The ECW Manor house project thread - Updated

[grant]

Terrific progress mikeland!

[Correus]

Looks great!

I wish I could have gotten this to you earlier but I had trouble finding it, but is this what you tried?



1. Put some super glue onto a palette. Super glue is the only glue that works well and tends not to fog or discoulour the material we will be using.
2. Dip a very thin piece of card into the glue
3. Spread a very thin layer of the super glue onto some plastic screen door/window material.
4. Glue the screen door/window material to some plastic packaging material. The plastic packaging material should be clear and sturdy enough to hold its straight shape. For aesthetics align the screen material diagonally onto the clear packaging material.
5. Trim the edges of the screen material and the packaging material into the proper size to fit your window holes.
6. Admire your work. For basic windows, you are done, for more complex windows, continue.
7. Cut the window frame piece of your design. Here I am cutting a cross shape.
8. Dip your super glue spreader into the glue again.
9. Spread a very thin layer of super glue onto the window frame piece.
10. Glue the window frame piece onto the window.
11. Trim the window frame to fit the window perfectly.
12. Place the window into its window hole and put a small amount of white glue just around the edges to hold it in place.

[mikeland]

In a word, No.

I tried the mesh from fruit bags and some modelling mesh, and my windows were already assembled. The fruit mesh wouldn't lay flat very easily and the modelling mesh was the wrong size.

This is a beautiful method but to be honest I think it would stretch my commitment, doing 65 windows this way. Plus I actually want to get it finished, not sitting half done, which is always the danger with big projects, so some compromises were necessary, but I might use this on future smaller houses because it is a great tutorial.

[Cubster]

I guess with lots of windows you could try something like a spray adhesive to hold a big bit of mesh in place on a large sheet of plastic, then paint over it all in varnish to stick it down before cutting it out.

[mikeland]

I guess with lots of windows you could try something like a spray adhesive to hold a big bit of mesh in place on a large sheet of plastic, then paint over it all in varnish to stick it down before cutting it out.

Definitely, projects like this are always a learning curve, there are a few things I'd have done differently with hindsight, the window leading being one.

[mikeland]

Significant piece of wargame terrain You must have a big garage Mike!!!!
Great stuff!

not really! Hence building everything in components so it can be neatly packed in storage boxes in the understated cupboard!

[Stuart]

Mikeland, sir, I take my lobster pot off to you. That is amazing! Makes the manor house I had my eye on at ebay look quite miserable.

[Correus]

This is a beautiful method but to be honest I think it would stretch my commitment, doing 65 windows this way.

W H A T ? ! ? !

Now if your itching for some really, REALLY, stellar stuff just say the word and I can send some links that will blow you away!!!

[mikeland]

This is a beautiful method but to be honest I think it would stretch my commitment, doing 65 windows this way.

W H A T ? ! ? !

Now if your itching for some really, REALLY, stellar stuff just say the word and I can send some links that will blow you away!!!

Always happy to see great work...

[mikeland]

Mikeland, sir, I take my lobster pot off to you. That is amazing! Makes the manor house I had my eye on at ebay look quite miserable.

Thanks Stuart.