The two internal buildings are still not fixed in place but that is where they will finish up. Everything you see that is currently white will be grey - including the gun carriages. Vallejo Iraqi Sand for the walkways and Humbrol Matt 29 enamel for the doors and hatches etc. Gun barrels and flagstaffs will be black.
I had a couple of hours spare today so I set to work with making a start on painting the fort. The colour scheme will be the same as used for the earlier, rectangular version which means grey for the stonework, sand coloured walkways and brown for doors and hatches. I plan to completely paint and varnish the fort before I add the gun barrels and flagstaffs - mainly for protection purposes as it will get a lot of handling whilst its ‘teeth’ are being put into place.
Once this is finished it is them on to the floating batteries.
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Coming along nicely. I might be tempted to leave the two interior buildings unattached as it would give more flexibility.
This is all coming along very nicely David and I look forward to the floating batteries:)
Thanks Peter! The two buildings will be fixed in place as they have a crucial role in the structural integrity of the whole thing - to be more accurate the larger of the two has. This will be glued across the end on join of the two full length blocks to strengthen it. With this in mind the smaller of the two, although it does not provide any support will be glued opposite it.
I did think about leaving them as separate entities but the options as to where they go are quite limited so gluing it will be.
All the best,
DC
Hi Steve J,
Why thank you kindly sir! The floating batteries will be easy to build and they are next once the fort is finished.
All the best,
DC
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