Progress generator room extension.
Progress tank platform, steps and gas holder area retaining wall.
Make a start on the grass.
Having forgotten to cut out the door openings from the front of the extension before gluing it together, Stephen had a decision to make.... Rather than risk destroying the MDF shell, he cut out the door openings from another piece and stuck that on the front of the shell. Plasticard brickwork sections were then glued to the front and individual bricks glued over the doorways, for the lintel.
Still some trimming and cleaning up of the lintel bricks is required, but the doors fit nicely.
Geoff fitted his flight of stairs in place and finished off the base and dwarf walls of the tank platform. There was long debate as to how the curved retaining wall was to be treated. What was known, was that working on it was going to be awkward, because of the gas holder frame and base. Checking underneath, two screws were found and the whole structure removed - well done again John!
A new layer of bricks was glued over the existing, after first deciding the profile of the 'stepped coping'. The area behind the thin, sheet wall was filled with plaster to form a base for the coping. Geoff wants to make this in brick, which will, no doubt, be another epic construction job.
Laurence and Geoff decided to try out Geoff's new particle accelerator charging machine - a 'fly swat come tea strainer' he purchased online.
We'll have to wait for the glue to dry to see the final effect, but these pale fibres will probably be used as dry stems amongst lusher ground-covering flock rather than on their own. More practice required!
