1) Rolled out the necessary clay slabs to form the underlying structure of my HO scale St Paul-St Louis.
Basically, I see the facade as having two layers or depths.
To achieve this I rolled out one large slab and then three narrower slabs which will be stuck on to give the structure in the diagram above.
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The main slab rolled out (took 15 minutes with a rolling pin) |
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Checking it's the right size. |
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On the left, the three narrower slabs or strips to be stuck on to the main slab. |
2) Then returned to my blackened row of shops/apartments.
Used shellac (Button Polish) to paint over everything but the windows and doors. Then, next week I'll use a wet sponge to wash away the non-shellaced areas. This will indent the windows and doors and thus differentiate them. The shellac burns off in the kiln.
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The slab of clay. |
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Shellac or Button Polish |
3) Took home the 4 pink walls of my Boulevard Haussmann building - will work further on them here.
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Last night's dinner:
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Roast chicken leg, carrots and braised cabbage. |
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Made the gravy with this stuff - very easy. |
Sibelius 5th Symphony:
Feeling terribly morose.
In a mood like this I want the company of other morose people so that I know that it's a valid human condition.
The best form of company for me is melancholic music and for over 40 years ago I have played this brilliant symphony knowing that others who listen to it feel the same as me.
Jean Sibelius was a Finnish composer, born in 1865 and died in 1957.
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