The Stoic Arms

[spanner570]

Dave, if you think Si's Polish is a bit dodgy (Don't we all!) Get to the shop and secretly squeeze some glue onto your finger and see for yourself if it is indeed 'nie zylasty'.


P.S. Be prepared to run when you get caught experimenting though!

[Gern]

Dave, if you think Si's Polish is a bit dodgy (Don't we all!) Get to the shop and secretly squeeze some glue onto your finger and see for yourself if it is indeed 'nie zylasty'.
P.S. Be prepared to run when you get caught experimenting though!

What? After experimenting with tube glue that I haven't used for nearly 50 years! I'll have stuck the tube to one hand and the other hand to a display shelf! Not to mention having the box stuck to my nose where I've tried to use my teeth to free one of my hands.

[Gern]

OK. 2nd storey done.












How it looks so far

[takeslousyphotos]

nie żylasty

Do you clean cars Si ?

[Gern]

One of the problems of using PVA is that it takes ages to dry firm enough for you to handle the pieces. I've used CA where I can to speed things up a little, but waiting for things to dry means jumping ahead to the next sections on the instruction sheet. You can never have too many clamps can you?






... and they can come in all shapes and sizes (did you see what I did there?):






PVA needs pressure to create a proper joint so I've weighed down the roof pieces where they're stuck to my paper tiles.

[eddiesolo]

Looking excellent, I do like the way this looks. That be a lot of clamps Dave, I just use my hands and wonder why I glued the piece to them...one day I may learn.

[Guest]

It looks tremendous Dave!!!


Excellent work so far.

[yambam26]

Looking great so far! Keep those updates coming

[spanner570]

Dave, if the building is card, I would have thought the general purpose glue would have been a better bet. It dries more or less instantly.


If it's some sort of foam based, like polystyrene, then UHU POV is the stuff to use....It doesn't react with the foam like ordinary Gen.Purps. stuff does.


Mind you, you have nearly finished the build, so perhaps give it a whirl with the next building?


It all looks excellent. Really nice.


Ron

[Gern]

Ron - The main structural parts are MDF with only the facings between the 'timber' frames being made of stiff card. That makes PVA just about perfect apart from the drying time. I've ordered some of that UHU so I'll be trying that soon. Not so sure about the 'nearly finished' bit though. I suspect it will take as long to do the furnishings and figures as it's taken me to do the building - maybe even longer depending how mad I go!


Thanks Ben, Polux, Ralph and Si.

[Ian M]

Just been watching Ken Follet's 'a world without end'


This looks like it came off the set. Great work so far.

[Gern]

Thanks Ian. I've not seen that so I can't comment. All I know is that it's made by 4Ground and it's part of Mordanberg town from their Fabled Realms series.

[Guest]

That is a very impressive looking building Dave!

[Gern]

Thanks Graham.