Gateway
Lighting
L being unavailable again, it was just G & S.
Geoff painted the new gateway brickwork. The red-oxide pot needed revitalising, but obviously had something else mixed in. A good stir got it going, and although it was still a bit patchy, the effect was very nice for old brickwork. We'll let it set hard, apply the mortar joint filler and see what it looks like.
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| The brick bond is clearly visible on the right of the photo (click to enlarge). |
Over lunch, we spent time researching large timber gate construction on Google images, and decided on a framing pattern. Geoff started making the gates straight away. Watch this space...
Meanwhile, Stephen had set about gluing two sets of lights into place. The timber strip that the tunnel lights are fixed on, was gently cracked at various points to allow a self-supporting curve to be achieved. It was then painted a mid-brown colour. The layout was tipped on end and clamped to the table and the strip glued in place with wood glue and held with masking tape. (Photo rotated for clarity)
The goods shed lights were next. A piece of card, the length of the shed and the depth from main beam (light level) and the roof, was painted black. Once dry, the lights were glued to a long edge of the card (wood glue, to prevent dissolving the wire lacquer again). Once set, the other long edge was glued to the underside of the roof with contact adhesive.
The wires will be tidied up and the timber wall panel re-fixed.
