I realise that this is probably bordering on the 'obsessive compulsive' end of the railway modelling spectrum, but hopefully these photos will inspire others to have a go at scratch building!
The sea facing elevation has been painted with thinner washes of acrylic, letting the different pigments run into each other. The colouring is based around black mixed with burnt sienna. A further proportion of the stones are then washed over with a greeny grey. Looking at the photos of the prototype it is surprising how much orange brown there is in the slate colouring. When viewed from a distance it balances out to give an impression of simply grey slate.
This is the transition between the quite geometric slate and mortar wall and the more rubbly later addition. This is very clear on the sepia photo at the top of this page.
This end elevation is so distinctive and will be the backdrop to so many views of the station, it simply had to look right. The blanked off fire places of the unbuilt next house in the row are clearly visible.
A close up of the colour wash technique. Many stones have a darker wash at one end to give extra depth. This is a technique described in the 'Modelling Cottages for Pendon' book I am referring to. These walls were hard to get right as they are quite rough in real life and if painted too perfectly give a far too plastic and 'modelly' look.
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