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**tawnyman** · #41 09-09-2014, 02:14 PM

Yes, I hadn't thought of magnets, thanks.

**rockpaperscissor** · #42 09-09-2014, 02:50 PM

Your model is coming along really well. Very impressive work. Magnets is a great idea. An alternative could be short metal rods of 1mm diameter or so that would protrude from the base and pierce the soft center portion of the foam board.

**tawnyman** · #43 09-12-2014, 01:10 PM

That idea of rods has given me an idea of using rods at each corner of the building to stop it moving sideways, and then a rotating rod with a cam on the end to lock the building down. This could be rotated from underneath.

**tawnyman** · #44 09-30-2014, 03:39 PM

Another couple of hours this evening saw another window finished. It's been a few months since I've done any work and my first attempt yesterday had to be discarded, but this one has come out fairly well.

**tawnyman** · #45 10-05-2014, 02:16 PM

The four sides leant together and ready to be glued together.

**rockpaperscissor** · #46 10-05-2014, 04:23 PM

Very neat and precise. Will you be doing any painting, or is your plan to leave it as a white model? It'll be eyecatching either way.

**tawnyman** · #47 10-05-2014, 04:46 PM

It's going to be left white Don, I think this is a standard architectural way to highlight the structure better. It certainly is a lovely building, and the model looks even better than I imagined to be honest. I glued the four sides together tonight, trying to get it all square, which is a big step towards finishing the model. Tomorrow I will reinforce it inside to give it a bit more strength and stability and then turn my thoughts to the other building that accompanies it, which will be slightly easier (I hope!).

**Chess** · #48 10-05-2014, 05:16 PM

I have never used any foamboard in a project but after seeing your great results I will have to use some for sure ! Great work ! Looks fantastic !

**tawnyman** · #49 10-06-2014, 03:02 AM

It's the first time I've used it but I've found it to be quite easy to work with. It can be glued with PVA, cut with a sharp knife and seems very stable and strong so it's good for constructional work.

**Plumdragon** · #50 10-06-2014, 03:26 AM

This is a beautiful piece of work :-) Hard to believe, looking at the pictures, that this is a model - it looks like a really sharp and precise computer rendering! (I hope you take that as the compliment it's meant to be....) Exquisite :-)
Plumdragon