Roughly 30 years ago, I bought the "Warhammer Townscape" set from Games Workshop. It had a set of cardboard buildings, very usable for a beginning wargamer. I still have all the buildings in that set (you might see them in some of the photographs on this blog), and still use them. Although there are many more high-quality buildings available these days, the Townscape set is still a favourite of mine, tapping in the nostalgia of my early wargaming days.
Anyway, the set also has a windmill, which is very fragile. The sails (or blades) regularly snapped off and I had to repair them many times. But I never did it in a good way, but with the clearing up of Lowenheim, I finally made a decent repair, with the sails detachable for easy storage.
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The windmill, roof detached, sails all loose.
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The separate sails. The idea is to make a more sturdy axle (using a nail), and some paint brush protectors as a shaft.
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Gluing the sails on a piece of balsa wood.
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Sails put together.
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Nail attached.
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Nail and shaft together.
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Gluing the shaft inside the windmill.
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Test 1.
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Test 2, now all that remains is to glue the roof back together. Ready for another 30 years of service.
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