It seems that, if you wait long enough you will find more than you need.

In my last entry, I mentioned that I need to keep an eye out for a cooker for the grounded carriage project. By some happy coincidence this week, I found a set of interior furniture by Noch (set 14833) that includes not one but three different cookers! It's a puzzle as to why they would have three cookers in a set that only has one of everything else but I'm not going to look a gift horse in the mouth. I have ordered said set from AJM railways and it will hopefully be here within the next 2 weeks.

Meanwhile I have been slowly progressing with the coach. The "sitting room" has had wallpaper added courtesy of the Pola donor kit as well as "Carpet" in the form of self adhesive felt from one of our large fabric stores here. The kitchen area has had a coat of paint (I believe the colour to be called duck egg blue) and I have rebuilt the wall between it and the "Sitting room" using components from an american lumber kit which I originally bought for a different purpose.

I have also bought a couple of entry lights from the "Just Plug" range which I will mount on the outside of the carriage. There are still a few ideas floating around in the back of my head which will require further purchase from O/S but that will have to wait until next week. A lot of time is being spent on waiting for parts to arrive or for paint to dry but that's what the hobby is all about sometimes, isn't it?

The Noch set in question!

The lovely wallpaper in the sitting room!

Cutting out the window apertures required some thought. My solution was to place the paper on the inside of the carriage and trace the opening with a pencil whilst using a coffee stirrer to give support.

The result is an easy to follow outline.

These are the self adhesive felt sheets I found in the fabric store. They cost about $3 AU each but they will go a long way.

The "Just Plug" wall mounted entrance lights. Possibly the most expensive part of the project thus far.

Where it all stands at the minute. The kitchen has since had another coat of paint (I'm typing this while waiting for it to dry) so the streaks shouldn't be so obvious. The arrow indicates the 1.2mm hole on the wall for the wires that will lead to the entry light outside.