A row of terraced houses in polystyrene

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A row of terraced houses in polystyrene

Post by Mrs F Controller » Sun May 17, 2015 10:16 pm

I have wanted to add to my village for a long time. So when I came across a few large sheets of polystyrene at work I decided to give it a go. Mr F C kept poo pooing the idea and saying it is too flimsy and I would agree if used by itself. He suggested putting a covering of fibreglass resin over it which I thought could be worrying! So I tried it with a scrap and yep it was worrying! However having purchased a whole lot of windows I was determined to keep at it. So I decided to start making the basic shape anyway.

Having done that I've joined the two sets of cottages together and set about adding strengtheners.

I then decided to try the tile adhesive and grout method for covering the outside. This turned out so thick it had to be troweled on! So I've done one side so far!
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