CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF

With a previous build (The pig sheds) I used bought corrugated sheets for the roofing.

Now while an excellent product, they worked out quite expensive which got me thinking, why not make your own.  So here is how I set about it.

I started by making a jig/former as I intended using heavy kitchen foil for the sheets..I cut two pieces of hard board 40 x 18 (the size of one of the sheets I had bought)

Next I glued a strip of plywood 3 x 3 in section along one edge of one of the pieces of hardboard.

with this done I glued a corrugated sheet to each of the pieces of hardboard

Now I cut a piece of kitchen foil the size of the sheets (40 x 18) and placed it on the bottom former tight up against the 3 x 3 edge stop.

Now I positioned the second former on top and against the edge stop

All that was left to do was to apply pressure on the two formers between my thumb and finger and hey presto,  corrugated sheet.

I proceeded to produce several more corrugated sheets and then glued them to a sheet of cardboard to see how they performed and looked.  By the way the kitchen foil I used was re-cycled from our Sunday roast so was quite badly creased but the 'pressing' did the job.

So matt black paint and a few rust streaks and I think it will pass as an industrial factory fence.

So there you go, how to make your own corrugated sheeting for next to nothing cost wise so happy bunny!  Till next time

don't bang 'em about

Blossom

 

POWER TO THE PEOPLE

Having completed the pig facility, I have turned my attention to the power station.  I have started with my interpretation of the sub-station which transfers the power to the grid.  I started by examining images on the net to get some ideas and this is what I've come up with.  Whilst not probably correct it works for me.

the idea started when I was looking for some rawl plugs to re attach a curtain rail and while I was in my biscuit box of rawl plugs I noticed these very large plugs I had acquired from somewhere and thought those look like the insulators they use in sub stations, so eight were put to one side in my jomlet box of modelling odds and ends.

I started with the base for which I used a piece of plasticard 250 x 70 onto which I glued sand to give it some texture, when this was dry I painted it with a coat of Ivory satin gloss.  When this was dry I dry brushed dark brown, picking out the high spots to give the appearance of large gravel.

Next to the transformer base which is made from cardboard (I keep all suitable old Christmas and birthday cards) It had an angled top so that when the 'insulators' were glued on they had the right angles. The oil cooler tank was made by gluing together two plastic tops off small bottles.  I also purchased a 3D printer cut switch ox, cabinet and transformer off Ebay and fixed them on the end

The power cables connected to the tops of the 'insulators' have been left long for as yet I do not know how far to the frames.

Overall I am quite pleased with the results, so till next time

don't bang 'em about

Blossom