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Walthers Cornerstone Skyscraper Construction Site Scenery and structures
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Regular poster 110 posts cnwnorthline Regular poster 110 posts
cnwnorthline

Good afternoon,

I'm trying to put together  Walthers Skyscraper Construction Site.  I can't quite figure out the roof over the sidewalk.  Would you paint it black and try to color the lines afterwards or paint it all tan(?) and then use a black wash to fill in the main part?  Any other ideas of how to paint a roof over a sidewalk_dt8_big.jpg ?

Thanks!

-Matt 
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Lancaster Central RR Frequent poster 574 posts
Lancaster Central RR

From the photo it looks like they painted the roof black first.

The tan / dirt color appears to represent seems in the roofing material and construction dust. 
 

As a construction worker I would expect this temporary part of the structure to be entirely made of bare wood(2x4’s,2x6’s) and plywood without paint or roofing material because it’s simply there to shield pedestrians from falling debris. 

Lancaster Central Railroad &

Philadelphia & Baltimore Central RR &

Lancaster, Oxford & Southern Transportation Co. 

Shawn H. , modeling 1980 in Lancaster county, PA - alternative history of local  railroads. 
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Mike mayor79 Super User 447 posts
Mike mayor79

I agree with Shawn.  That

I agree with Shawn.  That roof/cover is throw away for the construction company, they would make if as cheap as possible.  What you have now looks like a quickly thrown together for that's getting dirty from construction debris.  Id say it looks perfect as is!

-Mike

Modeling the Milwaukee Road Beer Line in the fall of 1965.
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cnwnorthline Regular poster 110 posts
cnwnorthline

Thanks

I wish I could so I had done that, but the picture is from Walthers (Probably should have cited that)  Anyways, thanks for breaking that down for me!  
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