane, and it looks just like what we have 🙂

Heating was provided with a stove, and with coal. The box is again from 0.5mm plastic, the coal is what railroad modelers use under their rails.

Looking from the outside, with a bit of dirt.

The lighting.

Started the ceiling & roof.

The stalker glued into its place (maybe going to add some footprints).

Base of the ceiling.

In its place.

The test unit for the roof.

Roofing in progress

Added some tiles, cast from plaster using Diorama Debris' silicone mould.

More & more tiles

Peeling green paint (Vallejo 70.970 deep green). Will add tonal variation with oils

All the tiles are on. Was a bit tedious?

Sandind the edge tiles took a lot of focus.

And unfortunately, the inside is very dark... might install a small LED above the bench from the outside.

Backside.

Testing the weathering on a dummy piece.

Right side is untouched.

Some more effects, sponge with 3 different gray, and olive green, the moss is fine sawdust and pieces of sponge.

Just a reference shot.

Done some weathering. First, a filter of AK Dunkelgrau (AK704), then sponge application of Vallejo Basalt Grey (70.869), after that, MiG Ghost Grey (MiG-0203), and again a Dunkelgrau layer. This gave the tiles 3 things: uniformized the colors; gave similar impurities as the real tiles; and the vertical streaks. The moss is fine green sawdust, and some sponge.

Not so dark now, eh?

From another angle.

Okay, so back after a long hiatus! Repainting the doors, this time using the salt chipping technique. Base is Tamiya XF-64 red brown.

Color selected is RC321 (RLM76 ver.2)

So, salt removed. I must say, I like this method very much - and I just did it for the first time! Definitely gives way more subtle edges than, say, the liquid mask or chipping fliud methods.