Finally the door has been hung so I can now stain it before the handle and latches get fitted. I went for a stable door as I liked the idea of extra light and ventilation for the cave as well as being able to hear the doorbell etc whilst at the bench. It may also keep the cat out but I doubt it!
Also over the weekend the skirting boards and storage module where painted so today I'm hoping to get the display cabinets in place.
As it's St George's day here in the UK some suitable patriotic pictures are the order of the day. I feel we could do with an inspirational character like St George here at the moment to sort out all those useless politicians. Perhaps a lance or two up the arse would make them think of the voters wishes instead of theirs for a change!
Almost there now with the walls painted, door frame in and today I've built the storage module for my stash of doom. My display cabinets will sit on top of this as well. I'll also make up some doors later for the base. The carpet should be fitted next week and the door has finally arrived, just need to nail down the chippy to fit it now!
So more wood priming to do & skirting & storage module to paint now and all the hard work will be done.
Finished off the plastering over the weekend and almost finished painting the ceiling but ran out of paint! Also the door frame is finally going up as I type after some delays thank god! With any luck I'll have the room decorated or very close to finished by the weekend.
In Between working on the renovations I've been thinking about new pictures and displays for the room once finished and today I've received a couple of items which will look brilliant once cleaned up. I've always wanted to get my paws on one so two is a bonus, my sad dreams have come true!
Can you tell what vehicles they are from?
A day off cave renovations today and a visit to the Poole vikings show with Brian. As ever top down motoring was the order of the day as he drove so jacket and hat on as it was slightly nippy this morning, although the sun did make an occasional appearance.
To the show itself and the usual mix of interesting traders and clubs to keep us interested as well as a chat with friends saw us spend a pleasant couple of hours mooching around the show. I particularly liked some of the dioramas on the competition tables although it was hard to get decent pictures, or see the hard work put into them due to the very poor lighting in that area.
So suitably modelled out it was time for the usual format of a pint and pub lunch with the Royal Oak again being the venue of choice. Fine chaps that they are they managed to squeeze us in and we had a very nice meal whilst discussing all things modelling as well as general bollocks.
A rare picture of Brian's car with the roof up, well it did look like it might rain!
My stash additions for the day, as if I need to add to it!
As ever a nice day out and a nice rest for me.
Still beavering away in the cave with more filling & sanding done, it's like a bad fitting kit in there! I've also cleaned up the storage heater removing about three layers of paint spatter from various re decorations. It's come up pretty good too. Today the plaster undercoat went on after fitting plasterboard to the block work yesterday. With any luck I'll get the top coat of plaster done on Sunday.
Not a bit of modelling done over the weekend as I was too busy filling and sanding the walls down in the cave. The carpet was also removed and the floor scraped clean of stuck backing. Still not sure of the final colour for the cave hence the various test panels, the search continues for a suitable colour!
The room is almost clear now with just a few bits of furniture to wheel out when I need the space. I've even managed to find room for everything in the garage and still get through it. I was however shocked at the tower of kits I've acquired over the years especially when they are all stacked up. Think I need to cull the stash slightly!
The tower of doom,
So a fun packed weekend of filling and prep for painting is on the cards.
Today I've started stripping out the cave in preparation for the refurbishment. I've decided to start now due to the amount of stuff I have to shift and because I don't want this to drag on too long. I'm planning on a month maximum to get the room decorated, new floor down and at least a bench or two so I can continue to model.
I'm not too bothered about getting new furniture before I get building again although I do plan on a mega shop at Ikea for this purpose. Already I've filled four big boxes with books and started a pile for the charity shop. With a bit of luck the cave will be clear by Friday!
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ver the last couple of days I've got the mat varnish on and allowed it to cure. Last night I started fitting the rear tailgate sections and discovered that the top section did not conform to the shape of the roof. After some swearing and head scratching I discovered that I'd actually used the wrong bloody part when building the model.
The kit had two different rear top panels and of course I chose the wrong one and also binned the other part! Well after even more choice swearing I had to cut off the top portion and knock up something from plastic card. Annoying to say the least but at least it's not difficult. So the morale of this story is if your kit has multiple choices for main body parts remove the buggers you don't need first before starting the kit!
