ON-LINE HOW TO CLINICS

  HOW TO CLINICS  
Here are a bunch of my on-line how to work with Hydrocal mini-clinics. Each kit includes specific instructions of course- and there are lots of ways to do things, but here are my thoughts, tips and techniques.

  Coloring STONE  
My favorite techniques for coloring stone. What are we going to do now that Testors/Floquil has dropped their Flo-Stains?

  Coloring SHAKE ROOFS  
Really the same as coloring concrete, it is simple. Check out how I do it.

  Coloring BRICK  
My traditional techniques for coloring and mortaring brick.

SCRATCH-BUILDING STOCK

  Hand-Carved Stone- fine  
Sorry there's not an exact match for this stonework but my HCS-f might do. You could use it for retaining walls and such around the place.

  Cedar Shake Roof- fine  
The roof stock, my Cedar Shake Roof - fine, CSR-f, is also available. I'm telling you, this is a great thing to have. I've even made building walls out of them.

COMPLEMENTARY KITS

  Pennsylvania Slit-Window Bank Barn  
is the perfect match for the German Colonial. It has the same type stone walls. In fact I definately tried to match them. The roof is different though, a seamed metal affair.

  The Virginia Horse Barn  
Or how about another barn. This one features lots of board-by-board construction on top of a simple cobblestone foundation.

  The Safety Hook & Ladder Co.  
  Brick Firehouse  
How about this little two-story firehouse? It's the prefect introduction to Hydrocal brick structures. If you are afraid to tackle the larger kits why not start here? You will find that Hydrocal modeling is lots of fun.

  The Stone Shingle Mill  
is a great introduction to modeling stone in Hydrocal. This is one of my personal favorites, and indeed, one of my most popular kits.