Wednesday 30th August 2023

Worklist:

Roof ridge tiles.

Window painting.

Geoff had produced a drawing of the ornate ridge tiles for the two 'smarter' buildings and now produced the files for 3D printing. First off were the two-hole ridges. The software automatically arranges the units on the printable area, which doesn't seem to have any logic, but saves time.

We were very pleased with the results.

Which looked great on one of the roof tops.

Geoff has had a yearning for a 'barley-twist' ridge tile for a while, and as the first tile had worked so well, he went back to the computer to produce his version. Trials of 9mm and 7mm long holed tiles were made, but 7mm was chosen. The barley-twist version was based on the 9mm tile.

They too turned out well, and although a little up-market for the workman's cottages, that's what we will be fitting. 

While Geoff routed-out the final glazing panels, Stephen carried out the final fettling of the windows openings. The final task of the day was painting the window frames white.

Next week we plan to start spraying the base coats on the buildings. We're torn between light grey/dirty white and rust. It will depend on what we can lay our hands on.