So, I am working on the office roof now. This great kit contains strips of pre-cut ( lasered) shingles in a sort of cardboard like material. Great stuff, but if you are crazy like me, you do want to go the extra mile , and go for the real deal and cut your own individual wooden shingles. There are only some 1200 !!!! to do deuuhhh....
So that's what I've been doing the last few evenings... For now , still glueing them on the cardboard but you can see what's going on here... The lasered lines are a great idea to keep them paralel. Or at least that's the general idea... I don't want them to be too neat...Weathering and working the edges is for later... I used walnut stripwood for this.
Looking fantastic Robert. Did you use thin Walnut Stripwood in sheets, line grain, stain then cut all the many pieces? I also noticed many of the ends of the shingles are ripped/torn. Again Robert, you have many talents and thanks for sharing.
Glad you are following Pap, the shingles are just plain walnut strips which I cut/broke in same length parts. No staining, graining , nothing so far. Plain wood. I'll show you the progress later on...
The progress on the build. You know guys, with a new puppy in da house, not much building is possible. Jethro is a full time occupation for now...But I love him..
Anyways, I got the roof done ( except the chimney and final weathering)
and when we put two and two together, we'll get this... The roof is removable..
Thanks guys. Actually, Kevin, it is not only the roof, but also the whole first floor that can be taken off. I need to , to have acces to the lights. And a little preview of the ground floor from the door and window,.The office with some basic furniture and the stairs to the first floor. More details and decoration later, but I mustn't loose myself in details right now.
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So that's what I've been doing the last few evenings... For now , still glueing them on the cardboard but you can see what's going on here... The lasered lines are a great idea to keep them paralel. Or at least that's the general idea... I don't want them to be
too neat...Weathering and working the edges is for later... I used walnut stripwood for this.
Jerry
Again Robert, you have many talents and thanks for sharing.
Pap
Anyways, I got the roof done ( except the chimney and final weathering)
and when we put two and two together, we'll get this... The roof is removable..
more soon.... or perhaps not that soon...
Jerry
Looking forward to see more.
Actually, Kevin, it is not only the roof, but also the whole first floor that can be taken off. I need to , to have acces to the lights.
And a little preview of the ground floor from the door and window,.The office with some basic furniture and the stairs to the first floor. More details and decoration later, but I mustn't loose myself in details right now.
Jerry