Une Ferme Abandonnee.....and some squatters! Normandy, July 1944

[Airborne01]

Coming along nicely!
Steve

[minitnkr]

Beautifully executed.

[scottie3158]

Cracking work Ron.

[papa 695]

Just seen this one Ron, some cracking work so far.

[spanner570]

Thanks for the encouraging posts chaps. :thumb2:

Windows to go in then the house is ready for gluing together.


I've decided an ornamental courtyard would be fun to have a go at.

Totally overboard and wacky, with no attempt at neatness. I just had me some fun. It'll probably all be covered with muck anyway.....

The buildings will follow the paviors around the edge. The whole thing is less than A4.









Cheers.
Ron

[spanner570]

All safely gathered in and ready to be stuck together.

Bit out of sync. as the mill is stuck together....Sorry. :upside:

I've made 8 internal cross walls to support any roof bits. I'll slot these in where required, once I start on any exposed roof members.....


Cheers.
Ron

[Jim R]

Looking fine Ron. You certainly have a flair for this sort of thing.

[Mini Me]

Much progress since I last checked on this. Nice looking Mill house 570! :thumb2:

[Si Benson]

Really enjoying your creation Ron, it looks fab already :thumb2:

[JayCee]

Excellent work, Ron. You really are good at this.
John.

[spanner570]

Thanks chaps. It's really nice to read such encouraging posts. :thumb2:

Farmhouse glued together and windows fitted. I use thin plastic card for the windows. Marked out with a pencil and carefully cut out using a N0 11 scalpel blade. I 'glazed' them with bit of see through plastic food container lids.






Oops! Bit of a wonky upstairs window. I know I want a rustic look, but really........




I still need to sharpen up some of the half timbering. That will come later.

Cheers all and thanks for looking.....

Ron

[Ian M]

You could make a fortune flogging these to mini art. Lol.

Great work Ron.

[Gern]

You could make a fortune flogging these to mini art. Lol.

Great work Ron.

Or alternatively write a book. You'd sell millions!

[spanner570]

Ian. Pity Miniart don't do 1/72. I'm sure they get enough 'Samples' from would be fortune hunters without this toe rag sending stuff.

Dave. A Book?! I read out your post to the missus. "Fat chance, You can't even get a shopping list right!" was her encouraging reply.

Apart from anything else, and presuming my stuff was remotely good enough, the tongue in cheek sort of thing you and Ian suggest is not my bag. I prefer to quietly sit at the back and dish out the pencils!...and just have fun and pootle along in my own sweet way. :upside:


Update.....
I've started on the chimblee for the 'ouse.

Whether internal, external , brick or stone, the bond has to be summat like running true. It's imperative to give this part your best shot. Any straight, vertical lines are to be avoided. They just don't look right and can spoil the corners of the structure.


Here I've marked out the brickwork onto the foam board. Luckily I don't require bricks all the way down.




Cut into strips and ready to glue.





All the bricks bond around the corners. Just what I wanted.
To finish off, dig your finger nail into the corner edges of the 'mortar joint' This breaks up the sharp edges of the stack.

Done. All that is needed to finish the stack is a capping and a couple of pots.





Cheers.
Ron

[Gern]

Dave. A Book?! I read out your post to the missus. "Fat chance, You can't even get a shopping list right!" was her encouraging reply.



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Cut into strips and ready to glue.
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All the bricks bond around the corners. Just what I wanted.
To finish off, dig your finger nail into the corner edges of the 'mortar joint' This breaks up the sharp edges of the stack.

Done. All that is needed to finish the stack is a capping and a couple of pots.

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Cheers.
Ron

With such a ringing endorsement, what's keeping you? Get on with it! :smiling: