Building a Church
A few years back we visited New York....
And took a tour bus ride around the sights...
The guide soon cottened on to an English family and asked where we were from.
We told him that we were from Lincoln where we had a cathederal that was started in 1052(ish) and finished in 1120(ish)
'Oh' he replied,'It took 'em just half an hour to build?'
Where's me coat?
And took a tour bus ride around the sights...
The guide soon cottened on to an English family and asked where we were from.
We told him that we were from Lincoln where we had a cathederal that was started in 1052(ish) and finished in 1120(ish)
'Oh' he replied,'It took 'em just half an hour to build?'
Where's me coat?
youth is wasted on the young...
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Sorted the base of the roofing out, time for the time consuming job of adding all the roof slates!!
For the top roof I'm looking to use the same technique I used on my station with cut up roofing felt. Looks really good when weathered in a bit. Not decided what I'm going to do for the side roof, same could work but the shape is a little more tricky!
For the top roof I'm looking to use the same technique I used on my station with cut up roofing felt. Looks really good when weathered in a bit. Not decided what I'm going to do for the side roof, same could work but the shape is a little more tricky!
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I've just noticed that somehow I missed the last post on the previous page, about the windows. I've never thought of doing them like that but it's a brilliant idea. My only concern is whether the waterslide transfers will remain in place and the inkjet ink not run, outside when it rains? However it is also possible to get clear self adhesive vinyl sheets which should be waterproof especially if printed on a laser pinter.
Philip
I'm not too worried by the ink. I use an acrylic varnish spray on top of the dry ink. This allows you to place in water to slide off the decal, so if it can handle being submerged in a bowl of water it can handle a bit of rain :-)philipy:118826 wrote:I've just noticed that somehow I missed the last post on the previous page, about the windows. I've never thought of doing them like that but it's a brilliant idea. My only concern is whether the waterslide transfers will remain in place and the inkjet ink not run, outside when it rains? However it is also possible to get clear self adhesive vinyl sheets which should be waterproof especially if printed on a laser pinter.
I have thought of the decals sliding in the rain, for this model most of the decals overlap the size of the window so they are effectively trapped by the adhesive attaching the Perspex to the building. Fingers crossed!
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For info the stuff I've used is:
Keen - Top Crystal Clear : Nitoracrylic Spray - Transparent
I think I got it from the same place as the decal paper
Keen - Top Crystal Clear : Nitoracrylic Spray - Transparent
I think I got it from the same place as the decal paper
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It's a pot of roofing felt adhesive (not tar). Just need to be careful with it as it gets everywhere!! The pot I had could be applied with a brush (use an old one though as I never got it clean!!)jim@NAL:118817 wrote:very impressive looking building what are you sticking the slates on with
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Theres another type of silicon gun adhesive, which we use at work, called STIXALL you can get it in clear and black, about £5 a tube, but would be a lot less messy than brush on adhesive.
By the way the church is amazing, and I'm in awe at your weather and detail on the building
By the way the church is amazing, and I'm in awe at your weather and detail on the building
Jon
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Jon & Jim, if only I had read your post earlier this week! :D
All the tiles are attached now, I spent a few days in the office this week with blackened fingers!! (thankfully no mishaps around the church, just on my hands). Invested in a box of surgical gloves for next time!
Will put up some posts of the church in situ soon, just got to test a rain shower on it to work out where there needs to be some drainage working into the model.
All the tiles are attached now, I spent a few days in the office this week with blackened fingers!! (thankfully no mishaps around the church, just on my hands). Invested in a box of surgical gloves for next time!
Will put up some posts of the church in situ soon, just got to test a rain shower on it to work out where there needs to be some drainage working into the model.
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By drainage do you mean actual guttering that works? The flat roof parts will be a tough one, as there should be a over shoot to the roof below, then a hopper either end of each apex with a downpipe to the ground, of course on any straight bit of roof striaght guttering with downpipes down the walls will do just fine, have you started ground works on the drains
Jon
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Some pictures of the finished build, kind of sad to finish as have enjoyed the build! Need another project now :-)
Just finishing off some drainage through the towers and then it'll have it's permanent place in the garden.
Just finishing off some drainage through the towers and then it'll have it's permanent place in the garden.
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I'm in awe!!!! That is amazing
Jon
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Have fun steaming
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Superb!
Tony Willmore
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As you can see from the finished pictures on the previous page I went for drainage channels on the lower roof to shift as much water from the roofs off the side.JCSteam:119603 wrote:By drainage do you mean actual guttering that works? The flat roof parts will be a tough one, as there should be a over shoot to the roof below, then a hopper either end of each apex with a downpipe to the ground, of course on any straight bit of roof striaght guttering with downpipes down the walls will do just fine, have you started ground works on the drains :lol: ;)
The flat roof I'm not too worried about as there are gaps round the edge and the model if hollow so it shouldn't trap standing water.
The towers have a drainage hole in the centre of the top and then holes at the base.
I thought about putting some drain pipes in (I did on my station built a few years back), but if you look at photos of the real church a lot of the water was just dispersed outwards rather than taken down drain pipes. I thought about doing this for the towers too but decided it would be too fiddly! :D
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