Building modular fortifications: Part 4 - The gateway

The gateway of my modular fortress was constructed from two 50mm x 50mm squares of MDF and seven sections of 50mm-long pine. I used a water-proof white wood glue to glue the various components together.

To construct the gateway I began by gluing the narrower edge of one of the pine sections to one of the squares of MDF, thus:

I then glued the narrower edge of a second section of pine to the square of MDF, thus:

I repeated this process of alternately gluing one piece of pine onto the one below until the gateway was three levels high, thus:

I then glued the second square of MDF on top of the third level of the gateway, thus:

(This formed the roof of the gateway)

I finished by gluing the narrow edge of the seventh section of pine (which was in fact made up from three of the off-cuts that I had available) on top of the gateway's roof, thus:

(This created the gateway's parapet.)

The construction of the gateway was now complete, and as can be seen from the following photographs, my 15mm-scale Essex Miniatures fit rather well atop the gateway.

It took me two days to build the gateway as at each stage in the construction process I waited for the glue to completely set before moving on to the next stage.

This is the final part of the modular fortress that I intend to build, and I will seal all the wooden surfaces with PVA glue prior to painting them.