Old West Adobe houses

[Malamute]

Here is another Adobe building to compliment my recent church model. Its a large house with rear courtyard.
Its made from foamcore with Polyfilla render, Balsa wood doors and windows.Now to complete the base texture and start painting it.

[bandit86]

Very very Nice!

[odd duck]

That's one heck of a Hacienda!!  :oI've never tried polyfilla on foamcore is there any risk of warping or cracking as it drys?

[twrchtrwyth]

Well done that man.

[DFlynSqrl]

It's really looking good Malamute.  That flooring really adds to the overall feel as well.

[Malamute]

That's one heck of a Hacienda!!  :oI've never tried polyfilla on foamcore is there any risk of warping or cracking as it drys?

Not that I have experienced so far. I don't load too much Polyfilla. Its just enough to skim the surface. I then dip the palette knife in water and smooth over the render. This helps to take some of the roughness off.When its dry it gets a rub down with sandpaper.

So far no cracks and no warping. I use 5mm Foamcore, so its pretty thick and rigid to start with. Its also braced inside, so I am sure that helps to keep it rigid. If you look at the church model I made. There are some long expanses of quite high walls and they show no sign of warping. So far so good.

[odd duck]

Thanks for the tips I'll have to try it some time

[Darkoath]

Looks like another great adobe building Malamute!  So when are you going to start building the Alamo?

That actually is not just a joke... with your new miniature range I am kind of expecting you to build the Alamo eventually!

[Gallowglass]

Beautiful 

[Malamute]

Looks like another great adobe building Malamute!  So when are you going to start building the Alamo?

That actually is not just a joke... with your new miniature range I am kind of expecting you to build the Alamo eventually!

I have the Hudson and Allen one, so will use the chapel from that, but have been considering making the other buildings, but I think thats a way off yet.

The model is now painted, so will post some finished pics later this week.

[JollyBob]

Oh that's brilliant!