Construction of the base.
The top added.
Here the problems started: I found it impossible to use the axle provided, and made my own.
Basic build done.
The tail again was way too flimsy to use, the wheel impossible (for me at last) to carve out, so I constructed a new wooden tail. For the wheel I used an old Airfix Napoleonic artillery wheel.
Since the for part vacuum formed base left some unsightly seams, I spackled it, and sanded it smooth.
I was afraid the whole structure might be too fiddly for a wargames table, so I decided to add a (former CD) base.
The base nearly finished, the base of the mill primed and covered in fine grained sand to give it an even structure.
Bit more priming and painting done, ran out of paint for the sail louvres.
The third store I visited finally reacted to my quest for Polish wind mill sail louvre paint with the only proper reply: "Would that be 1939 or 1944, sir?"
Finished the base with some flowers.
Stained the mill itself and the tail.
Tail added, more painting done.
The final result.
If there's anything I learned from building this, it is that vacuum formed models are not my cup of tea. Considering the extra work I had to do it, I might as well have scratch built the whole thing.
Anyhow, a nice addition to my village.
