Destructive to be constructive!

Destructive to be constructive! The first word, destructive, in Mrs. Woody's mind, applies to me , the fourth word, constructive, is not a word she associates with my actions! However I will prove her wrong - one day! In the meantime, my destructive work on polystyrene and foam in the safety and refuge of my Man Cave has resulted in something constructive in the form of a basic landform that can now be carved to proper shape and enhanced with landscaping materials to turn this mass of white into a green and pleasant land!

There was not a great deal more to add to the basic structure but as I am using PVA glue it takes time for this to dry especially in the cold of the Man Cave. This means I can only add so many pieces before I have to wait for the glue to dry and give some integrity to the whole structure. I have, in the past, not been so patient and ended up with a pile of polystyrene and foam bits on the floor - not very constructive, just destructive!

Building this on a sub-base makes it so much easier to deal with as I can turn the thing round and work on the other side without having to lean across a baseboard.

As with all these types of projects, much of the work is mundane with cutting similar shaped pieces out of the polystyrene sheet but you have to stick with it and see it through.

With the destructive cutting of parts out of the way it certainly gives some body to the baseboard now. Just need to construct the landscape for the right hand side of the boards now. 

Whilst in the Man Cave I finished cleaning the Revell 1/25 Peterbilt 359 "Iron" truck and glued on the broken exhaust stack. In the photo, the pair look crooked, but in real life they are actually parrallel to each other. 

Meanwhile back in WMD HQ, the destructive to be constructive adage is really in full swing as I slowly dismantle door trims, fill cracks which turn into large holes and create massive amounts of dust sanding things smooth.

It will be a while before the constructive part of this project commences I told Mrs. W who is now worried as to be defines ' a while'?