Pavements and Level Crossing Part 3 and Station Hotel

 Various tasks done today, weathering, gluing, painting and starting to build the station hotel.

Which weathering powder should I use? I have a good range to choose from.

Cobblestone floor for the castle tower weathered and glued in the tower.

Yorkstone paving weathered.

Bank, photographers' shop and pedestrian access steps to the castle glued in place.

Centre wood planks of the level crossing brush painted with primer, I also sprayed the access ramps for the level crossing with primer (but forgot to take a photo!😕)

With the majority of the work now completed on the 1st baseboard, I have turned my attention to constructing what will be the station hotel by converting the Wills kit of the Black Horse Inn the same way I did for my old layout.

This was the converted hotel I built for my old layout minus its roof.

The rear of the converted hotel, the new hotel will not be identical but very similar.

1st piece of brick wall cut to size.

Door and windows marked out ready for cutting out, I did spend a lot of time working out which windows would go where, especially with the alterations to the original inn plans so this was as far as I got today, not a task I want to rush.

This model of Harold's Larder arrived today.

It will complete the row of buildings at the rear of the layout, I need 2 half-relief buildings to fill the gap to finish, I just have to wait for them to come up on eBay, at the right price!

Keith

Pavements and Level Crossing Part 2

 First piece of pavement now glued in place on the baseboard.

Using Jo's jewellery box to hold it flat whilst the glue sets.

Modified level crossing, I ditched the stirring sticks I was going to use originally for 2 strips of plastic planking and created the central strip from the same piece of planking.

Keith

Pavements and Level Crossing

 Creating pavements in front of the bank and photographers shop, and Yorkstone paving under the castle mound pedestrian access steps, all ready for gluing in place.

I have also been playing with this level crossing I had stored away, it needs the extra strips of wood as I need to add extra width so the gates align with the posts on the opposite side

Keith

Castle Mound Part 23

 Car park and road painted 🎨 asphalt colour.

Masking tape used along the edges

Masking tape removed

Keith

Castle Mound Part 22

 Today I started on the road on the left-hand baseboard.

First piece cut and in place at the top of the incline

All 3 pieces glued in place with handy weights to hopefully keep the road flat whilst the glue sets

Glue has set

Keith

Castle Mound Part 21

 I have been busy this afternoon, painting with brown paint, working out paving area underneath the steps up to the castle mound and car park surface glued down.

The ground around the track now painted brown

Piece of Yorkstone paving in place

With the steps and photographers in place, I need to decide how to proceed further with the paving, there are a number of options buzzing around my brain!

Car park and access road glued in place

Starting to take shape

Keith

Castle Mound Part 20

 This morning's effort at painting the piece of stone wall alongside the car park access slope sees it fully painted in one go, two shades of grey for the stones, red coping stones and wooden post. 😊

Polyfilla applied to the castle mound where needed

Castle mound and road embankment painted brown

Keith

Castle Mound Part 19

 Having laid out the castle mound car park yesterday, I wasn't very happy with the rather prominent 'hump' in the access road to the car park from the main road.

I marked up a level slope

Then cut away the offending hump

The hump

I made a new piece of stone wall to border the access road

I attached a post to the upper end

I sprayed the wall with primer

Keith

Castle Mound Part 18

 Playing with the castle mound car park and shaping the mound.

I tried this car park layout first with the access road between the left-hand row and centre row of cars, but wasn't happy with it

I changes things around and much happier with it this way, the access road up from the road will be on the far left, hence the gap with no cars on it

Castle mound roughly cut to shape using a Stanley knife blade, all fingers still intact 🤨

Smoothed down with sandpaper and access road to car park on the left cut and sanded

It will require some filling in with Polyfilla in places

Car park and access road cut to shape

Keith

Castle Mound Part 17

 This afternoon I finished painting the stone walling which goes behind the steps and photographers shop, including painting the wall capping red and the wooden post at the end of the wall wood colour.

Completed wall in situ behind the steps and behind the photographers

Keith