That's the lid on the barge build

OK, we are calling this done. This "quick" project has been rumbling on for over two months; it's time to declare it finished. Right at the end, the kit decided to fight me again. Assembling the roof was easy enough, but painting it...I sprayed the whole thing with grey primer, but fancied a lighter grey finish, so out came the acrylic pens. Three coats of grey later, it looked nasty, the paint was streaky, I suspect because it dried too fast to blend properly. Looking at the colour, it was too light. To be honest, this barge is more Sylvanian Families than scale model, the roof should be flush with the edges of the sides, not with an overhang. The correct thing to do would be to trim it back, and then paint in the same green as the sides. I wasn't convinced I'd produce the neat result that would satisfy me, and anyway, the overhang is quite attractive. Out with a pot of Humbrol 66, and it covers the pale grey nicely enough, but then dries patchy. A second, thinned, coat isn't much…