4mm Llanfair ....

[Gismorail]

Morning Larry these laser cut building really do make up into some very attractive building.

 

[BrushType4]

Morning Larry these laser cut building really do make up into some very attractive building.

This is my favourite little building.

 

[LarryG]

Morning Larry these laser cut building really do make up into some very attractive building.

I agree.....They make for an interesting hobby in itself.

 

[LarryG]

A piece of glazing was stuck onto the backwall. The fit of the interior walls allows for this...



The interior walls fit like a jigsaw but I miss-matched the fireplace...

A sneaky view through the doorway... Further daylight photos are impossible. No sun in garden and the light is all wrong inside my room....

 

[LarryG]

Weighbridge done except for the actual grid. Xmas to attend to now.....




The window surround should have been dark stone, so that's something to attend to. Floor is removable so that an interior can be fitted at some time...

 

[LarryG]

It's a cycle shed based on the one at Tetbury. However, it was just the type of building I was looking for to form a gents & ladies toilet block....



The four outer walls were assembled first. I glued the end walls inside the side wall....Big mistake! Things got a bit messy while sorting out my mistake...


I prefer to glue 20 thou glazing across thee window apertures and so rectangles were cut out of the inner walls to clear future glazing...


Interior walls glued in place with Evostick Impact...


Usual roof trussing glued in place with UHU Wood glue...


State of assemble so far tonight....


Window sills are 80 thou plastikard shamfered on top...

 

[LarryG]

A bit more done today but not much. Guttering was again formed by gluing 30 though Plastikard to Plastruct channel and rounding off the leading edge...


Drainpipes were formed from Plastruct 90859 2mm rod attached with glue and a split pin...


Gents and ladies each have two toilet cubicles but the partition between the two is offset in favour of the ladies who have a sink and mirror plus waste bin. The men only have a small corner sink and an endless towel...

 

[simond]

The men only have a small corner sink and an endless towel.

Luxury!

 

[Brian Wainwright]

Forgive me for saying this, Larry, but I think you were born to work in 7mm scale. Your painting skills really do show up to advantage in the larger scale and I suspect you will end up with something quite magnificent.

 

[Gismorail]

The toilet facilities back then might well have been basic and functional but I bet they were of a much higher hygiene standard then today with a strong smell of disinfectant

 

[Brian Wainwright]

The toilet facilities back then might well have been basic and functional but I bet they were of a much higher hygiene standard then today with a strong smell of disinfectant

And they actually existed!
I remember my Dad saying, if you need a toilet you can always go to a railway station.
Good luck with that today!

 

[LarryG]

Some people can't be left alone for two minutes....

The prospect of adding slates to a four sided roof and all the lead flashing was enough to stir me into action today. The roof was rebuilt to a simple form probably more appropriate for a simple toilet block building....



Slates will hide any blemishes...

 

[Geoff]

I think your latest 'kit bashing' exercise has produced a more convincing, WC for a backwater like Llanfair Road. Once those slates go on and you have done your usual painting and weathering job it will blend in with your other buildings nicely.

Geoff

 

[LarryG]

I think your latest 'kit bashing' exercise has produced a more convincing, WC for a backwater like Llanfair Road.

This 'slow modeling' is giving my ideas time to develop. I decided the Ladies toilet can stay where it is at the back of the tea room and the toilet block will be just for gentlemen with two cubicles and a urinol. Taking up less space, it can be set back a bit from the main building...

 

[LarryG]

Yet another project on the go....

 

[LarryG]

Ready for the sprayshop as are all the other components parts that go on later. Chimney pegs into holes and can be painted separately...

Removable nameboard needs painting and a frame fitting. William Wroe was my wife's father, a lovely man..

 

[Geoff]

Yet another lovely building Larry, naming the coal merchant after you father-in-law is a nice touch.

I'm looking forward to seeing all your buildings in situ on Llanfair Road, perhaps the current mild weather will tempt you out to your shed for a planning exercise?

All the best for Christmas and the New Year,
Geoff

 

[LarryG]

All the best for Christmas and The New Year Geoff. All the buildings know where they're going because it was well-rehearsed in '00'. Mild weather or not, I do nothing in the shed from November to March. I tend to run a regimented regime that ensures I eat well and layouts are built and ripped up at the appropriate times.....

Larry

 

[LarryG]

Busy with "Christmas", but I finished the roof-mounted nameboard if nothing else....



The nameboard was sprayed with car paint and left to harden before brushing on PPC White enamel and wiping off the surplus. The surround was glued on afterwards with Evostick Impact the picked out with with PPC GWR Light Stone...

 

[LarryG]

I found time to weather the whole building this afternoon. White mortar was tested on a small section, but it bleached the bricks .... as usual. I never learn! So it was quickly followed by using Precision 'Dirty Black' diluted to taste with turps substitute. I can't go any further tonight until it has been matt varnished