09-23-2009, 04:24 PM
Okay...the pictures from the previous post will have to be the last ones I post unless I can get out there today. :cry: There has been some minor work on the project before my family arrived last week, but mostly weathering & beginning to bring together some of the sub-assemblies. I also used my mini-circular saw (only has teeth on half the 2" diameter blade!) to cut a 15" square of 1/4" hardboard for the diorama base. That was fun. 
It's probably a good stopping point, as I will be writing an article on my stonework technique and won't add any pictures until it has been published (if it gets published). The baseboard will be framed with 3/4" strip and covered with foam. The lower building doesn't need any additional foundation but the upper will, as well as the retaining wall separating the two levels and any additional retaining walls/etc.
I'm very glad for this contest to get things going and stimulate some modeling activity. Even when I haven't been working on the kitbash, it has gotten me out into the garage to work on something, anything, and that's good.
Galen
It's probably a good stopping point, as I will be writing an article on my stonework technique and won't add any pictures until it has been published (if it gets published). The baseboard will be framed with 3/4" strip and covered with foam. The lower building doesn't need any additional foundation but the upper will, as well as the retaining wall separating the two levels and any additional retaining walls/etc.
I'm very glad for this contest to get things going and stimulate some modeling activity. Even when I haven't been working on the kitbash, it has gotten me out into the garage to work on something, anything, and that's good.
Galen
I may not be a rivet counter, but I sure do like rivets!