Petite Properties

[Rail and Tie]

Loving it!  Looks like a night out at the Pub did your modeling energy wonders!!

[madharry]

Thanks Darryl looks like the deal on the chimneys is working.............see you in the morning - the last day of 2016!

Mike

[madharry]

Continuing....

The chimneys are finished.

However the art of procrastination is not yet dead!

Obviously once I close up the roof and start thatching I will no longer have access to the interior. The kits all come with pre-drilled holes in the floor to allow the use of LED's to light the interior.

So I dug out my old Scalescenes Country Pub PDF and printed off some sheets to furnish an interior. I have made an internal wall and ceiling out of foamboard and decorated the internal walls. Still to come are some tables and chairs and maybe a figure or two.............

Mike

[madharry]

Continuing.................

Here is the interior of the "pub". I have constructed 4 tables and 8 sofas from Scalescenes printed elements glued to 2mm cardboard. I have also populated the establishment with 8 little people.

Mike

[madharry]

Continuing............

One last shot of the inside before it is sealed up. I have cut a ceiling for the pub. It has beams on the ceiling and carpets on the first floor. I was going to add beds and wardrobes, TV's etc but I do not think it will be seen through the small dormer windows.

In 2017 I start the year thatching the pub.

Mike

[ReadingBob]

Mike,

Wonderful looking little pub.  I'd like love to stop in there for a pint (or two) of Guinness or Smitticks and some pub grub.    

[Rail and Tie]

I hope you put a tiny steak and Guinness pie on the table before you sealed it up!  Maybe a splash of beer on the floor just before you seal it up so it gets that aged pub aroma when you open it back up again years to come!!

Happy New Years Mate!

[madharry]

Bob,

I use to enjoy a Guinness and Smithwicks with my Grandpa who came from Cork. My son-in-law is also from that fair city so maybe the trend can continue.....

Mike

[madharry]

Moving swiftly along............

The roof has been glued to the structure and the add-on has been tiled with Pantiles from Redutex.

Once I am dressed and showered we will be moving to Mrs C's fine marble worktops in the kitchen for a bit of rolling............

Mike

[madharry]

Sorry I was getting a little ahead of myself.

The cardboard dormers need to glued to the roof first. Also off-scene I have checked that 3 LED's pushed through the floorboards can light the interior enough so one can see the Bambi burgers and Guinness being served to the patrons...........

Mike

[madharry]

Continuing...

Here is the DAS clay and Woodland Scenics static grass..........hmmm.....

Mike

[madharry]

Continuing............ my first time using Air Clay..well here goes...

Greaseproof paper was taped to the kitchen surface. I probably used too much clay but it difficult to know how thick to put it on.
I rolled the clay between two sheets of paper using a rolling pin (Mrs C's Tai Chi baton). I then painted the roof with PVA before offering up the clay.

Memo to oneself: next time put the chimneys on last as with all the handling your flintwork comes away. Duh!

After about an hour of fettling I am reasonably happy with the look. I finished by putting a thatched ridge on the top of the roof. I decorated this with a number of X's to simulate the stitching. My wife said was I going to put a couple of straw pheasants on the pub? Now I need to let this dry for a couple of days before applying the static grass.

Mike

[madharry]

And a couple more.............

[madharry]

While I am waiting for the roof to dry..............

Here is a neat little kit - all £2.99 of it.

The Old Lych Gate. These are found all over the UK at the entrance to churches and graveyards.

I used a charcoal pencil to "paint" the supports and gates to replicate weathered wood. The walls are covered in ballast to represent flint. The slates are some I had left over from a SRMW kit - they are by Northeastern I believe.

Mike

[madharry]

Continuing..........

Another one this time Blackberry Farm. I have glued the walls together. The little outbuilding will be joined the main house but as I want to decorate the walls first it will be easier to do them separately.

Mike