I made another small step toward the completion (which is still many steps further) of my Union Station model. I gave the parts for the ticket window and the information counter/dispatch board another coat of dark walnut stain. A suggestion that I offer as a result of making the mistake myself, is to stain any parts before gluing them together. If you glue first and stain later, any glue that gets on the surface of the wood to be stained will seal the bare wood parts an will not accept stain causing an uneven, blotchy finish.
I also created framework for around the perimeter of my arch-top windows. The unframed windows can be seen below.
I cut a form out of 1/2 inch plywood. I tried soaking and bending 3/8" bass wood sticks, but, the bend was too sharp and they broke in the bending process. So, at my brass musical instrument repair shop, I had a small inventory of 3/8" square brass rod. First I annealed the rod to soften the metal for ease of bending. Once the straight rod had cooled to room temperature, I cut the rod to appropriate Lengths to go around the plywood form that I made. Then I bent the rods around the form. The end result is below.
These (I still have one more to make) will be trimmed to size and glued around each window. as in the photos below.
The brass will remain unpolished in that it will be sprayed with the same stone-textured paint as the rest of the building. For contrast, the photo below shows the same window with no frame.
The two side windows will also have a decorative sill as do the front windows in the photo below.
Stay tuned. There will be more in the near future.
