FFO Hobbit Houses 1+2 (e)

 

The orange background to the red frames

keeps to the Hobbit liking of bright colours

but is a bit less scary than yellow and red.

I've lightly sanded the plasticard walls to provide a surface for the glue.

As it happens, by taking off the spray painted surface

and exposing the card colour it has produced a nice weathered look.

I should have done something similar to the chimney stacks.

Wall bricks in place.

I realised that none of the adhesives I have

would do a great job fixing plastic to polystyrene.

A small tube of Copydex was the answer, if a rather messy one.

I should, of course, have put the card in place before the beams.

The gaps at the edges are small but noticeable.

Because of the card backing to the windows, ordinary PVC worked for them.

I should, however, have left a flange of card for the beam above the windows.

Even now, there may be a change to that beam.

Here's the house, sunk into the base 'hill'.

I'll have to build it up slightly in places.

I'm still unsure what to do with the limited size of the back garden.

The house being so small, I figure it's that of an old 'retired' couple.