Generator room windows
Crane details
Sheep
The assembly of the new windows occupied a fair amount of time. The issue was cutting the acrylic sheet neatly. At one point, fixing the 'opener' shut was considered, but it's such a nice detail that Geoff persevered. The acrylic sheet was first cut to the opening shape. It's not straight or parallel and needed lots of fettling. The opener panel was cut out after drilling the corners and filing the main panel - not as difficult as anticipated. A new piece was cut for the opener. The card window frames were spray-painted white gloss, to firm them up. Later, 3M Sprayfix was tested to glue the opener frame to the glass, but it immediately melted the paint, which spread over the glass. (The excess was carefully removed with a scalpel). Spray varnish was then tried to stick the main window frame to its glazing, which worked better, but not perfect.
A lining of white plasticard was glued into the rear of the opening reveals to form a solid stop to locate the frame. We are still undecided what to do with the brickwork. Stephen re-glued sections of the arch lining that had broken free. It's very old and crumbly, but total replacement is out of the question. Paint was mooted, with no response.
Geoff had produced artwork for the control panel, together with new dado rail strips and some more floor grilles.
Stephen finally got around to painting the sheep. After Googling photos, a cream base coat was applied followed by white faces and legs, and brown hooves. Dirt was applied to all 'relevant' areas. We haven't decided if paint blobs on their backs are appropriate, given the 60's theme. Would they be ownership marks or lamb numbers (Yes, we've all been watching Countryfile).
Laurence's crane took a major step forwards with the completion of the base winding unit. There was discussion about the scale size of the unit, which will be resolved next week when he will bring figures to set-against the winder.
Stephen's ladders from last week, duly painted.
