Victorian Terrace #2 WIP6 - brick etching finished.

Having taken the last week of the school holidays off to spend some time with the kids, I have also found myself with a little hobby time here and there, as playdates were organised for the kids, and naff weather (typical school hols huh?) has kept me inside...

 A final cramming session today saw the brick etching finally finished on Victorian Terrace #2... Pics as below...

Not too bad for ~3½ weeks work!

So next job is to sort out the roof. I need to make a base lift off type structure as last time, using 'mounting card' - a thick card base used by picture framers. Its about 3mm thick card, and can be cut with a stanley-craft-type knife though it takes several passes against a steel rule. Once this in position, I can start cladding it with card tiles for the roof tile effect. This will be the most laborious part of the project (small inward groan!) ;-)

Wish me luck, and patience!

Victorian Terrace - WIP 8 - Final clay cladding and brick etching

Just a quick update to show further work on the building.

I have clad the yard walls in clay and etched in the brick pattern today. A lengthy fiddly process as it was all awkward angles to get at, but no other way off doing it (having learned the hard way of not doing separate MDF pieces with clay as they warp as the clay dries...)

So as the clay dried on the fixed in position yard walls they did not warp, wahay!The chimney stacks also had a little more clay added to blend them in better and brick etching done too.

So with etching complete, next step would be to add card tiles to the roof, of main dwelling and outbuildings.

However I want to rig up the internal lights first, and figure out the best position for battery pack and switch. At this time I am thinking about gluing down main roof, and having battery pack on lower inside wall of main dwelling which will be accessible from the underside of building and rigging the switch inside one of the outbuildings which will have a flip top roof.

I have ordered the LEDs and resistors I need from a US based company, and got the battery holder, wiring and switch from a local electronic component supplier.
Once LEDs arrive I can get busy!