TerrainFest 2024 with 144Artist
I Get Back to The Warehouse
I finally had some time and space to get back to work on my 4Ground Warehouse. Having a house guest for two weeks made it harder to take over most of the horizontal surfaces in my apartment. Being on my own all weekend means I could make up for lost time. I started by organizing the model parts and workspace. I do miss 4Ground and am grateful I was able to collect a number of their kits before they disappeared. My future Samurai village is currently a bin full of unassembled 4Ground buildings, for example.
I followed the directions very closely and test fit everything and I still missed details. It didn’t help that pieces had fallen out of the box and gotten lost.
The first floor is already assembled. Got my instructions, glue, knives, and straight edge ready. I sorted the parts by color.
Whew, I had forgotten how detailed and layered these kits could be. Notice the interior edges of the columns as they each got a layer of tiny bricks before getting a thin layer glued on top. I had lost two of those narrow pieces.
Found the missing pieces on the floor under the table!
Each wall has a core of MDF with layers of brick and stucco, cut from cardboard, that goes on each side of the core. There is only one way the walls fit correctly and I still ended up reversing the long ones.
Wow, every window is printed on a sheet of clear acetate. A laser cut frame of thin illustration board is then super glued on top of that before cutting the entire window out. This construction is then glued into the opening in the wall. Talk about fiddly and annoying. Whew, just glad that I'm done with them.
Here are all the empty frames from just the second floor. Will work on the roof next.
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