Castle Mound Parking Spaces Part 2

 Small steps to recovery from my recent stay in hospital, a task I have been dreading, but completed it this morning, marking out the parking bays in the castle mound car park. 😁

Keith

The Railway Inn Part 12

Finally felt like doing a bit of work on the layout this afternoon, not a lot, just glued the paving slabs flooring for the Station Inn,  making use of my wife Jo's small jewellery box and a hand weight whilst the glue sets.

Keith

The Railway Inn Part 11

Spent a couple of minutes marking out the final sheet of fancy tiles for the Railway Inn, that was enough effort for one day having been in hospital for a week with initially pneumonia which turned into nodules on my right lung and blood clots on the same lung, so taking it very easy at the moment 😊

Keith

The Railway Inn Part 10

 I wasn't very happy with 3 of the windows on the ground floor (circled) having mullions, whilst the other 6 did not, I decided to remove them and to also added a door frame surround to the rear door. First bit of work I have done since 10 days ago before I went into hospital for pneumonia to also discover I also had nodules and blood clots in my lungs 😟

Central window with its mullion removed

The other two mullions removed

The additional rear door frame surround

Keith

The Railway Inn Part 9

The banister at the top of our stairs up to our bedroom is a very handy place to have the Railway Inn plans laid out so I can lay the pieces of wall and roof on whilst cutting pieces out, it helps so I can see what I have done so far and what needs to be done next.

After yesterday discovering the faulty fancy tile sheets, I have found one sheet of fancy tiles which is usable, so I have cut out one set of tiles from this sheet.

3 pieces cut out

3 windows glued in place

Keith

Another Purchase and The Railway Inn Part 8

 This thatched cottage had arrived in the post this morning whilst we were up in the town shopping. It is the 4th thatched cottage at this end of the layout, I may have to call this area Thatch End? 🤔

Started to work on the fancy tiles of the upper floor of the Railway Inn when I discovered the fancy tile sheets are also brittle same as the brick walls were, the 1st one snapped whilst attempting to cut it, the 2nd snapped whilst testing it. waiting to hear back from Peco which won't be until Monday now. 😢 Yet more delays sadly 🙁

Keith

The Railway Inn Part 7

 Good progress today with the Railway Inn, doors, doorways and window surrounds glued in place this morning.

I then went for a walk around Priory Park whilst the glue set. After lunch I made a sander block which I used to create 10 chamfered edges on 5 corners.

I needed a wooden block to make a sanding block, so I used my paint pot holder....

I glued a piece of emery cloth on the underside of my paint pot holder creating 2 useful tools out of one

Creating one of the chamfered edges by rubbing each piece of wall on the sanding block, not a quick job, especially with a further 9 chamfers to create!!

One completed chamfer, just 9 more to go!

2 chamfered corners as they will eventually fit together

Keith

The Railway Inn Part 6

 Having had to wait for a phone call back from the doctor all this morning to book a referral, I wasn't able to start more work on the Railway Inn until this afternoon. I Cut out the last 2 sections of brick wall and cut a window aperture in one of them

I then glued the window in.

Then cut a triangular piece of brick wall to top the large rear wall above the window portal.

I then glued the window in. 

Tea called, so will continue after eating it. 😊

All window apertures now cut in large rear wall.

Final windows fitted to large rear wall.

All the ground floor walls almost ready, they need the corners chamfering, doors, door and window surrounds fitting.

Keith

The Railway Inn Part 5

 Not a good start to working on the Railway Inn this afternoon. I discovered that the middle window aperture I had cut out yesterday was 5mm too wide!! 🤬 I had to carefully cut a piece of brick wall to size and glued it in, no one will notice 😂.

Repaired window aperture and 3 windows glued in

2 window apertured cut in side wall

Windows glued in side wall.

Keith

The Railway Inn Part 4

 As my recovery is going well I have started working on the Railway Inn again, I have cut out the first window portal, the replacement sheets cut so much easier that the faulty ones. further 3 windows and 2 doorways marked out ready for cutting. 😊

First window portal cut out

On the reverse side the other 2 windows and 2 doorways are marked out ready

19:00 UPDATE:- Remaining 2 window apertures and 2 doorways cut out 😁. When I was cutting the faulty sheets it took me 2 whole days to get this far!! 🥹 This all took less than half a day!

3 window apertures and 2 doorways cut out

Keith

The Railway Inn Part 3

 This afternoon I have started to work on the Railway Inn again. 

Initially I had problems cutting the sheets of brick walling with a scalpel, I contacted Peco and they informed me that they had received a bad batch which were very brittle and impossible to cut.

Having received the replacement wall sheets Monday and with a few medical issues to sort out since then,  I have today cut the first 2 sections to size and glued them together. These new sheets are so much easier to cut than the original ones. Hopefully starting tomorrow I can get on with the build.

I have joined these first 2 pieces together for a reason which I will explain as I proceed further. 😊

Keith

Pavements Part 8

 I have made a start on creating the base for the Railway Inn, including the roadside pavement, path to the side and service area to the rear of the Railway Inn. 😁

I have placed the template for the inn where it will be sited when built, I learnt today that the replacement brick walling sheets for the inn were put in the post today so should be arriving soon and I will be able to get back to building it.

I had started to build the Wills Craftsman kit of the 'Black Horse Inn' but having struggled to cut the plastic brick wall sheets over a few days I contacted the suppliers and they informed me they had had a bad batch of brick walling supplied and were going to send me replacement sheets.

Keith

Stone Walling Part 1

 Cutting and gluing stone walling onto the layout.

Small section of stone wall adjoining the fence behind the tunnel portal

New stone wall alongside the road leading up to the castle car park

Stone walling and fence completed alongside the castle mound approach road and access gates to the front of the large house

Keith

Extremely Busy and Arduous Day

 Extremely busy and arduous day today, cutting to size and gluing this section of fencing above the tunnel portal!! 🤨

Keith

Gluing Sunday

 I have glued 3 buildings in the maintenance yard, the large detached house, its surrounding stone wall, and a pair of roadside gates 😀

2 buildings in the yard glued in place

3rd building and coal bunker in the yard glued down

Large detached house by the castle mound glued down

Stone wall around the large detached house glued in place, Not quite sure where this will end, should be up against the signal box, but until I have built the Station Inn and I know where the signal box goes it stays unfinished for now

Further small section of stone wall added along with a pair of roadside gates

Keith

Half-Relief Buildings Part 40

 This half-relief pharmacy arrived this morning, it goes between the cottage hospital (handy for the hospital) and the Linden hotel and completes the row of half-relief buildings at the back of the layout. 😊

The full length of the half-relief buildings apart from those on the far baseboard which isn't in siti at present

Keith

Half-Relief Buildings Part 39

 My wife picked up this half-relief building of 'Lindene Hotel' for me from our local drop off point this morning, it is the penultimate one for the backscene, the final building to fill the last gap next to it is in the post and should be arriving soon. I have glued a backing on the rear of the hotel, 1st piece of work I have done to the layout for 9 days!!. 😀

Backing glued on the rear of the hotel

Keith