PART TWO
WORK ON THE GATE HOUSE
Showing part of the photo plans,the rest were blown to bits when my pc crashed!
So a few hundred £`s on since then,
,and with a new pc, i will try to continue on as best as I can.
My Mrs B,is the wizard at setting those darn things up,and with downloading the apps that I need for my work, and hobby-wise way of living.
I find it to be a rather stressful and bewildering occupation of errors, without instructions.
"me too."
Above shows my grubby plans for the gatehouse a double sided building that will have windows,doors and double gate that opens. The tools needed a ballpoint pen and a ruler,and for cutting these parts out a craft knife.
"BB, loves using papercard."____
" first - aid plasters were near and handy too for cut mitts!" The black having run out of ink,gave up the goose and was duly assigned to the bin.
So the blue pen shuddered in the packet with fear as it was pressganged into service.
"I kinda like that"___
" Ain`t funny I being a hard pressed at sea in a boat made of matchsticks for near on e`m 20 years, after being bonked on me head in Dover in 1776. Mean Press-gangers and me wot is, was hem gentleman of means having sixpence in me pocket at that very time.
Of course poor old Mr Wing Knut, would eventually desert ship,
and become an idiot on the smillie section of Benno`s!
Onwards BB,i hear them say. And so here goes nothing.
Being rather worse for wear this British Gunner with colossal paint chips will lend a hand here. I must add he looks rather cool without the paint I splodged upon him.He survived an attack by fiendish French Lancers, but will not survive another gnashing from Bella our dog,if he falls to the floor again.
" That Bella is certainly a Gnasher!" Remarked the cowboy who always sleeps in his boots.
So it came about that the little fellow helped out with the door size needed,the rise of step, and the floor levels needed along with the window height.
Always make allowance for the doorstep and beyond it the ground floor, if you try something simple like this..
The double layered walls with doorways cut out need a something special to shut out the draught it is being of course a door. The door was marked out,the outline and boards inked out heavily with the pressing down upon the ballpoint pen,that being quite annoyed at this treatment did ink out upon my hands of deep set intended engraving. So my mitts are sort of self sealed and more grubby than my plans.
The door was cut through along the bottom ,side and top. A thin sliver was slice away from the fresh cut edges to allow for the door to swing open and closing without sticking.
This small touch of common sense allowed for the paint upon the swinging object too. The other edge of the door was cut lightly halfway through thus allowing for the door to swing upon a paper type piano hinge. Always decide for yourselves which way you want a door to swing open.
The other side will be scribed out too. It looks kinda rough and ready as it is but this will be sticky - stuff pressed onto the outside wall were the door way has been cut, and will have a stone surround added to it and all stuck firmly into place later.
THE WINDOWS ARE THE EYES OF ANY BUILDING
"that is kinda cute."
"So lets see em cut out."
The inner window frame I marked out by free-hand they being sort of on the small side. I cut through gradually on the bottom and the top then along one side. Finally cutting right through the paper card. So this is quite like the system of cutting out the door. However the middle section must be cut out in order to create the inner frame. And so it was.
Before cutting and pushing that out the card was turned over and the window edge was carefully cut halfway through. Sorry for the picture quality but that is the only one I had to show.
The middle was removed. Flipped out using the sharp pointed end of the blade.
The window was pushed open with the finger and the first open window appeared.
The little fellow ever helpful shows where the floor level will be on the inside so little guys can look out for a right good look see.
The other window soon followed suit in this rather crude but effect cheap way of putting a smile of success upon any building. Of course windows come in many sizes,and so that is the never ending quest of slicing to come.
These windows will be sealed around the edges with glue to stop the, paper from splitting, then undercoated in black, or brown and then dry brushed. The paint is a choice of enamel paint, emulsion, or acrylic paint. All will stiffen up the windows and doors.
Looking way down past the open windows one see`s the large painted darkness of the double gate.
This is the front wall and involved extra work so the entire building was not put together first because mistakes do happen, and quite often with me.
Messing up the large gate would have meant hacking off the entire section of wall from the building if it had all been put together first. So I`m working on one wall section at a time to make sure all goes well.
THE DOUBLE GATES
The gate way entrance was measured out on the card above along with the complete wall,and was then cut out.
The gates themselves were measured out on another piece of card, and were scribed out on both sides in pen and the centre of the door along with the top was cut through. This is the first stage of the stonework to the gate. Turned over the halfway slits were cut carefully out on either side allowing for the gates to swing open. This was stuck into place and painted.
As can be seen the windows were cut out and all primed for dry brushing. The other windows are lifted up at an angle being very small windows indeed.
Turned over we see the gateway that has been dressed up as gates usually are.
Later the two floor levels will be marked out in pen right across the inner walls.
The windows will be dressed up on the inside along with any doorways. Just simple strips of card.
The gates now open upon that same system of paper style piano hinges.
They can be opened up fully without fear of damage.
The two wall sections that define the gateway passage will be marked out in pen. These will be were the walls go either side of that entrance.
They can close tight too,giving this place a very strong gate.
Now I need to add the cross beam that holds the gate shut up snug and tight. I will make small brackets that once fixed into place will allow for the beam to be lowered into place and also raised and removed. So the gates will open up,just as the little door did,along with the tiny windows too. All with the same self taught style of cutting paper halfway through. A system i developed many years ago.
As this building takes shape.
I hope you give it another look or even too later.
As always It is a free book for the Forum.
BB
" Or incomplete nonsense."_______ 
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"That was the only thing hitting the floor that Bella the dog didn`t eat. "
