Victorian Terrace #2 - WIP8 - Roof tiling finished!

Just another quick post to show the roof tiling now complete, on main dwelling and outhouses.

Front

I had hoped to get this done by last weekend, but one or two other urgent projects got in the way!

Back

Still, back on track now...

Outhouses

Long weekend here in NZ, for 'Labour Day' weekend, so will press on with rigging up internal lighting, if time allows...

Victorian Terrace #2 - WIP7 - Roof half tiled.

Just a very quick update picture today; I have managed to get one side of the roof finished in its cladding of card tile rectangles.

I made the roof base from the mounting card on Saturday night and started cladding Sunday, and have done a couple of hours or so each evening since then. So roughly half a week to get one side done.

At the beginning of the week I got my email from Andy and Wendy @ Westwind, that my Requiem pledge level will be shipping out shortly, so it has motivated me to keep pressing on with this, this week!

Of course, the crunch is going to come, once the figures arrive... do I keep on with terrain, or start painting the gorgeous figures!?... it's going to be a tough call...

So, can I get the other side done by the end of the week!?

Total build time so far - 1 month.

Victorian Terrace WIP 12 - Roof tiling - half way there!

I feel like I deserve, or at least need, a mini fanfare - I have got the roof tiling half done! Yippee!

I doesn't look like much work, but jings does it take a while, or what...

I have been cutting up thin card into 10mm x 5mm pieces then gluing these on individually, starting at the bottom and working up in overlapping rows...

In the finest traditions of 'rivet counting', I had a quick tot up of the tiles on this one side of the roof; 44 tiles wide and 20 rows, = ~900 tiles, plus the ones on the out buildings.

My work station, mini dvd player keeps me sane! One side done.

Its lengthy work but I hope the final effect will be worth it. Once its done I am going to see if I can add some guttering and drainpipes using Evergreen plastic strut.

Out building roofs done too.

I will be basing the building on a piece of MDF sheet that will effect a width of pavement to front and sides of building, to which I will be attaching  these LED model gaslamps. I'll then need to wire them into the main house circuit, running the wire under the MDF sheet, via a groove cut into the underside.
The Gaslamps are 60mm tall, and sourced from ebay trader; "we_honest".

LED gaslamp and Victorian gent (half painted) for scale.

That's all for now. Back to the grindstone!