Sarrisa Motel Part 1

So work has actually begun (the preliminary post can be found here ):

I painted the tops of the roof pieces of the main wings with house paint I had used on some other projects and then sprinkled on some sand. I have also laid out the acrylic parts to remind myself how they go together (and managed to break one of the stair cross-pieces in the process! I think I should be able to put the good one in the slot away from the stairs and the stair step will act as enough of a spacer.

I  made some colour choices as well but then I had to make some changes as there was a limited selection of paints (or at least paint I was willing to buy there were more colours in some more expensive ranges)

I primed all the non-stair components

And then masked off to paint the bathrooms and sprayed them -- I decided to do the first attempt on only one floor so I could learn from the experience for the others

Next the bathroom was masked so I could paint the floor.

Then the floor gets maksed to paint the walls (there was a lot of overspray through the windows but I didn't think that mattered -- for the others I might spray the whole balcony just to get a start on the concrete)

And finally I mask out the whole interior and then paint the outside

I still need to paint the concrete balcony and then add weathering and paint the doors and windows. There were a few places where the paint leaked either through the mask or through joins in the wood but I don't think they are critical especially as the hotel is supposed to be run-down.

I am happy with the results and it really wasn't a lot of work but it take some time and space (and required the weather to cooperate since I was spraying outside). I will now spray the 3 remaining room pieces and the office -- and I guess I can start on weathering and detailing this one while I do that.