Michaels 25mm WFB Stuff...

Michael Stockin said:
Thanks. Not sure if you think 5 hours so far is quickly or unquickly?
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It would have been quicker if the balsa strips were the correct width, as it is, each beam was cut from a strip that had to be cut not just to the correct length, but the correct width:

Some I split down the centre, others about 2/3rds.

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Oh well, onto splitting the balsa down the middle to make the shingles now...


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I could stock up on the correct width, correct thickness etc for each part.
But this is easier to buy/manage, just a load of the same strips that I can cut to suit as and when I need, rather than risk having bits that are too small/thin/short etc.
 
You know, every now and then you split it wrong and you only get 1 shingle and some waste, but every now and then you get a really interesting split that has an interesting shape about it.

At the risk of being pretentious, I feel more like a craftsman having to cut every bit to suit, feels more of an accomplishment?
Simple things amuse simple minds?
 
Michael Stockin said:
You know, every now and then you split it wrong and you only get 1 shingle and some waste, but every now and then you get a really interesting split that has an interesting shape about it.

At the risk of being pretentious, I feel more like a craftsman having to cut every bit to suit, feels more of an accomplishment?
Simple things amuse simple minds?
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I get it. I've got a 3d printer to do terrain bits, but I'm thinking mostly for complex pieces or for bits that can stand in until I've made my own by hand. There's a joy in craft that goes beyond just creating the final item
 
I almost snorted then.

Righty ho ho.
Hammer Horror film night beckons.

I have just had time to slap on the main coat of pollyfilla.
This will be sanded a bit smoother and then later touched up.



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I have made some doors complete with little handles.
I upped my handle game this time, these ones have little metal plates that the loopy ringed handles attach to, previous builds the handle was just on the wood. I need to enhance what I do each time until I am happy.

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Hinges will be upped the next time I do some gates/doors.

Gotta keep getting better!!
 
By the way. Does anyone understand the door configuration on this thing?

The arch leads to the stables. Under the arch is a door into the inn. Is this the main door?
What are those double doors? Are they at the rear or the front of the building?
On the other side of the building from the double doors is a single door, is this the front door?
It could be a way in from the stables but the door under the arch would do.

Why is there no gate on the arch?

Who designed this?

Oh. Ha ha. I will go check out The Riding. BRB.
 
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Michael Stockin said:
By the way. Does anyone understand the door configuration on this thing?

The arch leads to the stables. Under the arch is a door into the inn. Is this the main door?
What are those double doors? Are they at the rear or the front of the building?
On the other side of the building from the double doors is a single door, is this the front door?
It could be a way in from the stables but the door under the arch would do.

Why is there no gate on the arch?

Who designed this?

Oh. Ha ha. I will go check out The Riding. BRB.
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Right so the 3 villages each have the Inn.
I was hoping for it to be clear which side was the front, alas they are not all the same.

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I THINK I will make the flat side the front, and the double doors are for deliveries which will of course come via cart which will of course stop in the stable yard at the rear..
 
WAIT!!

The one with the double doors at the front is the village with the docks.
They ARE delivery doors, but here they are at the front of the building as the deliveries come straight off the ships via handcart rather than via horse cart and in through the rear.

This could explain the little sticky out bit which has the double doors as a a single storey room used for storage.
It was tacked on after the main inn was built, business boomed, they needed storage for more wares. Added a room to keep these extra supplies in, just a supply room, no need for rooms above it, but stick some nice big delivery doors on it facing the yard.

Why not have the delivery doors at the front?
This is not DPD/UPS, the drivers will likely be staying at the inn after they drop the goods off, so they would come into the yard at the rear anyway, so that is th best place for the doors.
 
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