Country Pub Revisited Pt.2………….

As promised, here is the finished post about the T011 Country Pub from Scalescenes. I’ve cracked on and completed the kit today. So here is how I got to the end.

I left the last post at the stage of the roofs been added.

The next stage is to add the ridge tiles. Make sure to use a marker pen to colour the raw edges, and fold the ridges tiles along the length. This will help the stay in place once glued to the ridge.
 


Next comes the chimney capping. A simple 2mm base and a cover layer.



All of the corner covers next, to cover the raw edges.
 

A couple of ceilings for under the porch way doors. Also giving a small canopy to boot.
 


Add the signage, and that’s it. Or so I thought.


I might as well put some chimneys on. I done a post a while ago about how I make my chimneys. Just in case you missed it, this is how I fashion a chimney pot.

Firstly, start with what is called an orange stick. These are what women use to manicure their nails. I got mine off of that well known auction site. I didn’t want to endure the wrath of my wife if she caught me using hers!


Using a sharp blade, make a cut about 2mm from the end, but don’t go all of the way through. Next score a line about 4mm from the first cut, and with your sharp knife, cut away from the score line up to the cut line. Forming a cone shape. Once this is done, cut the finished pot off the orange stick.
 

I colour mine with an alcohol marker.


Then add them to your chimney stacks. Simple!


And there it is. A complete Country Pub.
 
 
 

Roll on the new Box File Kit.


Until Next Time………..

Chimney Pots..........

As promised here is the way I make the chimney pots for my houses. First of all, if you’re brave, raid your good lady’s cosmetic bag and pinch what is called an orange stick.

These are used for manicuring apparently. If she doesn’t have any, and if you’re even braver, go to the cosmetic aisle in your local supermarket, you’ll find them there. Alternatively just go onto that popular auction site and buy them from there. That’s all I done, it saves all of the embarrassment and grief off my wife. They are really cheap. I got 100 of them for pennies over £2.

First of all, with a sharp craft knife cut off one of the ends so it is square. Next, with the same knife score a deep cut about 2mm from the end. Next about 3-4mm from the first cut, score a lighter cut. With a sharp detail knife, I use a Swann Morton knife, carefully cut from the second line up to the first cut and then work all around the stick.

  

Once you’ve shaped the pot, put a third cut about 2mm from the second and cut all the way through.

Once you’ve made enough just colour them with an alcohol marker or just paint them.

  

If you become confident with this technique, try and make some more ornate pots with extra cuts.

Until Next Time.............