A small shop from a wine cask

[gregh]

A spell of wet weather prompted me to do some indoor work and make another small shop for my town of Lilyvale. I had an empty wine cask available so used it as the basic 'box'. I clad it with corroflute, which has 'lines' which somewhat approximate weatherboards.

If my usual modelling conforms to the 10' rule then this one is for 20'.

So here's mainly what I needed – wine cask box (emptied first), contact adhesive and corroflute (from an election sign), and something for the roof.




To make it simple, only the front and one side have cutouts. I made the windows and doors from styrene, making larger cutouts in the cardboard to accommodate them.






A big book is a good weight while the contact glue sets to glue the corroflute sides to the box.


The roof is just more corroflute covered with corrugated iron. This is made from disposable aluminium baking dishes sold for BBQs. I flatten it out with a round dowel and use a cardboard corrugator. I used silicone sealant to glue it to the corroflute – even though it's not a 'glue' I find it works well on large surfaces and fills the corrugations to privide strength to the aluminium, which is pretty weak.




I finally decided to make it an Aussie 1950s icon - a Milk Bar, and here it is installed. (it's not left outside)

 

[ge_rik]

Nice one Greg.
I like the way the corrugations in the corriflute give the impression of weatherboarding.

Rik

 

[playmofire]

Great piece of work. Looks just the job.

 

[The Tinker]

Awesome looks really good

 

[Deleted member 1986]

Nice building Greg, recycling and ingenuity at it's best, case of "thinking outside of the box"

 

[G-force1]

I'm sure that was really thinking 'inside' the box; it had to be emptied first!

 

[Gizzy]

I've heard of turning water into wine, but never wine into milk!

Nicely done....

 

[dunnyrail]

Very nice job, but for me having to bring Buildings inside is a no no. Guess that you have to worry about it a bit less with your better weather or do you bring it in after every session?
JonD

 

[Northsider]

I've always thought corriflute would be good for something -now I know! I like the planked effect, a really nice model.

 

[Zerogee]

A lovely bit of modelling, Greg!
When I first read the thread title I thought you meant a barrel-shaped cask, and I was trying to figure out how you could make a building from that (yes, I know that the Zillertalbahn made a coach out of one....) - but the use of the wine box is brilliant, plus you had the pleasure of emptying it first....

Jon.

 

[gregh]

Very nice job, but for me having to bring Buildings inside is a no no. Guess that you have to worry about it a bit less with your better weather or do you bring it in after every session?
JonD

Circumstances dictate ! I do leave my clay and Hebel buildings out all the time, but here's what happens after rain. Every time it rains I get dirt splashed up - even up on the top floor under the awning! As you can see in the pic, there is a road in front of the pub, so where does the dirt come from?

Maybe it just rains heavier here?

So now, having tried concrete to stop the splashing, I'm trying fake grass. I'm told that the raindrops don't splash up from the 'spongy' grass. We'll see. If it works, I see what I can do to 'tone down' the grass to something more australian colour.

 

[dunnyrail]

Actually I think that the dirt splashed up looks rather good, gives an aged feel to the Buildings. But each to his own I guess. On my outdoor Stations one has a HIPS Platform as clean a surface as you can find. But I think that the rain brings down airborn pollutants like Sahara Dust which is a common problem in the UK leaving all sorts of Blobs on cars when it is bad. Suspect you may have a similar problem with your region from other sources. It collects over time and gets splashed up with the rain. Then insects carry all sorts of stuff about which again can get left behind and so the buildup of crud in the Garden continues. Ant Traffic also chucks up all sorts of crud into the Air, near me any buildings on a busy Road have an awful job keeping Windows clean for more than a few days.
JonD

 

[Tas devil]

Hi Greg

I think thats very creative, and it looks the part. I showed the pics to my good wife, and she too thought it looks like a country milk bar.

Ill have to make one from milk bottles, as we dont drink wine!
Cheers

Peter mack