'Emsford' is the REC's 'EM' layout currently under construction. Based on a rural single-track secondary route, the largest building in the village is the mill. - and I was silly enough to volunteer to build it! The early work was subject of this forum entry -

http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/11149-a-mill-for-emsford/

and this blog will continue the process. As you can see, this and the station buildings for 'Netherley' - subject of another blog) do take up a fair proportion of my modelling time!

Anyway, onwards!

Where did I get to? Oh yes...

With most of the windows (I've still got twelve on the rear wall to make) completed using my usual 'adhesive paper/layers of card' method,the building slowly came together. The 'Georgian' period dwelling is of course for the miller -

who now has a chimney

and a slate roof (again printed on adhesive paper) in individual rows, slates cut to 2/3rds their depth and then applied to the plasticard roof - which was covered with plain adhesive paper to ensure the slates stuck!

On then to more external detail (now the Miller is comfortably in residence) -

Most (all??) mills have 'lucams' which house the winding gear & Emsford required three of 'em. Excuse the slightly out of focus shot...

Again, using a single drawing it was easy to print three identical sets on paper, to ensure they were all even, and

the sub roofs were fitted in a similar manner -

Just in time for the building to be shown in place at the Clubs ' Diamond Jubilee' day last Sunday...

Next jobs will be to finish those cursed rear windows(!), tile the main roof (another paint-drying job!) then build the boiler house on the other end! At least this one does not have an exhibition deadline....

TTFN

REC-Farnborough