I wasn’t really
happy with the lighthouse: too large in relation to the other buildings and
roughly constructed in thin card. So I got to thinking how I could improve it.
I filed up a
lighthouse about two-thirds the previous size from a piece of 0.5mm nickel
silver, slightly rounded the edges to soften the impression of a 2D cut-out.
The buildings either side are also fretted from nickel silver,
soldered to the lighthouse at the correct height, and with a leg on which to plant
the structure on the model. About 9mm of the lighthouse is visible above the
landscape.
By way of experiment, I've also raised the backscene by half an inch to give the impression of standing on higher ground to take the picture.
