Thanks Toto, Yes it`s getting there.........fitted an outside wall brick overlay late yesterday which further enhances the wall. I fold the brick paper overlay around the corners so that corner joint that is always obvious on the Metcalfe and Superquick kits is done away with. The weathering is what is going to transform this building. Gormo
This must be the longest build on this forum....... Anyway it continues to move forward. My wife Julie is now gaining a little bit more mobility each day and is starting to be able to do some things for herself. She still needs help with a lot of things, however it has freed me up a bit to do some of the things I would like more time for. So currently, the engine shed is sitting with it`s four walls together on a table with weights applied until the glue dries. The lead up to that has been, firstly the frames around the roof windows being completed. I started to fit the sills for the windows in the walls and I was just not happy with them. I decided to shorten them as I felt they just looked too long. They were probably correct for the building, but I just did not like them so I put them to the knife. The one on the right is the original. So this size was applied to most of the building. I have left the sill for the vent at it`s original length, whereas the window sills have been shortened. This was the first stage of the wall assembly.......Duplo ( big Lego ) was used to keep the joint square. And I`ve added more detail to the inner roof ( Brown strips ). There is still more to be added however I have to avoid the trusses.......haven`t quite sorted that one out yet........but I think it will have to happen after the trusses go in....... It`s funny you know......there are all sorts of gadgets now to make your modelling easier and I have been thinking on this whilst putting this kit together. For example....there are special corner clamps to hold your walls together whilst the glue dries.......or you can use Lego or Duplo to keep them square ( Gary taught me that years ago ). There are an infinite number of specialist glues for modellers and even special card glue.......on this card I just use PVA.......it just works and it`s very cheap by comparison. There are special little bottles with fine tips ( that block up ) that you can use to apply your glue in little droplets for small parts. I just place my glue in a jam jar lid and dip the end of a bit of 0.8mm wire into it to apply small drops of glue. The wire never blocks up and it`s particularly good for applying small dots of Superglue. When using Superglue, you will get a build up ( a small bulb ) at the end of the wire eventually, however that can be just scraped off with a blade to get back to square one. The wire method is also very controllable and it`s difficult to apply too much glue to the area. Anyway.....I just thought I would throw that out there........all I`m saying is that most of the tools you will probably need to build card kits, you probably already have in one form or another. More as it progresses Gormo
And finally the walls are all together Some very light weathering has been applied to the walls via a grey water colour pencil.........more via an airbrush later on A trial fit with the roof on And some of Julie`s little people to give it some scale An internal view I`m glad I took some time to do the internal roof now......I think it`s a vast improvement over the grey card. Gormo
I agree Gormo. Well worth the effort. It's good to see the inside shots. Now ..... inspection pits and some 2ork benches etc. You've opened up a can of worms now. Cheers Toto
G`day Toto, I already have inspection pits fitted into the baseboard where the shed will go, and yes some work benches with a light over the top would be a nice touch.... Gormo
G`day Folks, My LED order arrived today, so I will have to seriously consider the lighting tracks and how they will fit in to the building. Today the trusses were fitted into the building using the good old Duplo again to keep them vertical until the glue set. It`s handy having Grandkids and being able to use their toys..........although our youngest two don`t play with these anymore..... This is how it looks with the trusses fitted. Two small brick facades were also fitted to the front and back walls and then I moved onto painting the roof. Paint brush in hand, I just dived into this full on and hoped for the best as there is no turning back now. I think it is turning out pretty good so far Eventually I got the one side finished and that will probably do for today. I`ve developed my own method for doing this and may eventually do a tutorial on it........it`s really quite easy believe it or not.? Once I`ve done the other side, I`ll probably go over the whole lot with a dark wash.......think weathering wagons........... See ya later Gormo
......hang on Sol.....I only just got in on there........ Well mate.....I`ve studied lots of pics of old sheds, and this roof looks good compared to some of them. A lot of them are heavily blackened, some of them are a mixture of rust and detritus and some of them are heavily encrusted with moss and lichen. So I`ve gone down the rusty route......with soot etc. still to be added. Gormo
Looking very good. The Duplo blocks remind me of a fellow whose blog I follow. He uses legos for several things. https://modelrailroadluddite.blogspot.com/
The roof got it`s other half painted today. The long thin roof vent roof will be next up. Also started sorting out the wire for the lighting tracks......it`s still a work in progress but I think I now have a clear way forward. The idea is to Superglue the wire strips resting on the trusses along each side of the building along it`s length. These are actually the power feeds. The cross pieces will have hanging LEDs soldered to them and the ends of the cross pieces will be soldered to the longitudinal lengths of wire. All the Copper wire will be painted Black. The longitudinal wires will feed back to the back corners of the building where they will drop vertically to the base. At the base, a wire connection will be soldered to each one and will be fed through the baseboard to connect to a lighting bus. Gormo
PS......these are the lights....still to be painted. The housing is a screw end cap / cover available from your local hardware. They are commonly used on flat pack furniture. I drill a 3mm hole through the end cap. The LED is then passed through the hole.....a small 3mm grommet is then slid over the LED and then the clear end cap fitting is pushed into the outer cap. Gormo
Great model Gormo Another advantage of the trusses, when you gluse them in place if the roof gets wet enough it will sag between the trusses - mind you I was fitting individual rows of tiles so maybe I was a little heavy handed and that contributed to the sagging - but it looked good. "I feel a scalescene competition coming on." - Damn that reminds me I still need to finish off the last one Paul
Now for the ridge, may I suggest a strip (or maybe two) of spaggettii along the ridge, once dry overlay with strips of silver tissue paper (shiney side down), a strip approx 10mm wide laid centrally over the spaggettii, should give the impression of lead flashing. As for the quantity of glue it wasn't too much ........ Paul