The photgraph on the shows the ridge tiles have been haphazardly placed but will be better looking when some filler has been added.
The next few photographs show why the tiling was imperative to the model and the extra work involved.
With these two photographs, it meant I had to have a rear piece of roof, which meant additional tiling.
I think I managed it fairly well.
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| Rear of the 'Bank' showing the rear roof of the Store (Top left) |
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| Another view, from the front, again showing the rear roof of the Store |
I think I managed it fairly well.
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| Side view, showing new roof bits and finished wall of lean-too |
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| Rear view, showing the rear roof supports and finished doors. |
With the store's main building work finished I returned to finishing off the main building work for the 'Bank', namely the front double doors and the rear glazed door and side panels.
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| The front doors, pretty plain, but with a little more detail on the rear. |
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| Prep work on the door assembly. |
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| Rear door assembly in place, with door slightly ajar. |
It was when the rear door assembly was in place that I noticed I hadn't put the transoms in the two side panel windows. The whole assembly was removed for ease of working on over he next week.
So that's it, at least another week's work on the 'Bank's' rear verandah roofing and the rear door assemblt to finihs properly, plus the roof to fit. I'm still at a loss of how to replicate the walls around the verandah though. *see the second photograph).
Blogger seems to be playing up again, so despite this short post, it has taken me twice as long as normal - very disheartening.
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Thanks for taking the time to visit, hopefully you've found something of interest and as always your comments are welcomed and appreciated.
Excellent progress Joe, shame you had to remove the door, but at least you spotted the problem now rather than later. I know what you mean about blogger, as my list of blogs seems to take about an hour before letting me know that someone has put up a new post, as your posts are around a similar time each week I check yours directly, so I don't miss it.
ReplyDeleteWhen you are talking about the walls, I'm guessing your talking about the part that looks like fish scales. A solution would be some hollow plasticard pipe that's the right diameter cut to desired length then split in two making two half round shingles, which is what the original was made from, then stick in the bottom layer, once dry repeat on the next layer, making sure the bottom edge sits on the top of the arches underneath. You will also need to split one half arch into quarters for the second row, then repeat the first two rows as many times as needed. Hope this helps
Thanks Dave, I wasn't to happy about the door thing, but it would have been almost impossible fixing it whilst it was in place.
DeleteAs for the tile wll,, I had thought of doing it the way you suggested but the though of having to cut approximatley 500 of them, then gluing then etc. really is far too daunting a task for even me. I have seen a mesh one but it may have to just be a plain wall for me *sigh
Both those buildings look really good! The store is a superb bit of work and the roof tiles work really well. I have to admit to being surprised seeing the work in progress pic of the doors... the idea of drawing out the plan on parchment/greaseproof paper and then making them *on the plans* has never occurred to me. I usually end up cutting one bit, gluing it on, then cutting another, and so on, until I realise it's crap.
ReplyDeleteI think Dave's idea for those walls is a good one, it'll be a time-consuming process but if you're going for total accuracy then that's about the only way to do it unless you get lucky and find something pre-made that could work.
Thanks Matt, it's greasproof paper I use and it peels off fairly well after gluing the matchsticks on. It's not my idea though, model airplanemakers used to pin balsa parts onto their plans - I just adopted the idea.
DeleteAs for that wall, seemy answer to Dave's suggestion above - to me it's a non-starter, thugh I'm pretty sure someone could print one, using a 3d printer.
Oh, lovely progress Joe!
ReplyDeleteThanks Michal, as progress goes, it's minimal, but it's still progress eh?
DeleteComing along nicely Joe. Each little bit whenever done will steadily get it completed!
ReplyDeleteThanks Brummie, yep any progress is still progress eh ?
DeleteGood progress, like the roof, it's always fiddly and time consuming, well done spotting the transom before you finished! I wouldn't worry about leaving the extra detail plain if you're hitting everything else,close enough is good enough in my book, I tend to pritt stick the drawing to a bit of scrap foamboard which means I can pin through if I need to make a jig as well as hold things down.
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Thanks Iain, the roofs are a pain, but so is everything else imo. I like the idea of using a glue stick too, if only I had had one!
DeleteI haven't gone into a great deal of detail on the building side of things - as long as it looks close ennough to what it's meant to be.
I think I would use aluminium mesh from halfords for the verandah rather than plain on balance, does need spraying before painting with acrylic/emulsion though.
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I've thought of using mesh and have seen it used in another's model of the 'bank' and I do have some (of course), but I may put a feeler out for a 3d version, as it must be fairly simple to make for someone with even a minimal skill in £D printing and cad as it's only the tiling bit I need.
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