Following on from part 1... the back stretch of building the Study has had some tough bits and a few cut corners. Turns out doing mood lighting at micro scale can be a challenge.
Having left off the last episode with a fully furnished but unglued (and unlit) set of furniture, the big bits remaining are to get the lighting system sorted out and then use up lots of glue making the arrangement permanent.
This started with 3 days of downtime while getting some watch batteries sent over. The ebay folk were quick, but finding a CR 2023 (actually 2 of them) is tougher in a shop these days.
Back to the bags of materials. This is the set of bits that come with the kit. LEDs, wires, battery carrier, heatshrink tubing and then parts to turn into light fittings.
With a battery on hand, we can test each of the LEDs, then start to build them into their housings. Clipped, wrapped, heat shrink applied (and heated with a match), then the legs bent over on the lamps.
A fourth central lamp hangs in the middle.
Kit comes with a thin metallic strip which can be cut and bent into several shapes to make the chandelier housing.
Ah yes - then back a step. Glue the timber ceiling parts together before proceeding.
There are a couple of rough edges to the finish on the light - the heat shrink tubing is a little warped and the 3 hanging lights are quite aligned. Running a thin line of glue along the ceiling to hold the wires down was not clean. It's all very fiddly to get together. Some tamiya tape is holding the wires in the back of the space. These will be covered by the book cases anyway.
The floor panel had developed a little bit of warp due to the paint & wash. When in doubt, add more weight while drying.
Stop for a small drinks break.
And... the lights are still working.
Actually feeling pretty good at this point. The scale of the flooring looks really good.
With the room itself ready to go - now it's just adding and gluing in the furniture one at a time.
I was worried I'd knock the wiring loose, so left the lights on to make sure everything stayed working throughout. With the bookcases in place, there are a few wall decorations to fit into the white space.
Then the last of the room furniture.
And we're done. Lights on and everything in place.
In summary - very fiddly, somewhat frustrating to build, and consumed more glue than building full sized human furniture.
Also curiously satisfying and has been a fun option completely different to the regular wargaming scale modelling/painting hobby.
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