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  
With a little practice you can color realistic stone walls. Here's how I do it.
What are we going to do now that Testors/Floquil has dropped their Flo-Stains?

  Coloring CEDAR 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-  
I have three different grades available. Use as retaining walls, cut them up for foundations, or make whole new buildings.

  Standard Common Brick- fine  
If you like to scratch-build or just want to practice before you do, check out my stock castings. These are the same building blocks I use to create my kits.

  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

  The Stone Shingle Mill  
is a nice little model. It has the same (but not exact) type of stonework.

  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 and not that difficult to master.

  The New England Saltbox  
Or how about this classic. I used the same cedar shake roof stock to create it.