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Rosspop`s 7mm modelling saga.... A Goods Resin Roof.....


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I`ve done all I can with reworking the stonework which seems to have been more challenging this time. One of the shed cast end pieces seems to have `soft` cast and my dental burr bit into it and nearly pierced the casting.

 

I`m sure if I had contacted Chris at Invertrain he would have replaced it.

 

However I`ve percevered.......

 

Photos of the original shed are not that common and I`ve wondered whether the shed actually had a skylight.

 

...but I found this and something is there.......

 

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so... I was hoping to build a removable roof to help with painting later on, but first I wanted to reduce the roofs all round overhang and to use my slitting disc to produce a much finer edge to the roof tiles particularly at the barge board ends. Also, I wanted to position the soffits and fascia boards so that they did`nt encroach on the stone arches front and back.

 

So, orf` I wented..... donning a face mask I `milled` down the roof edges around the tile moulding and chamfered the top edges after reducing the overall size of the roof to give a better looking profile.

 

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Then it was an easy task to superglue it all together using the end barge boards to get the roof angle square... so easy infact that I then wasted half an our slowly removing my thumb from the inside surface of the roof... very painfull....

 

But, mission accomplished.....

 

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I`ve reworked the stone as far as I can but still need to Milli it up....

 

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I`m generally quite pleased with progress today.......

 

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Looks good.

 

Resin is odd stuff, I have learned by mistake how easy it is to turn it all to dust. Mixes seem to vary, some have a lot of filler and are very soft. 

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You’re making excellent progress and it’s turning Ito a very characterful little building.

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A lovely, characterful little building.  I did notice that on the photo of the prototype that there is evidence of the roof rafters projecting along the length of the roof along the building side - just thought I'd mention it in case you'd missed it and wanted to include them.

 

I look forward to seeing the build progress.

Ian

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Excellent so far John, interesting to hear about the resin problem, I have never made a resin based model to date and it is something to bear in mind for the future.

 

Most enjoyable blog as always.

 

Grahame

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Thanks again Graham.

 

I have noticed the roof rafters Ian, but so far the kit`s   accuracy might prove a problem fitting them, even though I think they would look good.

 

I shall be assessing the situation this evening.

 

John

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