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deakon · 04-09-2006

Mon...today i finished putting down the groundwork [earth] on the baseboard..i smoothed out a path way with a wet finger.and pushed up the mounds of earth by the side..to add a little depth..the path runs from the emplacement steps to the riverside....i pushed the emplacement and thesteps into the groundwork and built up around it by pushing the papier mache against it again with the wet finger..i also added some planking under the rungs..in balsawood..the cracks in the casement were made by tapping [gently] with a hammer..and using superglue in the cracks..i made the reinforcing rods from lead wire..and fixed them with superglue.. i trimmed one of the lengths of barbed wire i made yesterday. and coiled it up ..ive temporaraly fixed it to the base with wooden pegs and a loop of leadwire.....the barbed wire posts in these pics were made from a thicker guage copperwire. bent with pliers..to form the loops where the barbed wire goes through..the wire was fixed to these using superglue..and pushed into the groundwork for the pics......

the wooden retainers along the earthbank..are made from lollipop sticks trimmed to length..and stuck on with white glue..im going to make a retaining strap..to be riveted along the planking..from lead foil....D.....

04-09-2006	#40 (permalink)
deakon Scale Model Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: gods country [scotland] Real Name: Marty.. My Models: serious injuries..childrens shoes.. Visit deakon's Gallery Posts: 98 Images: 1	Mon...today i finished putting down the groundwork [earth] on the baseboard..i smoothed out a path way with a wet finger.and pushed up the mounds of earth by the side..to add a little depth..the path runs from the emplacement steps to the riverside....i pushed the emplacement and thesteps into the groundwork and built up around it by pushing the papier mache against it again with the wet finger..i also added some planking under the rungs..in balsawood..the cracks in the casement were made by tapping [gently] with a hammer..and using superglue in the cracks..i made the reinforcing rods from lead wire..and fixed them with superglue.. i trimmed one of the lengths of barbed wire i made yesterday. and coiled it up ..ive temporaraly fixed it to the base with wooden pegs and a loop of leadwire.....the barbed wire posts in these pics were made from a thicker guage copperwire. bent with pliers..to form the loops where the barbed wire goes through..the wire was fixed to these using superglue..and pushed into the groundwork for the pics...... the wooden retainers along the earthbank..are made from lollipop sticks trimmed to length..and stuck on with white glue..im going to make a retaining strap..to be riveted along the planking..from lead foil....D..... __________________ The first thing I do every morning is smile.......... Get it over with......... Last edited by deakon; 04-09-2006 at 05:55..