My Sign Invitational piece has been gathering dust for much of our busy summer but with a spell of cool weather here for the weekend I found time to do a little work. I did a little work on the back of the Timekeeper's factory. I fastened the 1/8" plywood panels on the building, cut and mounted the windows and applied a little sculpt to roughly shape the back of the building. While I worked on that the CNC router was working in the backroom cutting out the delivery vehicle. After supper I added the sculpt to the front and one side of the cute little truck. It's looking pretty cool already! With the truck well underway I can now finalize the height of the loading dock and begin the detail work on the back of the building.
Easier than ever!
We've made plenty of castle tower roofs through the years. In the old days we did the math by hand, drew out the lines on a master template, cut, traced and then cut out the many pieces with a jigsaw. These days we build the files on our computer, send them to the cnc router and then let the computerized machine do the work for perfect results every time. It's a whole lot faster too. Assembly is a lot easier with everything lining up perfectly. The first of the Hazelnut Inn castle turret tower roofs is well under way and looking great!.
Boarding the ship's cabin
It was very exciting to apply and sculpt the first concrete on the ship's cabin at long last. It sure changed things in a hurry! Next week we'll apply the magic mud to the filagree below the windows and then sculpt the woodgrain through it. The windows are scheduled to arrive in the first week of September and they too will be installed and the sculpting of the frames around them will be completed... just in time to lift the giant ship into place. We can hardly wait!
