oooh that will be my new gas cooker!
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With apologies to Monty Python!
Received a couple of packages last week which has helped move things along a bit. First up, I received two white metal kits from MMS models which I ordered about 3 weeks back. Apparently the delay was caused by the ABF (Australian Customs) wanting to take a look inside the package. Maybe one of them is thinking of taking up the hobby! 
The second package contained the Noch furniture that I was waiting on for the grounded coach body project so a little more progress has been made there. First up was the floor covering in the kitchen. this was acheived using with a piece of graph paper and a 0.5mm pencil to colour alternate squares giving a tiled effect. Then after some messing about and indecision regarding the layout, I finally have the kitchen sorted. That now leaves the "Sitting" room.......or is it the bedroom? Either way, another purchase may be necessary. For a project that started out as a bit of a folly, it seems to have taken on a life of it's own! I also intend to add a chimney, gutters and down pipes and a few other items of interest as time goes on. Now my biggest issue is where am I going to place it? I guess the answer will come as the railway progresses. Or maybe I might just make it a diorama of it's own.
Taking a break from the carriage, I had a look at the MMS Hillman Van kit that arrived (the other was a Superpoise Lorry) and decided to clear out the window apertures. The kit itself is fairly straightforward and being white metal I figured it would be reasonably robust.........rookie mistake I guess. Whilst I was clearing the area near the top of the windscreen pillar and the roof, I managed to break the pillar off. Hopefully, the neighbours didn't hear what I had to say on the subject of my clumsiness. 
I should be able to save it though. Time will tell.
For those who read this blog through my Facebook page, here is the scale of the carriage project.
The completed bathroom.
The "curtains" are a piece of a single ply of kitchen towel stuck to a piece of 0.5mm plastic rod.
Kitchen Layout Mk1
The final layout of the kitchen showing the graph paper "Floor covering"
The MMS Hilman Van kit and instructions as delivered.
OOPS! 
Again, for my Facebook readers, that broken piece is a little over 5mm long.
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