New lighting
Workshop walls
Crane
(and a bit of laser work)
Geoff presented some new wall lights he'd purchased on eBay (from Germany). They are fitted with some tiny, surface-mount LED's. They are pre-fitted with a resistor for a 3v supply, but come with additional resitors to suit a 12v supply.
We did a quick trial to see the effect and immediately realised that the LED was high-up in the shade and wouldn't be visible, but the light cast might possibly be seen on the wall. We then looked for locations - 1 on the goods shed fascia, over the steps (that Stephen never got around to making). 5 on the generator room and maybe a few on the workshop. The goods shed LED lights had a 3v supply, so the new light could be easily added. However, the wire is incredibly fine and fitting into a fixed, 'finished' building was tricky, but a route was found.
The other two buildings have either 3v or 12v lighting so whilst actual fitting might be an issue, power supplies will not.
Geoff continued with the workshop, finishing the brickwork by filing the corner joints.
Laurence glued Grandt Line bolt heads to the base of his crane.
Geoff had fitted a full red plastic cover to the laser.
Stephen had been experimenting with paint and dyes to colour sheets of paper for more leaves. Soaking paper in tea had produced a faint beige sheet and another 630 leaves soon appeared.
The packing case experiment wasn't quite so successful. The 'cut' had been aborted due to lack of time and although most elements had been released, a knife would be required for the others. The charring was considerable and so the dense, 2mm MDF, whilst probably suitable for some projects, won't be the material-of-choice in the future.
