Gondor Trebuchet 2

Finally the Gondor Trebuchet is nearly finished.

The engineer's bases need another couple of coats and they could do with a couple of crowbars to get those large rocks into the sling.

There were many problems along the way, mostly to do with the material it's made of.

I hate resin!

I've already moaned about the breakages to the 'rope', now replaced by a piece of string, and the width of the construction requiring a self made  winding shaft.

However, had the engineers been plastic they would have been easy to glue to their bases.

The plastic glue would have melted them firmly into position.

Using so called 'superglue' led to them leaving their bases behind.

I had to scrape a hole in the paint and then pour in extra glue (hidden behind rocks) beneath their feet.

The trebuchet should stay in place as it has much more in contact with the base.

The base for the trebuchet and for the engineers is Slater's Plastikard painted with Administratum Grey and                                                                                                      washed in Nuln Oil.