HOW TO CONSTRUCT & PAINT BUILDINGS AND DIORAMAS TUTORIAL

This video will show you how to build and paint buildings from start to finish using MiniArt’s kit.

Build up guide

1. Necessary tools & accessories for modelling
   
2. 35513 French Cafe
   
3. You need very sharp awl
   
   
4. Scratch edges several times by sharp awl
   
5. Scratch the ends by sharp awl several times
    
6. Break by the line (Break trough)
    
7. Break by the line (Break trough)
   
8. Cut the opening for window
   
9. For gluing smooth out edges with sandpaper
   
   
10. Ready
    
11. Technological ledges of details
    
12. Cut away the ledges
    
13. Smear edges with glue twice
    
14. Glue rear parts of the walls
     
15. Press the parts to each other
    
16. Mark the line for cutting
    
17. Scratch along the marked line several times by awl
    
    
18. Break along the scratched line
    
19. Take the piece of sand paper.
    You can glue the sand paper on the piece of wood.
    
20. Sand the gluing line at the 45 angle
    
    
    
21. Mark the cutting line
    
22. Cut the marked area
     
23. Smear the back side of front wall with glue twice
    
24. Smear front side edges of wall with glue
    
25. Glue details together
    
26. Now press parts together
    
27. Mark the cutting line
    
28. Scratch along the marked line several times by awl
    
29. Make the cut with scissors at the 45 angle
    
30. Break along the scratched line
    
31. Sand the gluing line at the 45 angle
    
32. Smear the surface with glue twice
    
33. Glue the parts
    
34. After gluing press hardly and leave to dry for 24 hours
    
35. Cut the rest of glue by sharp hobby knife
    
    
    
36. Take away the joint of gluing by scratching
    
    
    
37. You need the triangular filler
    
38. Make the lines between bricks by triangular filler
    
    
    
39. You need the piece of sand paper
    
40. Clean the corners of the building by the sand paper
     
41. Smear the planks of the floor several times
    
42. Glue the parts
    
43. Glue the detail of sign on the front wall of the building
    
44. Press it
    
45. Take the details of roof
    
46. Smear each details of roof glue twice
    
47. Take away the joint of gluing by scratching
    
48. Glue each other
    
49. After dry sand the edges of the roof
    
50. Glue separate tiles. Glue wind boards to end of a roof.
    
51. Glue window frames of doors & windows
    

Painting guide

1. Paint the whole house in grey colour with an airbrush
    
2. Paint innerwalls of the 1st floor in yellow colour with an airbrush
   
3. Paint innerwalls of the 2nd floor in green colour with an airbrush.
    
4. Prepare coarse salt and water
   
5. Add a small quantity of water to salt
   
6. Stir the salt
   
7. Put salt on walls fragmentary
   
8. Leave salt for 24 hours to get dry
   
9. Paint outerwalls in yellow colour with an airbrush
   
10. When the paint dry out remove it where the salt is.
    The effect of showered plaster is recieved
    
11. Paint roof in red-brown colour with an airbrush
     
12. Paint outerwalls in blue colour with an airbrush
     
13. Paint bricks in dark brown colour with an airbrush
     
14. Paint wooden parts of roof in brown colour
    
15. Prepared middle red-brown colour. Paint bricks with a dry brush
    
    
16. Prepare dark red-brown colour.
    Paint bricks with a dry brush
    
17. Prepare light brown colour.
    Paint bricks with a dry brush
    
18. Paint some bricks in different colours
     
19. Paint bricks in orange colour with a dry brush
     
    
    
20. Paint a few tiles in different colours
    
21. Paint edge of brick break in white colour
    
22. Paint in white colour windows, shutters and buildings details on facade
    
23. Prepare dark brown oil paint
    
24. Cover the roof with an oil paint
    
25. Immediately wipe roof with a paper napkin
    
26. Wipe remained places with a wadded stick
    
27. Cover wooden parts of roof inside with a dark brown oil paint.
    Immediately wipe roof with a paper napkin and wadded stick
    
28. Cover wooden parts of overlappings (blockings) with a dark brown oil paint.
    Immediatly wipe them with a paper napkin and a wadded stick
    
29. Cover the roof in middle red-brown and light brown colours with a dry brush
    
    
    
30. Paint wooden parts in brown colour with a dry brush
    
31. Prepare light brown paint
    
32. Paint wooden parts in light brown colour with a dry brush.
    Paint wooden parts in white-brown colour with a dry brush
    
33. Prepare more light colour
    
34. Paint wooden parts in that colour with a dry brush
    
35. Paint wooden parts in almost white colour with a dry brush
    
36. Prepare dark brown oil paint
    
37. Cover innerwalls of the 1st floor with an oil paint
    
38. Immediately wipe walls with a paper napkin
    
39. Wipe remained places with a wadded stick
    
40. Prepare white, black and brown paints
    
41. Prepare muddy-grey colour
    
42. Cover yellow outerwalls with a muddy-grey oil paint
     
43. Immediately wipe walls with a wadded stick
    
44. Cover innerwalls of the 2nd floor with that oil plaint
    
45. Immediatly wipe walls with a paper napkin and a wadded stick
    
46. Prepare blue, black and white oil paints
    
47. Make grey-blue colour
    
48. Cover 1st floor of the house with that colour
    
49. Cover doors with a dark grey-blue paint
    
50. Immediatly wipe the house with a wadded stick
     
51. Cover shutters with a grey oil paint and wipe them with a wadded stick
    
52. Prepare light-brown paint
    
53. Paint the roof in light brown colour with a dry brush
    
54. Prepare pink paint
    
55. Cover the roof in pink colour with a dry brush
    
56. Prepare flesh paint
    
57. Paint leftside wall of the house in yellow colour with a dry brush
    
58. Paint front wall of the house in yellow colour with a dry brush
    
59. Paint rightside wall of the house in yellow colour with a dry brush
    
60. Prepare the lemon colour
    
61. Paint inside walls of the house in lemon colour with a dry brush
    
62. Prepare the light green colour
    
63. Paint inner walls of the house in light-green colour with a dry brush
    
64. Prepare blue colour
    
66. Prepare the light blue colours
    
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68. Prepare the sky blue colour
    
69. Prepare the white colour
    
70. Paint windows
    
71. Paint windows frames
    
72. Paint the shutters
     
74. Prepare black and brown oil paints
    
75. Press out extra amount of paint till the brush is half-dry
    
76. Paint corners and edges of surface
    
77. Make stains with a dry brush using black-brown paint
      
78. Cut out a cafe signboard
    
79. Stick it with a super glue
     
80. Wipe extra amount of paint with a wadded stick
    
81. Cover a cafe signboard with a matte varnish
     
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