Half-Relief Buildings Part 16, Chimneys Part 4

 Good progress today with 5 double chimney stacks built, only 4 more to go. These do need the corners cutting in, I will wait till tomorrow to allow the glue to completely set overnight. 😊

Keith

Half-Relief Buildings Part 15, Chimneys Part 3

 3 more chimneys completed today.

This completes all 4 smaller ones, with the 9 larger (4 pot) ones still to do. 😊

Keith

Half-Relief Buildings Part 14, Chimneys Part 2

 Being busy doing other things today I haven't had much time to do modelling, but I have managed to cut out the remaining 12 chimney stacks and scored them ready to cut.

I also cut the corners of the completed chimney stack to continue the stonework around each jointed corner using a scalpel and then emery paper.

 The 4th corner does not have matching stonework, so I have worked it as best I can, but as mentioned in an earlier post this corner will be at the rear and not so visible.

Only 12 more to go! 😊

Keith

Baseboards Part 2

This afternoon I thought I would unpack the new baseboard. Anyone good at Jigsaws? Took best part of the afternoon to sort out which bits were for which separate board. At least MFI used to put little labels on each piece with a number on it to match the diagram! Still, already to start assembling. 😊 

Box full of bits

The central baseboard

the smaller 650mm wide right-hand baseboard

The slightly larger 780mm wide left-hand baseboard

Keith

Half-Relief Buildings Part 13, Chimneys

First of 13 chimney stacks for the terrace. This is a 2 pot one with another 3 to go, plus nine 4 pot chimney stacks.

4 pieces cut from a strip stonework

Note: the cuts become the joints so the stonework continues around the corners except for the last one which will be at the back so won't be seen

The 4 pieces mitred on the corners and numbered so as not to mix the order up to keep the stonework consistent

2 pairs glued together

All 4 pieces glued together

Crown (or flaunching) glued on top of the stack

Each chimney pot comes in 2 halves which have to be glued together

Pots glued on top of the crown

This almost completes this first chimney stack, once the glue has set overnight I will shape the stones around the 4 corners.

Keith

Half-Relief Buildings Part 12, Roofs

Today, amongst doing other 00 scale railway stuff, I cut out the roofs for the terrace buildings.

Keith

Black Horse Inn

Yesterday I popped into Metropolis (an antique model shop) 3 doors down from our flat to see Chris the owner. We got chatting about Wills Craftsman kits and he dug out this kit of the Black Horse Inn which I was thinking of having on my new layout, normal retail price £22.95 + postage, absolute bargain at £5.00!

 I will do a similar build to the one I built for my old layout and made into a hotel (see photo below), but I will keep it as a pub with the same modifications I did to the hotel by not having the coaching arch underneath, but in this case making extra bar/restaurant space. I plan also to use the conservatory supplied with the Post Office either on the back or the side of this building. 

Keith

Stock Boxes

 This afternoon I have had the really arduous task of cutting out new labels and gluing them on my stock boxes over the old ones. Some of them have changed order, for example tray 1 was wagons (not sure why as my loco tray has always been at the top!), and whereas I had steam and diesel locos in 1 tray, I had run out of room so I have split them. Spot the new box 😊.

With that task completed I can now start to assemble the new baseboards tomorrow. 😁

Keith

Stock Box

 Within the parcel which contained my new baseboard was this extra stock box I ordered as my existing ones are getting a bit cramped. Reminds me of flat pack furniture, except this goes together easier.

I thought I would assemble it first as practice before attacking the baseboards.😊

As packaged within the box

Checking all pieces are present

Assembled stock box all glued together

Keith

Baseboards and Half-Relief Buildings Part 11, Floors

This morning the baseboards arrived, just need building! 

This afternoon I cut to size the flooring for the half relief cottages and shops. The stone floors will go on the ground floor and the wooded floors on the first floor. 

Keith

Half-Relief Buildings Part 10, Cut-outs for Doors and Windows (6)

 Final cutting in of the mortar lines around the window and door surrounds 
(I thought I had completed this, but found some this morning that I had missed 🥹).

Careful use of a scalpel

I then used a piece of emery paper to rough up the clean cut appearance of the edges on all the walls

Part of a finished wall with all stonework completed

I have mitred the two sections forming the corner, but not glued together yet, I will now leave that until I have the baseboards built and can line everything up in place. 😊

Keith

Half-Relief Buildings Part 9, Cut-outs for Doors and Windows (5)

 All the doors and windows cut out of all 7 wall sections. 😊

Keith

Half-Relief Buildings Part 8, Cut-outs for Doors and Windows (4)

 Cutting using my razor saw has improved production, with these two being completed today, only three more to go. 😊

Keith

Half-Relief Buildings Part 7, Cut-outs for Doors and Windows (3)

 I don't know why I didn't think of this before, cutting the doors and windows which go to the edge of the sheet with a razor saw!

Took me just half an hour to cut 5 sheets, with just the inner cuts still to be made with a scalpel, with a bit of luck I may get all 5 sheets finished in one day as opposed to 1 sheet a day.

Far less tiring but more messy!! 😁

Cutting with a razor saw

All 5 sheets with saw cuts

Keith

Half-Relief Buildings Part 6, Cut-outs for Doors and Windows (2)

 This afternoon I cut out the windows and doors for one of the cottage fronts, then I cut around the newly cut corners to continue the mortar line, 1 done 6 more to go! 🤨

Using a scalpel and steel rule to cut out windows and doors.

4 upper windows cut out

2 doors cut out

2 lower windows cut out

Front view

Some of the cutting around the corners

It is a messy task!

Keith

Half-Relief Buildings Part 5, Cut-outs for Doors and Windows

 This afternoon I marked the cut-outs in the wall sheets for the doors and windows for the 2 shops and 9 cottages. 😊

Keith

Half-Relief Buildings Part 4, More Wall Preparation

 Having tidied up the edges of the sheets of wall for the terrace of buildings on Friday, this morning I did the same to the sheets of roof tiles, stone and wood flooring, 15 sheets in all, and I thought doing the 9 sheets of walling was mind blowing! Still they are all done ready to start building, well almost, I have ordered some more of the wooden flooring as I do not have enough to complete the build. 😊

All 7 wall pieces for the terrace reduced to correct height this afternoon.

1 end and 7 intermediate half walls all cut to shape. 😊

Keith

Half-Relief Buildings Part 3, Wall Preparation

 Preparing the sheets of stone walling for the row of terraced cottages and shops. On each end and each side of each sheet there are 3 production 'pips', 12 on each sheet, which I have removed on all 9 sheets of walling. Just the 8 sheets of roofing tiles and 2 sheets of wood flooring to do!

A single sheet of stone walling

3 production pips on one end of one sheet

All production pips removed on one sheet

9 stone walling sheets completed

Just 8 roofing tiles and 2 wooden flooring sheets to go

Keith