The conservatory was a big project in
itself. To keep this page loading quickly, I'm going to go to 2
pages for this one. I wasn't sure how to do what I wanted and I
was looking for some Grandt Line windows at the local place and I
couldn't find anything decent, so I went with an Sn3 store front kit
that I had picked up. I spliced two windows together (left) and
then had to scratch a matching set for the back side (right)
Here are the rear doors, the front
windows and the back windows. I'm putting acetate in again.
The storefront (left) and the scratch
back (right) are almost ready to go. I could have detailed the
scratch ones more, but, why do what no one is going to notice?
I used a small sharpie to add the black
mullions. The center has my stained glass effect. I tried gold in the
middle panel, but decided against it.
A close up of the back doors.
I had already made a double door and
opening into the building (similar to the front in design) and had those
in and painted, so I notched out a piece of styrene to fit and made a
floor. It is painted with acrylic dove grey with plaster dust and
then scribed with the same sharpie as the windows.
Here's a better look at the doors.
The cool floor pattern was made by having my wife cut me a bunch of
black paper squares that I then glued on the intersections. I then
weathered the floor a little with chalk.
The walls sit right on the base and I put
them together so I could determine the roof shape. The strip wood
is to cover the crack in between the panels. I hadn't painted it
yet.
Here's the top after the walls were in.
My casket and table and stuff were just waiting for a funeral service.
I knew the sort of angle I wanted for
the sides, so I made this piece from styrene for the top and then
beveled all the edges.
This frame of stripwood was going to be
an inner support for the roof cap I was making....
Here's the first part of the top.
I cut a piece to fit the angles and then started adding wood one piece
at a time.
before and after. I used canopy
glue to try to keep the smudging down.
Final shot with the lines added.
On to the second
page!