Hi,
it is time for my first update.
The last weeks I worked on the construction of the roof. I wanted it to look ralistic but castable with single sided molds.
In a first step I built a small section with two beams and roof battens.
I cast some of this pieces.
Then I glued them together and cutted them to the right length and width. Then I cut the base of the beam in an angle to match the upper side of the sidewalls and the upper side of the beam with a notch to support the beam for the roof ridge.
At this time I decided to built an intact roof first. This will allow me to test if the parts fit together and will hopefully save me time when I built different destroyed parts later. So I made a mold of the finished roof construction and a timber for the roof gable.
With the first casts done came the critical moment to see if all will fit as planed and measured. I provisional set up a relative intact building with not so much damaged wallpieces (casts and masters). Then I superglued the beam for the roof ridge to the notch of the first roofhalf. Next I sperglued the second half to the first, using the ridgewall as a guide for the right angle.
The result can be seen on the next pictures.
But there had been some problems with the casting of this roofpieces. The roof battens on the left and right are very fragile, because they are very thin and narrow. Some of them broke very easy in the processes of demoulding and cleaning up the parts.
Based on the model of steel concrete I put thin floral wire into the mold before the casting. That worked fine.The result is very durable "steel resin". On the next two detail shots you can see the green wire shine through the beige resin.
To be continued ....Many more pictures can be found here on my homepage:
http://www.elladan.de/032%20WW%20II%20ruined%20building%201/032.htmI will work on parts with the pantiles next and post more pictures in a few days/weeks.
Ciao
Elmar
http://www.elladan.de/