Tying up loose ends.

All over with now, but I figured I'd post up the final in progress and complete photos that I did not have time to do a month ago..

Close up detail of the finished cladding. Decided to paint it two tones of yellow to add a bit of brightness to an otherwise dull building. The two tone idea was due to the real building having two shades of grey.

An over view of the building. The roof viewing area will be added later.

The blob recieved two coats of a blue I mixed up after polishing the primer. When the blue started curing, I then sprayed 2 coats of green tinted clear lacquer to try to get a translucent green 'skin' of green. This was then covered in another 3 layers of clear lacquer.

All these coats were allowed to dry for 24 hours before being polished back using fine grades of polishing compound (a very fine liquid sandpaper) to get the mirror-like shine.

Another shiny picture. The pedestals underneath also recieved a coat of white.

An overview of the model at this stage in construction. The river back has been cut down to size and painted green and a layer of clear 5mm acrylic has been measure out and cut to size for the waters surface. The back side of this is then sprayed a similar blue to the Kunsthaus. This creates a smooth, reflective water surface with a slight amount of depth.

A picture illustrating the viewing platform. This was cut out from a block of clear acrylic, cladded on the top and bottom with a 1mm layer of styrene, cut back to size, polished and then the window frames were scribed using a needle in a pin vice.

As the pictures demonstrate, the sanding and polishing really paid off. The reflections and shine add a lot to the model, further contrasting with the matt, wooden finish of the surrounding buildings.