Anyway, I purchased the pattern from Pete last year and am finally getting around to doing the build. I can only hope my turns out as amazing and vintage-looking as Steve's!
Thought I would share a few pictures along the way. So far I have cut and assembled the pieces and have primed them. Im going to try something a bit different with this build. Historically I do the build in its entirety and then work on the surface finishes but always end up with some sort of mistakes and less than perfection - which is actually quite common on the original Japanese houses
. Anyway, for this one I am going to complete each component in it's entirety and then simply (I hope!) assemble the finished pieces. Posted below is one pic of most of the components and one pic of my initial experiments of trying to simulate the appropriate textures and colors for the finish. For me it's lots of trial and error! I will post more as the project moves along. (Sorry the pics aren't of the best quality)John
