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Passing Through '42

The Windmill and Grinding Stone

Looking to the opposite end of the scene, we focus now on the windmill and the grinder. While the windmill was easily assembled and painted, using DecoArt(tm) Acrylics, the interior was empty, and as the building was an obvious ruin, I felt more detail was needed. Using the Internet as a search tool, I found rough diagrams of the workings of a simple mill grinder, and made one from strip and plastic rod. I purchased a bag of round wooden discs from the crafts store, and grooved gear teeth with my rotary tool. This was then mounted into the a damaged tower and one of windmill vanes was built with thin wooden strip, and placed by the side of the roadway. As no door is shipped with the Verlinden kit, I built one using Plastruct styrene sheet, and braced the door with wooden strip, which was painted to simulate iron. Bolts were made with small droplets of CA glue positioned with the tip of a needle. Rust stains were painted in place, and the door was glued in the closed position.