Weekly Herald: Facade stones
While doing the first round of painting on the facade I realized that the stones were rough cut and in a random pattern, and the ones on the box photo - likely of the prototype kit - were rectangular and arranged in neat rows. And in the photos of the other boxings the equivalent parts look like their stones are random as well. I wonder what the arrangement was in the original Revell release? I suspect it was random too. Regular, rectangular stones seem like a more correct mid-20th century aesthetic, as I recall a lot of buildings constructed around 1960 - roughly the year this kit was released - had them. That sort of stone facade wasn't necessarily considered a luxury item in Toronto as it would be today - most of the bungalows on the street I grew up on had them - but they were meant to signify a bit of class :-) A challenge for the serious kit-scratcher: replace the facade on your kit with a box image correct version.
There was a fad in the UK in the 70s, maybe into the 80s of cladding old house walls with stone (appearance?) - always looked hideous and out of place. This in areas with no local stone, other than flints.
ReplyDeleteIt appears that this fad/fashion has been allowed to fall off or been removed from the local buildings, probably causes damp to enter etc. No doubt some saleman made a killing at the time.
I think in Toronto in the '50s and '60s there were a lot of Italian craftsman who immigrated to Canada who had a lot of skills that they applied to building even the most modest of houses. One of the results was that a lot of everyday houses had detailed plaster ceilings, beautifully cut half-stone facades, brick all the way around, hardwood floors, and many other things that today are only been seen on high-end houses.
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