Nearly finished....

Well, except for a lot of touching up and a couple of areas that I am very unhappy with.  I have spent whatever time I could squeeze into the studio over the last few days doing fiddly things and today I was able to put the last parts together.

However I am not happy with quite a few bits - the doors look messy, the roofing material on the larger dormer moved after I glued it on and I didn't realize until everything was dry.  And I messed up the wing roof sections by trimming what I thought was extra bits, only to find that they were then too small :(  I was able to cover up that mistake to some extent by putting in a strip of paper into the grooves where the roofs met, and painting them to match the roof - like flashing.  On the opening to the rear wing roof I had to cut away some more of the wood because the flashing solution wouldn't have worked there.

When I look at it closely I see so many areas that I'm not happy with, but they'll have to do.  And that's not like me at all.  However there's no way I can fix them so I'll just hope they aren't as glaringly obvious to others as they are to me.

Anyway, here are some photos of it now.

I love this view, it shows the windows in the side as well as both doors.

Front door still needs the shop sign and the 'open' sign attached

Rear view of the wing.  Love the door and balcony on the side of the main section

Rear view of main section.  The shop door wouldn't stay closed so it will stay open a little bit

The colours in the photos are a bit light.  In real life the blue is a bit darker but with the light on in the room and the flash working, it came out pale.  I will need to go over everything really carefully and touch up areas where the paint has had other colours go over it.  Today I decided I didn't like the colour of the roof and mixed another grey for that, and repainted it.  So that will probably need touching up and then distressing with lighter and darker colours.   Also, I need to paint the edges of the walls and touch up around the dormer windows where they attach to the house.

Those things are all very fiddly and will be time-consuming but they are necessary.  However at least while waiting for paint to dry I can start on the furniture kits.  I just love this little house!  I'm disappointed it wasn't my best work by far but when all the furniture and accessories are in it, they will distract the eye from its faults.