Worton Court: Wednesday 29th November 2023

Worklist:

Fit pipe support bases with magnets.

Paint brick buildings with flecks.

Remake pipe support frame bases.

Geoff had glued rusty steel strips to the pipe support frame ends so that magnets in the bases would secure the frames, but also allow them to be easily removed. 2mm diameter cylinder magnets were epoxied into holes in the bases. However, on testing stability, the layer of rust separated from the steel plates and stayed glued on the frames. The issue would be looked at in due course.

Geoff made-up a palette of suitable brick shades and daubed dots and flecks all over the brickwork. He had used this method on the workshop and it worked well (See later). Once dry, fresh repair filler will be rubbed over the surface to add the mortar joints, but at the same time, the brickwork colours are also 'merged' with the basecoat.

Stephen had made up gutters and downpipes for the roofs, which were offered-up for a size and alignment check. The gutters will be joined into a single, central downpipe.

Stephen cleaned up the rusty steel base strips and made plasticard strips the same size, which were superglued together. Plasticard sections were also added to stiffen the plates.

Geoff bent two lengths of steel and brass rods to the required arrangements. One is designated for light sludge and the other a water supply. He cleaned-up some 3D printed pipe flanges printed last week and tested them on the two pipes.

The pipes will be bent down to the 'concrete' base and run off to the flooded quarry. A new tree was discussed for in front of the base to obscure the future hole in the back scene.

A long time ago, when the stonemasons building was just an idea, Stephen went through a reconstituted stone manufacturers website and produced a selection of standard stone components as 3D drawing files. Some typical garden items and some gravestones were also produced. At this time, Geoff only had a filament 3D printer and the objects came out a little on the crude side, requiring a fair amount of fettling. Over lunch, the files were located and a set run-off on the latex printer, with a much improved surface finish. A trial packing case was also included, but although this didn't come out so cleanly, it should be possible to rectify the problem.