I mean, the current setup works but I'm the kind who likes to just... well, overcomplicate things...
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Because of my past purchasing policy of buying lots of balsa bundles (purchasing policy/balsa bundles - glad I'm typing this instead of trying to say it!) I have quite a decent pile of balsa doing nothing - OK, it's resulted in a couple of planes and things but...
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So I'm trialling a different way of doing the harbour.
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To be fair, even at this rough stage it does look better. How to finish it though - grey or off-white for the walkways certainly, but white or gray for the walls? Grey as natural stone means a lot of work with my Dremmel to give the impression of separate stones, white and I don't have to - it just looks as if the spaces are filled with lots of layers of paint. This is, I think, my current preferred option.
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Incidentally, instead of using a plane or craft knife to round the tops of the stonework I cheated and used this little item - a potato peeler. For balsa, a lot easier!
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As it stands, I now have to decide how much of the quay can be made by cutting up the balsa I already have and how much I need to buy in of the correct size. Decisions, decisions.
I think stone grey like the picture at the link (https://stockarch.com/images/places/great-britain/stone-piers-whitby-7765) would look best and I think you could incise (impress) the lines between the blocks with a pencil or biro - it is only balsa wood.
ReplyDeleteTrue, it's easy to do, just takes a bit of time. I'll probably compare both.
DeleteWhy leave it alone,when you have all the materials at hand to make it even better!
ReplyDeleteWhen I started on the latest version I didn't know I had enough...
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