BSC2023 Tarnegol I Samuel 5:2

[Tarnegol]

The closest I'll get to a plan, the layout drawn on the baseboard. It will shift a bit as I've not allowed for wall thicknesses. I've dispensed with the dwelling to the left, as eventually I want to build a separate house or three. I've also decided to make the secondary shrine a Temple of Astarte/Ashtaroth. (Well, the temple prostitutes have to have somewhere to work!)
It'll be built mostly from MDF and greyboard.

[Tarnegol]

Primary walls done, all mdf, mostly 6mm, because I wanted thick walls around the courtyards. Even wall heights thanks to a Proxxon table saw, perhaps the most useful tool I ever bought.

Shittim wood for the Ark of the Covenant ordered earlier today. These things have to be done properly!

[Burgundavia]

I love the non-evenness of the TF boards. How do you find them?

[Tarnegol]

Presuming you mean the baseboard, they're OK as long as whatever is on them has height, otherwise they tend to warp a little. It can be avoided with care, but as I have discovered to my cost it's difficult (impossible) to correct after the event.

[snitcythedog]

Promising start.  After the last module I saw from you, I am watching with interest.

[Burgundavia]

Presuming you mean the baseboard, they're OK as long as whatever is on them has height, otherwise they tend to warp a little. It can be avoided with care, but as I have discovered to my cost it's difficult (impossible) to correct after the event.

That was what I was wondering. I am using 3D printed bases, which don't warp with glue but might with warmth

[Tarnegol]

A bit more progress. I intend to have a roof where people can stand and see/hear the rites in the temple below, mainly because the Temple of Dagon in the Samson story has people on the roof.
To this end I have built 'windows' to sit on the roof to both allow those on the roof to participate and to allow light in.
I have used Pendraken/Minibits dice frames as window frames, and sandwiched fine brass mesh between them, completing the construction with strip pine from W Hobby.
Eventually the main roof will have a hole and the window section a roof, but I need to place the inside roof supports first, so that the pillars are not holding up a hole!

[snitcythedog]

Those dice frame work a treat for the small windows. Very cool innovation. 

[Tarnegol]

Thank you. So much easier than trying to cut multiple tiny pieces of wood with mitred ends. (At least, with accuracy.)

[Vanvlak]

Great idea, that! 

[tomrommel1]

looking good

[ichwillauch]

Looking very good, indeed!

[Tarnegol]

Latest update:
Pillars, seating and bamah now done.
Roofs finished, still requiring stairs to get onto them.

[Vanvlak]

This is going well. I like the surprising irregularity achieved with orthogonal walls.

[DivisMal]

Amazing progress! You walls give a real ancient feeling. Did you use plans of excavated houses as an archetype?