Lighthouse!



About 7 or 8 years ago I purchased a Real Good Toys 1:12 scale lighthouse (not the keeper's cottage as shown in the pictures). The following 2 pictures are from the company and not my finished product (actually mine's not finished yet!)

Real Good Toys Lighthouse. Image is from their website.

Real Good Toys Lighthouse. Image is from their website.

I was really excited to start this project. Although not completed, here is the progress I have made in stages.

After receiving the lighthouse in the mail, I took everything out of the box to make sure that all the pieces were there. This was my first time ever building a kit of this size, so to say I was intimidated would be an understatement. Although I was a first timer, I was and still am very happy of the quality of the Real Good Toys' lighthouse.

All the pieces were there!

After reading the instructions a few dozen times, I painted pieces and got to work on gluing the walls and floors in place.

Painting of walls and door frame.

I had to put the project on hold because of school and work! The next 2 pictures shows where I ended at on this first stage.

 

Seven years later and I am back! I can't believe I am telling you this, but after 7 years and getting back to the lighthouse there was still tape on it! So after doing a little dusting and sanding and dusting again I have it cleaned up and ready to go!

 

Dusted, sanded and dusted again! It is ready to go!

Fast forward to 2015!

 

I glued and placed the top floor in place and assembled the foundation. While the foundation was drying, I also glued the front entrance together and let it set. The foundation was glued to the main structure. Then, after it was dry I glued the front entrance to the main structure. I let it set for a day before moving it. This project seems to go from the dining room table to the coffee table and back!

Foundation glued and taped waiting to be glued to main building structure.

 

Front entrance.

As you can see in the following picture, the foundation and front entrance are now glued and secured to the main structure. The roof of the front entrance was glued in place after the front entrance was attached to the main structure.

Now that these parts are now in place, I am ready to move on. But I won't wait 7 years to do so! As you can see in the picture below, there is still more to be done. I'm not sure if you can see it, but I put tape around the bottom of the outside wall and painted the foundation grey. I am not very happy with the results because it doesn't look like cement or concrete (I'm not sure which it is suppose to be).

After seeking help I have finally decided how I will try to make it look like a real concrete foundation. . I learned about the technique by watching a YouTube video. Once I try the technique, I will post more about it in the next progress update, and I will also include the YouTube video link. The following picture is how the lighthouse looks now!

This is how the lighthouse looks now.

I have recently ordered the lighthouse keeper's cottage/house. Once it arrives I will show it in more detail and give progress updates :)

Stay tuned! :)