Monday, 15 December 2025

Stirrers etc

 Another day at home, things moving forward on many fronts . Spent much of day doing this-

The building nearly finished, touch up bits, highlight stones on pavement and maybe front door painted.
The pink after toning down a little.
The pink paint applied and drying on the radiator.
Coffee stirrers added to give a 3 d look rather than flat mdf.
The Austrian pioneers were keen to help in this project.
I didn’t have to cut the stirrers/ timber all on my own.
The initial gluing of stirrers to mdf with school glue and l am liking the look

Found the mdf  building and horde of coffee stirrers. We will see how it turns out…



18 comments:

  1. Splendid work on the buildings Alan. Very nice half-timbering.
    Coffee stirrers are very useful - I have used them for bridges.

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    1. C S are so useful, I have used them as skis for example in the past.
      Alan Tradgardland

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  2. Well use of coffee stirrers. I usually grab some as well as they have about the right size for my garden railway projects.

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    1. Always worth having about…
      Alan Tradgardland

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  3. Nice work Alan, I frequently grab a handful of stirrers from work and have used then in various "building " projects!

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    1. Very versatile they are. Thanks.
      Alan Tradgardland

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  4. Buildings in this post and the last look great! Praying for a swift recovery of the Ducal family. We’ve been stricken with a similar yuck over here.

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    1. Thanks. Hope you and yours are recovering now.
      Alan Tradgardland

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    1. Quite agree, has made all the difference.
      Alan Tradgardland

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  6. This looks good and adds a lot of depth to those otherwise plain MDF buildings. Besides, seeing how those little helpers made their part, it all looks much better!

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  7. Little helpers worked so hard. The stirrers certainly lifted the mdf.
    Alan Tradgardland

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