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Post by hobbybobby on Aug 12, 2019 17:09:53 GMT -6
So it goes on... ... unfortunately, the next step was very time consuming...  I have just finished, with closing of the door Openings (the same procedures, as with the Windows), i started with the framing and finished the front...  when I noticed at the back with a shock, that I ran out of the angle profiles, and I could not find new ones anywhere...  No, no, no, no, were my words, only the last two profiles!  Helps nothing… Once again everything checked, nothing found… ... and my next profildealer, a shop with people? No idea… Internet? Bah, that takes a felt eternity...  So, stay calm and think… Looking again at my inventory, I found then a U-profile… ... yes, it is the wrong one, but with a little skill and a steady hand...  ... I carved out of it, a angle profile! And yes, if any of you should ask, how I cut the angle profiles in the 45° miter (and here were so many)… ... unfortunately I have not found such a small miter template so far, so, here is the answer...  And finally, the finished back.  And I think, if you do not know this detail, you almost do not recognize it, right? But I will always know...  |
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Post by rocketeer on Aug 12, 2019 18:14:58 GMT -6
What makes a great modeler is how he copes with adversity: Dusty paint jobs, parts that don't fit, plastic shapes you can't find anywhere. Keep on coping!  |
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Post by hobbybobby on Aug 13, 2019 8:36:38 GMT -6
Thank`s Steve!  It continues with the front door. I want that the door gets more Ornaments, so I start drilling six holes at a certain distance from each other (Of course I measured that out before )  Then I cut the plate through the middle of the holes and got these two parts:  With this tool i carved then more Ornaments:  And that's the result:  Looks more like a door now, right? |
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Post by kabdriver on Aug 13, 2019 8:44:26 GMT -6
Oh wow! What beautiful work!! The engraving is another level - nice job Bobby!
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Post by hobbybobby on Aug 14, 2019 12:19:05 GMT -6
Thank you very much, Jim! |
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Post by hobbybobby on Aug 14, 2019 12:39:44 GMT -6
For my windows here I want a kind of late medieval variation, a "Crown glass" window, like this one:  Crown glass was an early type of window glass and in this process, glass was blown into a "crown" or hollow globe, then transferred from the blowpipe to a punty and then flattened by reheating and spinning out the bowl-shaped piece of glass (bullion) into a flat disk by centrifugal force, up to 1.5 to 1.8 metres (5 or 6 feet) in diameter.  The glass was then cut to the size required; The thinnest glass was in a band at the edge of the disk, with the glass becoming thicker and more opaque toward the center. Known as a bullseye, the thicker center area around the pontil mark was a round glass disc from 7-15 cm in Diameter and was used for less expensive windows.  In order to fill large window spaces with the bullseye- discs, these would be mounted in a lead lattice work...  … and fitted into the window frame:  |
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Post by kabdriver on Aug 14, 2019 12:58:42 GMT -6
That's gonna be hard to make! Well, I'm sure you'll make it look easy, but it looks like it would be hard! Can't wait to see how you do it! |
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Post by hobbybobby on Aug 14, 2019 13:17:11 GMT -6
I love these things, for me anyway very tasty and as an alternative to other chips:  Well... ... now some of you are going to ask yourself… ... what is this all about… … and what has this… ... to do with this build? So, that these snacks are delicious, is a matter of taste. Fact, but has nothing to do with this one here... These snacks are very fragile and therefore packed in an extra plastic bowl... … and this plastic bowl has a lot to do with this build! Sometimes it's just coincidence, or fate, or you're lucky, or what you should say about what happens… Because this is what this plastic bowl looks like:  … and from the Bottom:  Exactly from the bottom I will need these parts:  And with a very dark background, that will not be exactly, but, in my opinion, will look good in the end...  What is only waste for one, is a treasure for the other! So, keep your eyes open! |
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Post by showrodjohn on Aug 15, 2019 6:09:36 GMT -6
Hey bobby we have packaging similar to that in Australia never thought of that I will have to keep them now.
I keep all the other type of plastic packaging.
And those doors look great top work.
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Post by kabdriver on Aug 15, 2019 15:14:29 GMT -6
Great idea Bobby! I always keep an eye out for cool packaging but it didn’t occur to me that that’s how you’d do this class - brilliant!
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Post by hobbybobby on Aug 15, 2019 16:04:29 GMT -6
Thank you very much! I have four windows, so I halve the foils:  And because I do not want to fill the whole window with only one slice, I halve the foils again:  With a sharpie I tried to trace the lead framing...  … it's not perfect, i know, it was just a try, if the material is stable at all...   Also if and what colors I will use, these would go here...  … but are too intense for my taste and yes, too colorful for this build...  I have to keep trying with the colors, but you know the direction now… |
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Post by hobbybobby on Aug 15, 2019 16:17:22 GMT -6
By the way… … these are the windows, now with the additional subdivided frames:  |
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Post by rocketeer on Aug 15, 2019 23:14:42 GMT -6
Man, look at you go! Lightning quick!
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Post by chromecop on Aug 16, 2019 6:09:46 GMT -6
This is gonna be totally out there when finished! Really looking forward to updates!
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Post by patw on Sept 8, 2019 15:46:39 GMT -6
The packaging is the same as we have with the crunchy seaweed from Costco.
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Post by hobbybobby on Sept 19, 2019 16:26:04 GMT -6
Well, as I said, the day-to-day business has recently taken me away from my workbench… ... and I have waited 25 days for this material that I ordered...  The material was needed, because I had almost nothing left, at least that's how I can build in small steps again on this… Another frame...  … this time for the gutter...   |
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Post by hobbybobby on Sept 19, 2019 16:50:38 GMT -6
A mansard or mansard roof, also called a French roof or curb roof, is a four-sided gambrel-style hip roof characterized by two slopes on each of its sides with the lower slope, punctured by dormer windows, at a steeper angle than the upper. The steep roof with windows creates an additional floor of habitable space (a garret) and reduces the overall height of the roof for a given number of habitable stories. The upper slope of the roof may not be visible from street level when viewed from close proximity to the building. The earliest known example of a mansard roof is credited to Pierre Lescot on part of the Louvre built around 1550, this roof design was popularized in the early 17th century by François Mansart (1598–1666), an accomplished architect of the French Baroque period, it became especially fashionable during the Second French Empire (1852–1870) of Napoléon III. Mansard in Europe also means the attic (garret) space itself, not just the roof shape and is often used in Europe to mean a gambrel roof. For this build, I need a mansard roof, like this one...  … or this one...  In the meantime, when I was waiting for my material, I tried something out of stronger paper...   … and to give you a picture of where this build is going...    |
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Post by kabdriver on Sept 20, 2019 6:08:17 GMT -6
Wow, nice haul of Evergreen dude Glad to see some more on this one - I REALLY like that roof! Will it be smooth when it's done or are you planning some tiles or texture of some sort? |
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Post by hobbybobby on Sept 22, 2019 9:53:16 GMT -6
Thank you very much, Jim! Wow, nice haul of Evergreen dude Glad to see some more on this one - I REALLY like that roof! Will it be smooth when it's done or are you planning some tiles or texture of some sort? At first I thought I would make the roof out of normal PS plate material, but it would look weird without any structure, so no, it will not be smooth... And as it is with me, I searched long for suitable material... At first I found this, five of these plates in the set, cheap…   ... i should have known, at this low Price... ... the plates are nicely structured, but they are vacuum-formed and ultra-thin, very unstable, not quite contemporary and inappropriate for this kind of roof... Then I searched in the model railway world, and found this...   ... is more in the desired direction, but a lot more expensive and the plate is much too small for the whole roof… … and it is absolutely wrong scale anyway, the beaver bricks are far too small... Thus, my search continues… |
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Post by rocketeer on Sept 22, 2019 10:53:46 GMT -6
Why not do the shingles individually? For this roof, I gave a piece of light cardboard a light coat of drywall joint compound, then cut it up into shingles and applied them one at a time. Gives a nice semi-random look.  |
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Post by hobbybobby on Sept 30, 2019 13:09:26 GMT -6
Wow, Steve, very nice work! Well, I've already thought of that, but to be honest, it seemed too elaborate... |
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Post by hobbybobby on Sept 30, 2019 13:22:12 GMT -6
Well, I recently found this here while shopping, a set of four flexible cutting pads, designed for the kitchen:  The front is quite even...  ... but the back is provided with a non-slip reinforcement...  … which looks much the same as I imagined for this build...  |
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Post by kabdriver on Sept 30, 2019 14:43:21 GMT -6
What a find! That looks PERFECT!!  |
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Post by hobbybobby on Sept 30, 2019 17:39:42 GMT -6
What a find! That looks PERFECT!! Thank you, Jim, I thought so too, at first… Since I want to have the shingles laid diagonally, I also drew them like that…  … and cut it out...  … then I scratched it a bit on the edges, to fold them better and bent the sides, in addition, I cut another hole in the bottom of the roof to handle it better when gluing...  |
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Post by hobbybobby on Sept 30, 2019 18:14:58 GMT -6
Well, as I said, a simple and good idea… … but sometimes... … a simple idea turns it into an impossible-to-handle one… I've had a lot of trouble bonding this material together, somehow it did not really hold together… … since I do not know exactly what kind of material it was made from, it was also difficult to find the right glue for it... … so I took superglue, but somehow that was strange…  … and bent the whole Thing, it was crooked on all sides, so I cut off the bottom edge to fix it better… … That's what I thought, but it did not get better...   It's just messed up and it's still crooked...  … and I do not know if I can fix it, or if I should start again anyway... |
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Post by rocketeer on Oct 1, 2019 9:13:16 GMT -6
I love your concept, but I'm not sure you'll be able to get paint to stick to that odd plastic. I've become very wary about using anything but styrene in my builds.
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Post by kabdriver on Oct 1, 2019 13:50:14 GMT -6
I wonder if an Epoxy of some sort would bond that?
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Post by hobbybobby on Oct 4, 2019 17:21:14 GMT -6
Yes, unfortunately, you're right, Steve... ... these things are made for the kitchen as a helper and as a cutting pad this should be very easy to clean and that does not remain any residue and pollution on it... … that means also, no glue and no color... |
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Post by hobbybobby on Oct 4, 2019 17:37:00 GMT -6
Since I have no solution for the roof, I now dedicate myself to other things for this build... So, next: the driver's seat… I've had this glue bomb bench in my stash for a long time...  … finally I can use it, I cut these first in the middle...  … remove something...  … and put them together again...  … after a little bit of fine work...  |
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Post by rocketeer on Oct 5, 2019 9:08:41 GMT -6
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