Having previously felt that I wouldn't be able to remove the moulded slate detail from the roof of the road-side awning, I looked at it again and decided that the difference in slate finishes was such that I really ought to make the attempt.

This is how it was done...

First of all, the whole structure was encased in card, to protect it from stray movements of the gert big ** file that I was planning to use, and to keep plaster dust from the model generally, and from the interior especially..

** technical term

Closer view of the roof before the work started

The gurt big** file turned out not to be the right tool for the job, so I used a rotary abrasive drum attachment on a Rolson 12v drill. This is what it looked like when the job was virtually done

** also a technical term

I'd already made up a replacement slated roof, using matching Scalescenes slate strips on a piece of thin card, which I glued to the plaster top of the awning using 5 minute epoxy: