Iain C Robinson Posted June 7, 2015 Share Posted June 7, 2015 Hi Iain The layouts are down at the shop unit in the Barracks at Nantlle whereas the Study Centre with the library and workshops are just outside Llanllyfni. Unfortunately we have a major problem with the library at present as it is in a bit of a tip due to the floor collapsing under all the weight of the books and drawings etc. If you ever want to call please give me a ring as not always at the Unit as semi-retired now and do most of the work in the workshops at home. Will pm you with my phone number and address.(Have you seen the model I am making of Dorotheas beam engine in my 'layout without a name' thread?) Regards Peter Thanks, Peter- as you probably know, I have a bit of a "thing" for Dorothea and I have often thought it would make a good narrow gauge model railway, the section from Gallt-y-Fedw and Pen-y-Bryn perhaps through past Plas Talysarn to the LNWR/ Nantlle rly sidings. OK if you like little Hunslets Motorising Prince and Corwen might pose difficulties... Your model of the Engine House is fab! cheers, Iain Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mythocentric Posted June 7, 2015 Share Posted June 7, 2015 (edited) Hi guys, just back from Scotland - gale force winds and torrential rain for a week - lovely ! Anyway, you've all certainly kept the thread alive with post after post of absolutely stunning model making - even my ol' mate Iain's up there with the best !!!!! However, I did read of the glories of the Cameo cutting machine thing and all the brain boiling software needed just to cut a straight line with it and I'd like to challenge it for speed and accuracy with a toe to toe start on a complex tudor building and I bet I'd win !!! As long as I could use brass etched windows of course... Cheers. Allan. Welcome home Boss! Sorry to hear about the weather. Don't forget to push newspaper into your wellies and hang them upside down to stop them going moldy inside. Now! Slippers on, coffee on the perc and get on with the modelling..............Iain's been speeding up of late! Regards Bill Edited June 7, 2015 by Mythocentric 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Sasquatch Posted June 8, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 8, 2015 Hope you enjoyed your break Allan.We're just back from a short break ourselves as it happens, from California where the temperature's are touchin' a hundred! Phew. (It's no cooler at home either). Anyhow I thought you might like a couple of snaps of some real handsome Hotels in Mc.Cloud. The Stoney Brook Inn. The Mc.Cloud Hotel. Rebuilt in 1912 after a fire. McCloud River Mercantile, this was our hotel and very posh it was too! McCloud River Inn B&B. Regards Shaun. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highlandman Posted June 8, 2015 Share Posted June 8, 2015 Hi Andy, I like your Kingsbridge structure, it captures the prototype nicely, and the stonework is excellent. I wish I had known about your project earlier, as I did an etch of Kingsbridge about a year ago and sent it to PPD for etching. I still have the artwork with the canopy valancing but it has a lot of other stuff on it (including 7mm William Clarke ironwork) that you wouldn't want. I can, however, find the artwork for you and you could alter it to just give you the valancing and then send it to PPD perhaps. Unfortunately I have just used the last of the brass etch on the goods shed canopy, or you could have had that...sorry! Cheers, Iain Once again, many thanks for those encouraging words. That is a very kind offer of yours to allow me to adapt your artwork for the pieces I need and I would really like to take you up on that. IT's something I really should have thought about when I had the windows and doors done by PPD but thought stock valancing would be easy to find. NOT!!!. If you don't mind I will PM my email address to you a bit later. All the best Andy 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
allan downes Posted June 9, 2015 Author Share Posted June 9, 2015 Hope you enjoyed your break Allan. We're just back from a short break ourselves as it happens, from California where the temperature's are touchin' a hundred! Phew. (It's no cooler at home either). Anyhow I thought you might like a couple of snaps of some real handsome Hotels in Mc.Cloud. The Stoney Brook Inn. McCloud (1).JPG The Mc.Cloud Hotel. Rebuilt in 1912 after a fire. McCloud (2).JPG McCloud (3).JPG McCloud River Mercantile, this was our hotel and very posh it was too! McCloud (4).JPG McCloud (5).JPG McCloud River Inn B&B. McCloud (6).JPG Regards Shaun. Thanks Shaun, I'll most definitely be taking a very close look at these after I've cleared the latest commission. Cheers. Allan 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bgman Posted June 9, 2015 Share Posted June 9, 2015 Hi guys, just back from Scotland - gale force winds and torrential rain for a week - lovely ! Anyway, you've all certainly kept the thread alive with post after post of absolutely stunning model making - even my ol' mate Iain's up there with the best !!!!! However, I did read of the glories of the Cameo cutting machine thing and all the brain boiling software needed just to cut a straight line with it and I'd like to challenge it for speed and accuracy with a toe to toe start on a complex tudor building and I bet I'd win !!! As long as I could use brass etched windows of course... Cheers. Allan. Can I wave the chequered flag please ! And will we need models of straw bales to put on the corners, just in case anyone swerves too far with their implement ? Hope you enjoyed your break Allan Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
allan downes Posted June 11, 2015 Author Share Posted June 11, 2015 Started a new build today, a small country cottage group. Here's bay window construction. These are just simple square bays so the geometry's quite straight foreward. These two took about 2 hours to build and now I'm off to Cleethorpes for a bag of chips ! Cheers. Allan. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonB Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 If its not too late, it would be nice to see the reverse sides of the bay, just because I'm curious as to the purpose / reason for the corner notches of the window components. I assume for locating, but what do they locate against? Sorry if you have explained the process before! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
allan downes Posted June 11, 2015 Author Share Posted June 11, 2015 Each window has two locating tabs running iether side of the main frame. The windows can then be glued behind the window apertures. The 'notch' serves no specific purpose it's just that the locating tabs, and for whatever reason, don't run the full length of the windows. Cheers. Allan Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
allan downes Posted June 13, 2015 Author Share Posted June 13, 2015 Cottage build. Faceing elevations bricked out and windows fitted. Kinda hanging fire these days, three or four hours a day is all so this'll take a while. Cheers. Allan 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
allan downes Posted June 15, 2015 Author Share Posted June 15, 2015 (edited) New cottage build assembled. The next time you see it, it should be roofed and tiled out. Give me a year or two ! Cheers. Allan. Edited June 15, 2015 by allan downes 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Stubby47 Posted June 15, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 15, 2015 That's cottage sized, is it ? How many bathrooms ?? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penlan Posted June 15, 2015 Share Posted June 15, 2015 (edited) That's cottage sized, is it ? How many bathrooms ?? That would be an MP's, or Banker's Cottage... Certainly not a Cornish Cottage or Scottish But'n'Ben. Edited June 15, 2015 by Penlan Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sp1 Posted June 15, 2015 Share Posted June 15, 2015 That's cottage sized, is it ? How many bathrooms ??Don't you mean 'Family Bathrooms'? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
allan downes Posted June 15, 2015 Author Share Posted June 15, 2015 That's cottage sized, is it ? How many bathrooms ?? I used to live in a row of eight cottages in Lane end, High Wycombe. They were called Panliegh Cottages. This is only a block of two. No bathrooms, just outside taps. Cheers. Allan Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
allan downes Posted June 15, 2015 Author Share Posted June 15, 2015 That would be an MP's, or Banker's Cottage... Certainly not a Cornish Cottage or Scottish But'n'Ben. It was never meant to be iether. It's just a model and nothing to get excited about. Cheers. Allan. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sp1 Posted June 15, 2015 Share Posted June 15, 2015 I used to live in a row of eight cottages in Lane end, High Wycombe. They were called Panliegh Cottages. This is only a block of two. No bathrooms, just outside taps. Cheers. Allan Absolutely having bathrooms, heaven forbid, toilets, inside the house is just so unhygienic..... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
allan downes Posted June 15, 2015 Author Share Posted June 15, 2015 There you go. An English country cottage. Big innit? Cheers. Allan 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sp1 Posted June 15, 2015 Share Posted June 15, 2015 I used to live in a row of eight cottages in Lane end, High Wycombe. They were called Panliegh Cottages. This is only a block of two. No bathrooms, just outside taps. Cheers. Allan Completely off topic, but some of my ancestors used to live in High Wycombe and were chair manufacturers - I often watch the 'Antiques Roadshow' and see the chairs on there and wonder how many of them were made by my ancestors Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
allan downes Posted June 15, 2015 Author Share Posted June 15, 2015 (edited) Thought I'd show a few pics with the roofs fitted before I lock my self away in a dark cupboard for a few days with a torch, a photo of Robinson and a heap of tiles. Cheers. Allan Edited June 16, 2015 by allan downes 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mullie Posted June 15, 2015 Share Posted June 15, 2015 Thought I'd show a few pics with the roofs fitted before I lock my self away in a dark cupboard for a few days with a torch, a photo of Robinson and tile them. Cheers. Allan COTTAGE ROOFS FITTED 002.JPGCOTTAGE ROOFS FITTED 003.JPGCOTTAGE ROOFS FITTED 005.JPGCOTTAGE ROOFS FITTED 007.JPGCOTTAGE ROOFS FITTED 009.JPG Now time for a stable block, jacuzzi and three bedroomed dog kennel! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penlan Posted June 15, 2015 Share Posted June 15, 2015 Honestly, Allan, they do look good... Stubby, 3 bedroom dogs kennel? You haven't been thinking of buying those laser cut wooden kennels from the USA have you.. I have a couple. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
allan downes Posted June 16, 2015 Author Share Posted June 16, 2015 (edited) Completely off topic, but some of my ancestors used to live in High Wycombe and were chair manufacturers - I often watch the 'Antiques Roadshow' and see the chairs on there and wonder how many of them were made by my ancestors Way back in the 70's a member of the Gomm Furniture making family, one of the brothers I believe, came to my house to discuss building him a model railway. What came of the idea and him both I can't remember but I do recall him being a rather unasuming man, quiet, unpretentious and polite. Cheers. Allan Edited June 16, 2015 by allan downes Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mythocentric Posted June 16, 2015 Share Posted June 16, 2015 Late night Allan? Not still sticking slates on I hope! Regards Bill Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mullie Posted June 17, 2015 Share Posted June 17, 2015 Late night Allan? Not still sticking slates on I hope! Regards Bill He's adding an extra bathroom! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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