White hart inn revisited

[missileer]

VK,
Everything is going fine now. Real like and family took priority for a while. I hope to continue to make progress on this and 2 other projects for the next few months. If luck holds, my plan is to have them all complete by May.

DaveH,
Thanks for the encouragement!

A bit more progress; this time it is the back wall of the pass-through separating the Inn from the Guild Hall. The photo shows the parts I will use for this wall. The fancy hinges are for the door (almost drove me to drink cutting those). I will drill out the leaf-like pedals tomorrow. The small straight hinges are for the shuttered window as is the stone window sill. The wood frame will be an overlay; the door and windows will be back mounted for a little extra depth. Once again, the door handle will be placed after assembling the building.

[wideride]

Hey John!
Good to see ya back at it. Love the detail work. And hinges too? WOW. Looks GREAT!
George

[missileer]

Thanks, George.

I drilled the holes to make them look like nail holes. Not great (the old hands are not as steady as they use to be). After I mounted them on the door, with the darker background, I think they look a little bit more like nail holes. Oh, well, nothing ventured; nothing gained. Now I have to finish putting the wall together.

[Vermin_King]

Nice touch, sir.

[missileer]

VK,

Thanks. Those hinges just called to me and I had to try. I was not able to get all the detail that you provided, but I gave it my best effort. In a previous post, I mentioned separating what I would like to do and what is realistically obtainable. In this case, I did not listen to the inner voice that said, "Hey, Pal, this ain't realistically obtainable!" In the real world of display, the great majority of people will never even notice the hinges. But, I will always know that they are there.

[missileer]

The two walls are now complete. The angled photo shows the bay windows a bit better.

[wideride]

Oh Yea! Now that's COOL! The layering and insetting make it POP! And those door hinges........ .....what can I say? Great Job, John!
George

[missileer]

George,

Thanks, the walls that I am beginning to work on now are going to be a bit trickier. In the meantime, I diverted to assembling the second coach (the Fodar, straight end). I have to finish the stirrups and the tie downs for the cargo load. Should get to that tomorrow. Here is what it looks like so far. Lighting for the photos was not the best; I'll fix that before my nest post.

[missileer]

Well, you know the old saying that "tomorrow never comes". It took a bit, but tomorrow has finally arrived and I have finished the coach. The first photo shows the method I use for making my "rope" (and other things like hand rails, etc.). I take rigging line (lower right corner) and soak it with ZAP Thin CA and wipe off the excess with a dental tool. I use wax paper under the line to confine the excess glue and provide a place for the line to dry overnight, without adhering to any surface. I use pins on a board to keep the line straight while gluing (or sometimes I just use a weight on each end of the piece of line).
You can see the stiff line lying over the bottle of glue. That stiff piece of line will now be used to simulate the ropes holding a stack of lumber to the back of the coach. The second photo shows the "ropes" installed on the lumber stack with the ends that will be wrapped and glued to the bottom of the coach (which is shown in the last photo). I know, the ends are not even (I am lazy), but this coach will be glued on to a diorama base, so that no one will ever see the bottom of that coach (unless they have an inspection mirror)

[missileer]

Next, I have a few views of the finished coach. Yes, I know, I forgot to color the back of the stirrups. I saw that when I looked at the photo. I will correct that before I glue the coach to the base. I realize, now, that I did not color the back of the stirrups of the first coach, either. I think I will wait until all six coaches/freight wagons are finished before I open the paint bottle.