I began installing the wrought iron along the top ridge of the stone wall. Tacky glue will work fine, just make sure you clamp with the tape as you go because they have the tendency of falling over. Make sure that they are straight when you clamp them.
The ticky part is the front gate. I bought a package that brings two identical gate pieces. These pieces are made of styrene plastic so they are easy to cut. They only give the illusion of wrought iron.
I cut one of the gate pieces in half horizontally. I then glued it between the two stone walls. I then took the other gate piece and cut it along the top in an arch shape. I glued it on top of the other gate piece in order to have a tall gate door.
Remember, you can only glue styrene plastic to itself with liquid cement made for plastic models. Tacky glue will not work. It only works to glue styrene to some other material but not to itself. Im using the left over liquid cement that I had from my Chrysnbon kits.
I then cut off the finials from the left over pieces. I glued them to the tops of the gate posts I cut off making the arch. This gives it a nice finished look, like it was intended to be an arch.
I then continued to glueing wrought iron along the top ridge of the rest of the stone wall.
I then took one of the left over fence pieces and glued it horizontally to the front of the gate to make a latch.
There you have it, a stone fence.
You can see how adding some greenery in the yard will soften the iron and stone look. It also helps to hide a little the gray interior of the fence.
You can make stone posts between each wrought iron piece if you like as well.
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