Battle of Waterloo Attack on La Haye Sainte Farm by Old Collingwood - 1/56 (28mm)

[mtaylor]

3 hours ago, Old Collingwood said:

Thanks Scott,  I hadn't intended to   to be honest its never really appealed to me lighting up a build.

 

OC.

 

I would think that any lanterns, etc. would have been extinguished so as not to backlight the men at the windows.  There most likely would have enough light coming for them to see enough to move around, reload, etc.

[Old Collingwood]

Evening all,   more progress  with the farmhouse,   firstly I checked how many  sticks I had that I would use for floor boards, then I squared off the ends and flattened the edges,   I then measured the floor plan  and  transfered that to a piece of paper,  I then started laying the planks/sticks  and cut them to the correct lengths, they were then glued down using PVA.

After drying with the dryer, I was able to dry fit it, it only needed a little fiddling and adjustment here and there,  then it was glued in place with a few edge pieces fitted.

 

Here is the current stage.

 

OC.

[king derelict]

very neat flooring. not a gap in sight. Great work

Alan

[Old Collingwood]

12 minutes ago, king derelict said:

very neat flooring. not a gap in sight. Great work

Alan

Thank you kindly Alan.

 

OC.

[king derelict]

For some reason its starting to remind me of my grandfathers farm in north Wales even though that had the extra storey. Probably about the same age. Excuse the distraction

Alan

 

 

 

 

 

[Old Collingwood]

5 minutes ago, king derelict said:

For some reason its starting to remind me of my grandfathers farm in north Wales even though that had the extra storey. Probably about the same age. Excuse the distraction

Alan

 

 

 

 

 

Thats an interesting photo, we used to live in a 17th century haunted cottage  - I have to be honest most of my influence  of the farmhouse I am building came from that with a basic Black woodwork and White washed walls  throughout.

 

OC.

[king derelict]

Black woodwork and White washed walls  throughout

 

Thats how I remember our farm too

Alan

[Egilman]

Hey we have a timber framer in the fold.... {chuckle}

 

Nice work, the interior shot looks real....

 

Beautiful job.....

[Kevin]

lovely work OC

[Old Collingwood]

10 hours ago, Egilman said:

Hey we have a timber framer in the fold.... {chuckle}

 

Nice work, the interior shot looks real....

 

Beautiful job.....

Thank you kindly Brother.

 

OC.

[Old Collingwood]

10 hours ago, Kevin said:

lovely work OC

Thank you kindly  Kevin.

 

OC.

[Old Collingwood]

Evening all,   more progress today,   I  got the sheet out that contains the bases,  then cut out the base for the bottom of the farmhouse, this was then marked out for the  kitchen/living room,   then I made a paper template  for the kitchen floor  and marked out some tiles (same as I did for the toliet,  these are individual  paper tiles  cut out then glued in place.  then I painted the mortar in between the tiles.

I then turned my attention to the living room -  I decided to just simulate wood floor boards that were measured then marked with a pancil, then I applied a  few coats of 50/50 mix of PVA  then I applied a few coats.

After dry I sanded it slightly to give it a slight worn look.

 

OC.

[Haliburton]

23 hours ago, Old Collingwood said:

Thats an interesting photo, we used to live in a 17th century haunted cottage  - I have to be honest most of my influence  of the farmhouse I am building came from that with a basic Black woodwork and White washed walls  throughout.

 

OC.

Can you tell us some ghost stories?  Scott

[Old Collingwood]

7 minutes ago, Haliburton said:

Can you tell us some ghost stories?  Scott

Sure,    we lived in our old cottage   for about a year (only rented)  while there we  would hear cupboards and draws  being opened  up stairs while we were down stairs, we would also hear our doors opening on thier own, we used to have the old latches on all doors  and we would hear these  lifting,  also our bathroom door that I kept painted in flat Black paint  woukd keep having chalk writting on it, we were able to  trace a few of the letters and part made up names  to a gravestone in our village church graveyard.

We would hear foot steps around the house  - up stairs when we were down  and downstairs when we were up.

 

We moved  not because of the ghosts  but it was expensive living there.

 

OC.

[Roger Pellett]

Creepy!!!

[CDW]

Yikes! I would have been out of there like I was shot out of a gun barrel.

 

[Old Collingwood]

11 minutes ago, Roger Pellett said:

Creepy!!!

We have a ghost cat/dog  where we live now  - we  hear it and I see it out of the corner of my eye.

We can be down stairs and hear something jump off our bed or make the floor boards  make a noise  - we say to each other  "the cat/dog again"

 

OC.

Edited July 23, 2021 by Old Collingwood

[Canute]

So, is the house area haunted or are you haunted by this "pet"?

[Old Collingwood]

2 hours ago, Canute said:

So, is the house area haunted or are you haunted by this "pet"?

We think its  from a previous tenent who could have had a pet here, perhaps our dog  attracts this spirit?

 

OC.

[Old Collingwood]

Evening all,   I spent a pleasant afternoon  at the table,   it was detail painting time -  I started by painting the mortar, then the  tile slabs, then I blended it all together with a few coats of flat clear coat.

 

OC.

[Old Collingwood]

Another small update  -  I have worked on the joins on all Four walls  - just a gentle sand and a few layers of flat White, then I gace all the walls a couple more coats of paint.

I have also glued the base to the house also.

 

The roof is still dry fitted for now  while I work on the  dorma firing figures.

 

OC.

[king derelict]

Very tidy, precise work. I'm enjoying watching this a lot.

Alan

[Old Collingwood]

27 minutes ago, king derelict said:

Very tidy, precise work. I'm enjoying watching this a lot.

Alan

Thank you kindly Alan.

 

OC.

[Canute]

Coming together nicely, OC. Floors look good.👍

[Old Collingwood]

16 minutes ago, Canute said:

Coming together nicely, OC. Floors look good.👍

Thank you Ken,    next job  trying to fit a  few  figures firing from the dorma's,    then the roof can be attached.

 

OC.

[Old Collingwood]

Evening all,   I have made a start on the figures that are going to be placed in the  (tiny)  dorma windows,   It was quite a task to  work the arms so they took up as liitle room as possible,   I have made all Three figures  without shako's  infact one of them is wearing a bandage,   so I am making one  who nearly dropped his rifle out the window, one firing single handed as he got shot in his  left shoulder, and the other firing normaly at a slight angle.

 

So  here is the start  - 

 

OC.

[Old Collingwood]

Just remembered another job I need to do inside  - build a rail around the stair opening  - dont want any  KGL  falling  down the gap.

 

OC.

[Danstream]

Quite a story behind each character. Not my field, but I am following and I am more and more curious. Nice work on the building.

Kind regards,

Dan.

[Old Collingwood]

1 hour ago, Danstream said:

Quite a story behind each character. Not my field, but I am following and I am more and more curious. Nice work on the building.

Kind regards,

Dan.

Thank you Dan, welcome to my little world.

 

OC.

[Old Collingwood]

Evening all, a wee bit more progress  -  I finished painting the  figures (wher they need to be)  and then came the time to  glue them in place  - fiddly job if i'm honest, then I glued the musket in the hand of the guy who nearly dropped it, and with the others it was a case of some fine detail painting  - so I think this completes the roof section.

 

OC.