The Liberation of a Normandy Village - and some cheese and wine too!

[spanner570]

Thanks for the comments boys.

Tim - Please message me about Mr. Fuchs. I can guess the content but would like to read the correct version.

Dave - The A4 board does indeed have a foam core, but its covered both sides with paper, not plastic. Before its any use the paper has to be removed first.

Steve - Glad you like progress thus far. I didn't know what Zoopla was until I asked the wife, I really must get on a computer more often (Then again - Nah)


O.K., here's the third building. When I first made this one it looked too much like the previous two, so I cut out a nice big shop window and included a small extension to the other side.

I've started to add some flooring too. More on that next.
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I also added a middle wall as the house ridge board needed further support. I also added a chimney and wall plates then painted it all with cheap acrylics. Don't waste your good paints on stuff like this. For those unsure what a wall plate is, it's the timber running along the top of the brick/stonework. The roof spars are then nailed to these.
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Cheers all and thanks for looking.
Ron

[Jim R]

Hi Ron
Posts on here made my morning :tongue-out3: And then after putting a smile on my face we have another excellent building.
Do you use balsa wood for the wooden bits?
Jim

[spanner570]

Morning Jim.
Thank you. The wooden bits are coffee stirrers cut into strips. I don't like balsa for so small a scale, the grain is not tight enough and too pronounced. Coffee stirrers on the other hand, are made from a much harder and denser wood altogether and scale up much better in 1/72.

Cheers.
Ron

[Tim Marlow]

Hi all
Another source of strip wood is pound shop garden markers. I got some for fifty pence that are pretty good quality timber, smooth and tight grained. They are slightly bigger than coffee stirrers so can be used for larger section timber....good for mounting sub assemblies for spraying as well..
Cheers
Tim

[Si Benson]

Afternoon Ron,

Thats some very nicely made buildings right there....I’ll have to have a try myself one day. Good tip about using the cheap paints for getting some colour on them:thumb2:

Si

[Tim Marlow]

Hi Ron
Forgot to comment on the buildings (Dohh!!!).
Great stuff, nicely incised details....are you using foam board with the paper removed? If so, how are you removing the paper? I’ve found it doesn’t peel well, but that heating it with a hairdryer works well.
Cheers
Tim

[Si Benson]

Hi Ron
Forgot to comment on the buildings (Dohh!!!).
Great stuff, nicely incised details....are you using foam board with the paper removed? If so, how are you removing the paper? I’ve found it doesn’t peel well, but that heating it with a hairdryer works well.
Cheers
Tim

Pizza bases Tim....Ron’s only mentioned it about 59 times:smiling5:
Si

[Tim Marlow]

Oh, right....pity I don’t eat that much bought pizza then LOL
Tim

[spanner570]

Thanks folks.
Pizza tonight!

Earlier in the thread I mentioned flooring. Here is a 1st. floor completed. I used the same material as the wall construction. I simply scoured the floorboard lines into the stuff and then slurried brown paint all over the surface, slightly altering the shade as I applied the acrylics. I also cut out a stairwell. If you go back to my last building pictures, you will see the ground floors are in too.
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Having made three buildings, I started to feel all six that I needed were going to look more or less the same - Typical Normandy dull grey render under a slate roof. I needed a radical change of direction so.....

More to come.

Cheers.
Ron

[stillp]

I needed a radical change of direction so.....

Like this Ron?
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Pete:smiling5:

[Tim Marlow]

Cafe Rene?

[Guest]

I like it, it really looks Normandy !

[spanner570]

Ah, Pete. Tobermory!

When we travel up the west coast of Scotland we sometimes catch the ferry from Oban to Craignure on Mull, then jump another ferry from Tobermory to The Ardnamurchan Peninsula ( That's it in the background. An unspoilt piece of heaven) Then motor up to Mallaig. On to Skye. Jump another ferry to the Outer Hebrides.......Again!

With any luck, come September, I'll have a bag of Tobermory fish and chips, sitting in the camper waiting for the ferry.....:thumb2:

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Cheers.
Ron

[Fernando N]

Nice intro Ron and as expected some great looking buildings.:thumb2:
Looking forward to see how you make the roofs.

Fernando

[Mini Me]

Hi Ron,
As most likely one of the newest kids on the block, I'm Definitely in on this build. I love your creativity when it comes to your buildings. I'm hoping to pick up a few pointers for my next dio so please pass as much on as you can.
Thanks,
Rick H. p.s. just think what you could do in 1-87 scale!