“It’s all gone quiet over there.....”
Morning fellow Westerners. I admit the frequency of my posts has slowed of late, and although slightly distracted by the warm weather, I have been keeping my hand in on the ‘shed’ front.
Some piccies:
My interpretation of elderly roofing felt in the process of giving up the ghost and parting company with the stuff it’s been sitting on for more years than any of us care to remember:
Weathered slightly but more still required. All three apex’s sport them.
The idea is that when whomever punched a hole in the roof to let out the smoke, they furled back some of the excess and secured them with creosote, rough sawn timber batons. Here’s my attempt at showing some of the felt unfurled and hanging down inside:
Again, more weathering required.
The weathered creosoted batons drying in the morning sun following a thin dark wash, with a further wash/dry brush of dark green required:
Some more, untouched, roofing felt attached to balsa beam for ease of painting in background. These will be fixed above the two central beams located above the iron columns to hide the uneven gaps caused by the shoddy way I unsuccessfully tried to fit the rooves as intended.
Talking of errors and warm weather, I now realise that it was indeed a grave mistake to use card for my roof instead of thin ply. The increase in temperature has caused the card to expand and contract in places, warping one or two of my nickel silver beams in the process. The result can be seen in the upper beam in this shot:
Ah well, too late now. Perhaps when the weather eventually returns to normal, it’ll pop back into shape. If not, c’est la vie.
Thanks for looking,
Jonte