The failure of my old soldering iron means a brief hiatus on the B1 until I get a replacement. As a result I headed back to do some more work on the goods shed which I've been doing the artwork for and laser cutting. Having sorted out the issues I was having with consistent cutting on the side walls I had got to the point of having a set of parts I was happy to assemble. The assembly went fairly well and I was pleased with way the buttresses on the corners ended up. Having a test run prior to this point certainly helped.

I found the best way to get the corners sorted was to cut them over length by about .5mm and flood the brickwork with thin superglue to make the interlaced bricks strong enough to cope with filing. A home made sanding stick covered in 320 grit made good tool to sand down the corners. I cut some 1mm MDF pieces to make the internal face of the brick walls so  that there could be some detail inside the building which would be visible through the open doors.

I drew up and cut the roof jousts to give some internal structure and to hold the 1mm MDF roof in place. With the roof in position and the goods office at the end assembled things are progressing well.

The road side of the building looks ok too, but I need to add some extra material to make the ground surface up to the right height. The steps (which obviously will end up at ground level rather than a few feet above it!) are made from 3mm MDF and These have been lightly sanded to match the worn appearance of the prototype.

So I guess next steps are priming and painting, prior to my usual treatment with Wilco fine filler and Valejo grey wash unless that gets interrupted by the delivery of a soldering iron!

David