Saturday, November 1, 2014

Derelict Building 4: A Solution

TAA DAA! I made the right side removable!

At each corner "plug in pin blocks" (wood craft beads with dowel in one and a corresponding hole in its mate) were glued on. Lift the side to remove, plug in to install.

I knew it wouldn't be long before the blocks broke off from use so I drilled tiny holes from the outside through the blocks, screwed in tiny screws, and drilled out any screw parts that blocked the holes with my Dremel tool. I then filled in and painted the screw holes on the outside. All extra work but worth it for the strength.

With the removable side temporarily in place I glued the rest of the shell to the base.

 Here are more views of the inserts in place. MUCH easier to get at things on any level when any inserts above it are removed.

Attic.

Second floor.

First floor.

Ground floor.

While searching for treasure, a couple of thugs move a fallen cupboard out of the way and discover a large hidden hole in the floor. Wonder where it leads?   "I ain't goin' in there! YOU go first!"   "No way, pal! YOU go first!"

NEXT: Terrain and what I learned

9 comments:

  1. Once again, you've done an excellent and detailed work...waiting for the treasure

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    1. Thanks, Phil, but I'M certainly not going down there to find out! It might lead to some scariness like an underground world with lost civilizations and hungry monsters. Or maybe some mad scientist's underground Lair of Evil. Or maybe just a root cellar. YOU need to make a similar building. Who knows, maybe yours will connect to mine somehow. -d.

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  2. Brilliant work! Love to see a how to on this!

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    1. Thanks, Styx, but not a big deal. Everything is standard stuff except for the removable side, which was a way to solve a design flaw I shouldn't have made in the first place.

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  3. Great details! I'm not going first either!

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    1. Thank you, Rodger. You're wise not going first either. Maybe we can get one of the other commenters to go down and hand any treasure back up to us! -d.

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  4. I'm not sure how I missed this series Darrell, but this is one of your best buildings yet! Yeah, mistake and all. This is simply brilliant!

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    1. Thanks, Brian! A Steampunk building is in the works and I've been drawing up a SciFi building but my output is obviously very slow. -d.

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