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Stour Valley Dream - more progress on Platform 2


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More drawing and laser cutting and the Platform 2 building is coming along nicely.

 

I've now cut the complete building in 3mm MDF and painted it the base brick colours. The best approach to keep the quoins clean and crisp seems to be to 'grout' the main shell with the fine filler I use in the mortar before applying them. The cream coloured quoins don't show the white mortar much anyway and the Vallejo grey wash I add afterwards seems to blend things together nicely.

 

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I also cut the parts for the roof from 3mm and 1mm MDF. The hip roof looks ok, it is currently held with tape while the glue dries.

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The brick quoins have been cut in postcard thickness card, I've tried giving these a drip of 'Roket Hot' super glue as this makes the card go pretty rock-hard . I'll stick these in place later.

 

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The most satisfying bit was the windows.  I cut these from 1mm MDF and was able to get some ridiculously fine cuts for the glazing bars. I also 'engraved' the MDF in places to get the recess for the sash area. I was very pleased with how these came out.

 

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Looking forward to putting this lot together.

 

David

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