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

[Guest]

Great job, now I want to visit Normandy again !

[papa 695]

Great work so far Baldrick, oops I mean Ron.

[spanner570]

Thanks Guy - Me too!

Nice one Ian.

You're all probably getting a bit bored with more buildings, so I'll show this last one finished. Chimberly in the miggle and an attic partition just to vary the layouts a bit.
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Next up I'll make a start on the village square.

Cheers.
Ron

[JR]

Ron .
I have a cunning plan , that we have a building thread !
Can't have enough joists, etc makes me feel like we're back at work, smell the shavings !
Great work as expected.
John.

[Steve Jones]

Awesome work Bob. They really are a thing of beauty. You build as many homes as you want mate. They are great:thumb2::thumb2::thumb2::thumb2::thumb2:

[spanner570]

Cheers men!

G.C. R.C. - Not to mention the sweet smell of chainsaw oil. (Used for fitting doors) Well I was on a price per door!

Steve - Can't fit any more on the base...:sad:

Ron

[Steve Jones]

Make the base bigger:smiling5:

[papa 695]

Make the base bigger:smiling5:

:tongue-out2::tongue-out2::tongue-out2:

[Guest]

I'm pretty sure no one's bored sir. I like it.

[Allen Dewire]

Absolutely fantastic and not the least bit boring!!! C'mon Ron, make the whole town. You want to and besides, you get to eat the pizzas too! It's a win, win………..

[spanner570]

Thanks boys. Onwards and upwards!

Let's tackle the base. I didn't take interminable pictures of every single stage of the process, so if things get a little disjointed blame the producer!

I decided that six buildings would be enough for the village square. So after more shuffling than the Government Ministers, I finally decided on the buildings positions.
I marked around each one and then set about making some pavements.

These I made from thick plastic card with the flag and kerbstones scribed on to the surface.
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Cut as required.
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...... a loose, just to try fit.
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Cheers.
Ron

[Jim R]

Hi Ron
Looks good. What do you scribe plastic card with?
Jim

[spanner570]

Thanks Jim.

Not being flippant, but anything sharp would do the trick (scalpel, Stanley knife) I mark the lines out in pencil first, then scour them freehand with whatever I have to hand - Wobbly is good!

That's what I dislike about most bought stuff - too neat and precise. No one in the real world lays paviours etc. spot on, straight and true and dead flat.

Cheers.
Ron

[Jim R]

Cheers Ron
Freehand sounds good. That would be realistic. Bought some cheap acrylics this morning in town on your suggestion. Makes perfect sense :thumb2:
Jim

[JR]

Chainsaws :surprised::surprised::surprised: !!!! Ron how could you. :worried: I preferred the axe.

Buildings of course looking perfect, I agree with the too neat on purchased paving.

JR