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wish me luck with that.....
i can't glue the roof panel in place until a) i finish shingling it and b) i paint norton's on the roof. i made a new stencil for it.....
Even without the roof completely shingled this is shaping up to be a competition level model. We know that this has been more than a marathon for you but your endurance, persistence and creativity is about to win a blue ribbon in our books. Take a bow!
Later, Dave S. Tucson, AZ
ed, i'd like to think i'm doing my part.....
when i bought the foam for the base i got it at home depot. i went there because in the past, they have cut it for me on a large vertical saw. well, they aren't allowed to cut foam with that saw anymore, we had to cut it on the floor with a t square and a razor knife and as a result the edges aren't perfectly flush, so tonight i'm taking it over to a buddy's garage and he's gonna clean up the edges with a table saw. the edges need to be perfectly flush for when i pour the 'water' so i can dam it up and it won't leak. when i get it home we're going to eat dinner (grilled salmon and rissoto) and then i'm going to finish roofing the hotel and start to wrestle with the balcony roof.
well, i didn't get the roof done but i did get the shingles stained and the diorama base is flush on all sides now, so i've got that going for me.
had i known you guys were down for the salmon i would have defrosted more.
we buy our salmon frozen from costco and it's great. we buy all our meat there too. the night before last we had 3" thick filet mignon (the only steak cut we buy). their meat is outstanding. next up, pot roast.
i got three pounds of sculptamold yesterday, and i'll probably put the original base of the building back together so that i can start on the scenery around it in order to plant the building. the whole 2'x4' base will covered in sculptamold, including the river and its banks, the riverbed and banks will then get covered with flex paste to make sure it's completely sealed for when the time comes to pour the resin. i have some really cool stuff from AK for muddy areas, and some cool stuff from velejo for the riverbanks. i'm really looking forward to the scenery phase.
Terry
i really like them alot. they are from builders in scale and they are self adhesive real wood shake shingles. hated them at first, but once i started cutting them down to 2.5" they got to be so much easier to install. i'll never use another shingle for scratchbuilding.
terry,
thanks.
Can't wait to see the scenery begin in earnest. Got all your fishing boats,and anglers ready to go!
Later, Dave S. Tucson, AZ
tom: the privy is gonna go out back across the parking lot.
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ken: its getting to the point where i'm afraid to keep moving it. it goes from the workbench to the coffee table, back to work bench ad nauseum. i have considerable amount of re-gluing to do after the balcony roof is finished.
the roof is glued down now:
i toned down the stencil and gave the whole thing another shot of silverwood and glued it down. gluing a roof this big is a real pita. to overcome the need for substantial weight, i wired two pair of 3-2-1 blocks together so that their weight could be distributed where needed, at the lower half of the roof panel. after this picture was taken i realized that the roof panel on the right side wasnt touching the gable, so i lowered the 3-2-1 block and stuck 2 mini screwdrivers in two of the holes and balanced a 1" right angle block on the screwdrivers and 3-2-1 block to apply additional weight to the lower roof panel. i stuck some wood glue in the gap and right now it's pretty snug.
i'm gonna let that set up overnight and then maybe tomorrow while the bears figure out yet another way to lose a game, i'll start on the balcony roof, and then this f&%$^ng thing will be built and finished and waiting to be planted in a diorama.
this is kind of exciting. i might be finishing this beast tomorrow.....
i thought i'd show you guys how i got the weight i needed at the bottom of the roof panel. if you look close at the 3-2-1 block you can see there are two mini screwdrivers stuck in the holes holding up the angle weight. luckily that provided just enough weight to hold the roof panel snug to the gable.
i think i'm gonna have to get 4 or 6 bolts that are the right size to screw into the threaded holes. this idea just opened my eyes to more scenarios where i can use those block to weight things down.
Quite an effort.