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Re: Timbered House under construction

Posted: Fri Sep 26, 2014 5:59 am
by hotte8487
The Tank Man wrote:I have to say this is a pretty amazing build!!!!! The end result will be amazing! Great job keep the pictures comming! :thumbup:
Many thanks tank man, stay curious...

Re: Timbered House under construction

Posted: Fri Sep 26, 2014 10:33 am
by tankman
Fantastic build :thumbup:
Alan

Re: Timbered House under construction

Posted: Fri Sep 26, 2014 1:32 pm
by ALPHA
hotte8487 wrote:
The Tank Man wrote:I have to say this is a pretty amazing build!!!!! The end result will be amazing! Great job keep the pictures comming! :thumbup:
Many thanks tank man, stay curious...
You know Hotte... when I look at all the work you've done on the framing... and I know you have to do it...but it's almost ashamed you have to cover it all up...now...where's the guy with the Panzer Faust going to be... and where will the machine gun go..... ;) There is so much potential in this..you could even outfit it with an IR system... and have it be an acting part in your war games.... be cool if you knock out some tanks with it :D

Maybe even put some remote triggers in it ...so wood shoots out simulating a hit on it :D

ALPHA

Re: Timbered House under construction

Posted: Fri Sep 26, 2014 7:37 pm
by hotte8487
ALPHA wrote:
hotte8487 wrote:
The Tank Man wrote:I have to say this is a pretty amazing build!!!!! The end result will be amazing! Great job keep the pictures comming! :thumbup:
Many thanks tank man, stay curious...
You know Hotte... when I look at all the work you've done on the framing... and I know you have to do it...but it's almost ashamed you have to cover it all up...now...where's the guy with the Panzer Faust going to be... and where will the machine gun go..... ;) There is so much potential in this..you could even outfit it with an IR system... and have it be an acting part in your war games.... be cool if you knock out some tanks with it :D

Maybe even put some remote triggers in it ...so wood shoots out simulating a hit on it :D

ALPHA
Hi Alpha,

with so many good ideas you should build your own house, I'm sure it will be the perfect war building (or better a machine) something like "Transformers"... :D
As I wrote, at our battlefield we have a village without war damages - peacetime... :O
But our battlefield has of course also a practice respectively war area... :shh:

Re: Timbered House under construction

Posted: Fri Sep 26, 2014 7:38 pm
by hotte8487
tankman wrote:Fantastic build :thumbup:
Alan
Many thanks Alan. :thumbup:

Re: Timbered House under construction

Posted: Fri Sep 26, 2014 7:51 pm
by hotte8487
The question was how come my roofers on the roof; I build no diorama but only a house, so a scaffolding was no alternative. So I decided to install a ladder. Here is the first side cheek.
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Here are both cheeks, one already drilled. As rungs I've used again skewers.
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Here the stair almost done - one cheek is already sanded and just glued the second cheek. Let dry, then the second cheek can be ground. The dimensions are just so appreciated - I had no old wooden ladder to measure it there.
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Here stands the ladder on a trial basis at the intended location...
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…and a bit closer.
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Here is now the finished ladder, with rounded corners top and bottom of both sides diagonally grinded, so you can always find a good grip with the ladder.
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Before I could now actually start with the masonry work, I had to protect the lower part of my house against weathering. I've long thought about, with which preservatives I would get the best result.
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I've used hard wax oil. Actually, not intended for outdoor use, but I have so my wood floor boards painted in the hallway in my apartment and have never regretted the investment. No cracks, no flaking, weekly wipe does not matter and also simply overpainting is no problem.
But I had only had a colorless variant; with a drop oil paint I've mixed the shade.
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For an adult with normal sized hands not so simple; some rooms are still very small and require at paint a lot of tact.
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Next time it goes on with the bricklayers...

Re: Timbered House under construction

Posted: Fri Sep 26, 2014 11:11 pm
by HERMAN BIX
Ahh, gidday mate, Im from the Council Building Inspectors Office. I believe you may be in breach of one of the codes by constructing without a current permit and planning approval.
You'll have to take it all down Im afraid.....................

Re: Timbered House under construction

Posted: Fri Sep 26, 2014 11:12 pm
by HERMAN BIX
Oh, please try not to get tears all over my pristine grey dust coat & aluminium clip board. Im just doing my job.

Re: Timbered House under construction

Posted: Fri Sep 26, 2014 11:55 pm
by hotte8487
HERMAN BIX wrote:Oh, please try not to get tears all over my pristine grey dust coat & aluminium clip board. Im just doing my job.
Hi Herman,

you're so far from me, I have no fear...
And if you nevertheless would come, then would your coat no longer be so dusty... :haha:

Re: Timbered House under construction

Posted: Sat Sep 27, 2014 12:44 am
by ALPHA
hotte8487 wrote:
ALPHA wrote:
hotte8487 wrote: Many thanks tank man, stay curious...
You know Hotte... when I look at all the work you've done on the framing... and I know you have to do it...but it's almost ashamed you have to cover it all up...now...where's the guy with the Panzer Faust going to be... and where will the machine gun go..... ;) There is so much potential in this..you could even outfit it with an IR system... and have it be an acting part in your war games.... be cool if you knock out some tanks with it :D

Maybe even put some remote triggers in it ...so wood shoots out simulating a hit on it :D

ALPHA
Hi Alpha,

with so many good ideas you should build your own house, I'm sure it will be the perfect war building (or better a machine) something like "Transformers"... :D
As I wrote, at our battlefield we have a village without war damages - peacetime... :O
But our battlefield has of course also a practice respectively war area... :shh:
If there was a club...and meets like you all have ...after seeing yours I probably would...it really gets the imagination going you know ;)

ALPHA