This is my latest scratch built model. With Scalextric being my current trend; it follows that this is a 1:32nd Scale Garden Shed, graced on this occasion with a Slot Car Biker Figure from across The Pond. The subtle difference between this model and my previous attempts at scratch building; is that on this model I have graduated from card and paper to plasti-card and and card. Even though I have constructed quite a few models over the years, I have never used plasti-card. Indeed, I was convinced that I wouldn't be able to buy the stuff in Aberystwyth, so it came as a nice surprise when I tracked some down with little effort. I even managed to buy foam-board (another product that I had previously never used), and a bottle of glue with it's own brush for bonding the plasti-card. Yes folks, you have it in one, yet another product I had never used before.
So all in all this was a new adventure for me. The Garden Shed is a gift for someone for his Scalextric layout of a Cornish coastal theme. I was so pleased with the results that i have already started building a second garden shed for one of my next two layouts. probably to sit somewhere near a farmhouse scene on the layout for the grandchildren.
The plasti-card walls had the door and window openings cut out and were then glued together using the specialist glue. When dry the four walls were glued around a foam-board base using PVA and again allowed to dry. 0.5cm strips of a birthday card were cut and glued to the plasti-card using PVA on the plasti-card and the edge of each card strip to build up the plank pattern. Three strips card cut to 0.5cm width were glued together using PVA to make a thicker card strip and when dry this strip was cut to size to fit the width of the shed and glued underneath to form 'timber' supports for the shed floor to raise it off the ground. When my second version of this model is finally placed on a layout it will rest on Hornby or similar coloured stone used to form a 'hard standing' for the shed and then the raised platform for the shed floor should look quite good
The plasti-card shed door is held in position by a piece of scored card that is glued to the back of the door and the inside of the shed. When the glue was dry the model was primed with Halfords grey plastic primer. The model was then painted with Tamiya acrylics.
The roof is removable and this was formed using several layers of card, reinforced card edges and my special effects felt roofing material. The super detailing inside the shed includes a work bench, a piece of glazing, a tool box and assorted debris. The window section is made up from a piece of card with the glazed area 4mm narrower than the opening in the shed wall and this was painted brown prior to adding the glazing. The acetate glazing was cut to size and glued to the window section piece of card using PVA. When dry the window section was glued to the inside of the shed wall using PVA.
The 1:32nd scale Biker Figure is movable and could be interchanged due to the detachable shed roof.
