Tuesday, July 31, 2018

Topping off Harpers Yard

I've been putting off tiling the Harpers Yard roof. Being too stingy to spring for laser-cut roof tiles, I planned to cut them out of paper and apply each one individually. Let's face it, there are so few it should be a quick job.

Only when I started did I remember that it's a dull job cutting the tiles out (7 by 5mm, a bit big but easy to measure) of paper. Worse, even when drawing lines on the roof, I never stick them on as neatly as I would like, not helped by the tiles all being a very slightly different size from each other.

At least this is a backscene building. Anything further forward will get Wills or pre-cut tiles...

Harper's Yard 
The finished model looks every bit as good as I hoped it would though. Building is simple and the design is perfect. Just what the sort of structure I like. 
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3 comments:

  1. Unknown1:37 PM

    I think the individually made shingles look much better than the assembly line, cookie cutter ones do. Their slight differences contribute to the reality.

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  2. Tim Hale4:30 PM

    Hi,
    What is the origin of the building?
    Thank you
    Tim

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  3. Phil Parker7:27 PM

    Petite Properties - Harpers Yard - https://www.petitepropertiesltd.com/1/76th-harper-s-yard-low-relief.html

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