A little more done to the Benham’s office building. The sloping roof is made and fitted:
The roof is glued to the top of the MDF wall panels and nailed to the internal wooden frame. The heads of the four moulding pins still need some filler and paint to cover them. I will fit a fascia board under the roof overhang.
The roof is plywood recovered from a beyond-repair, 1950s-ish model building. It’s the same material that I used for the canopy on the front of the Benham’s warehouse (see my post #54). I believe the slate- and brick-effect plywood sheets used to make vintage model buildings were manufactured using patterned rollers to impress the design onto the surface of the wood. Suitably painted, the slate sheets make a convincing roof I think. The plywood sheet has some strength so helps turn the building into a properly rigid box that should resist any tendency to warping in the wooden frame.
The roof is glued to the top of the MDF wall panels and nailed to the internal wooden frame. The heads of the four moulding pins still need some filler and paint to cover them. I will fit a fascia board under the roof overhang.
The roof is plywood recovered from a beyond-repair, 1950s-ish model building. It’s the same material that I used for the canopy on the front of the Benham’s warehouse (see my post #54). I believe the slate- and brick-effect plywood sheets used to make vintage model buildings were manufactured using patterned rollers to impress the design onto the surface of the wood. Suitably painted, the slate sheets make a convincing roof I think. The plywood sheet has some strength so helps turn the building into a properly rigid box that should resist any tendency to warping in the wooden frame.