The Rafters Are Up!!!!!

Front view with the rafters all glued and ready for paint.

Right side view.

View from the back with the rafters painted. The square inside is the next level up all painted.

Left side view.

Front view.

It is coming along but sure is a lot of work. Learning quite a few tips on what I would do differently too. I would have put it all together before putting on the stones and then probably spray painted instead of brush painted everything and then did the stones. The stones made the wood warp and though the pictures don't really show it too much it isn't quite square. I measured twice and cut once (sometimes several times) and it still didn't come out as square as I would have liked it...trying to let go with some of my perfectionism isn't easy but I'm working on it. But because it isn't all square it meant each rafter piece had to be measured, cut and sanded to fit...not mass produced like it would have been in real life. Dad never would have built a building so out of square and mom would have said that's what lets the devil out. I'm going with mom's philosophy on this one...lol Just noticed that the date has the day-month-year notation rather than the month-day-year. I'll have to fix that on the camera. A photographer I'm not. Until next time...take care all.