Building a Volcano - part 3

Hi Folks

If you are reading this you will be aware that I am entering this rather large build into a competition being held on the Lead Adventure Forum and should you be starting this thread cold you can find part 1 here.

http://shedwars.blogspot.co.uk/2015/02/a-new-challenge-building-volcano-part-1.html

As the build progresses I'll be adding the links to the next stage onto the end of each post.

When I left you last I'd built up the base of the volcano in polystyrene and so I'll pick up from here. The intention in this build was always to clad the volcano in cork bark much in the same way I had manufactured my desert escarpments.

One of the problems I encountered in this earlier project was that when the cork got applied it was a nightmare to paint the cracks so to avoid this issue I have painted the whole thing black. It took two coats !!

As you can see I drafted in some help at this point.

So onto the cladding. Really simple stuff, break up the cork and then fix to the base and sides using super strong adhesive. These are then held in place by bbq skewers.

Then start working up the cliff face...

The plan is to complete this phase by the end of the week

Until next time folks....

http://shedwars.blogspot.co.uk/2015/02/building-volcano-part-4.html