Further work involved cutting an aperture in the frontispiece for addition of sash window to match the others elsewhere:
This took a lot of effort due to the use of thick laminated plasticard, involving different sized drill bits and two piercing saws (my usual one’s frame wasn’t deep enough and in trying to extend it in vain, saw me slip and cut through the elliptical top section which then had to be repaired…..). Then the blade on the second saw, with a deeper frame, broke and I’m currently out of the very fine blades it uses, so I had to finish and tidy using some customised ‘files’ of various sizes honed from emery boards (and one or two modelling ‘metal files’ for the corners).
I’ve also built a door, based on that in the previous post, from various offcuts of section. It was then distressed with a blunt blade and hat pin to give it a worn look. As can be seen below, I attempted the lozenge shaped panels of the prototype however they weren’t uniform enough, so I opted for plain old (tiny) rectangles:
Eventually I’ll finish off with some fabricated handles or simply just use track pins.
The apertures for the arched windows (seen here with tabs fitted to attach to below the fascia) were cut and the windows marked out:
And then placed under the apertures to see what they looked like:
They’ll do.
Next, I’ll cut out the window apertures then laminate the fascia. Then the window surrounds (different from those to the rear) will be fabricated and attached.
Thanks for looking.
jonte
). As the (leaning) towers match those of the terminus, it would make sense as it fits the theme and could be considered a trademark of the SC&ER.
