Kensington Olympia in n scale

[acg5324]

Cheers Jim,  Adam at Electra Rail will do the Mk2c coaches with the smaller toilet window if asked too. That’s what my latest TSO is.

[LongRail]

Thought blimey they are big track pins then realised I forget they are N gauge

[acg5324]

Like Harry Potter I was banished to the cupboard under the stairs yesterday. It was on my lockdown DIY list to clear it out, repaint and refloor it. I’ve also got some PIR LED lights to illuminate the darkness. Took 45 mins just to empty it....but found we had 21 bottles of red wine, 4 bottles of fizz, 6 bottles of white and 2 of Rose in there.....plus the Gin!.......and that’s in addition to what’s in the fridge.

 

Painting is all done, fit the lights next and get the flooring down today.

Edited November 29, 2020 by acg5324

[acg5324]

Best laid plans the flooring didn’t get laid as the part pack I had wasn’t big enough. A trip to Wickes this morning and two packs of laminate flooring now being acclimatised for laying tomorrow.

So as Sgt Major Williams would have said ......Oh dear how sad never mind! Back to the Hand and Flower pub.

 

The front wall is coming along, lots of bits of faux mouldings added etc. 

 

 

Edited November 29, 2020 by acg5324

[acg5324]

Cupboard under the stairs all done...hoorah.......last of the old carpet from when the House was built has gone replaced with the new flooring.

 

Back to the pub...which I can do legally from today....providing I have something to eat too!

 

Front wall has been completed undercoated and overcoated, the two rear walls have been painted too, windows and doors added. Details need picking out and the doors painted. Hopefully I’ll make a start on the two remaining walls tomorrow.

 

Edited December 2, 2020 by acg5324

[acg5324]

The Take Courage sign seems to have changed colours over the years, I have a photo of it in red, which I will probably change it to. The C is also a little high.

[St Enodoc]

4 hours ago, acg5324 said:

Back to the pub...which I can do legally from today....providing I have something to eat too!

A couple of pints and one pickled egg should do the trick.

[acg5324]

10 hours ago, St Enodoc said:

A couple of pints and one pickled egg should do the trick.

Pickled eggs.......just not right. Always looked like some sort of alien life form bobbing around in the jar on the top of the Fish shops fryers.

[acg5324]

Well it took longer than expected to get all the windows and doors fitted, but the Hand and Flower is coming along nicely. Take Courage sign now Red.....needs the shine taking off the letters. I’ve made a start on the other two walls.

[stevea]

Blimey, Andy

    Like the rest of your work, this is superb modelling! Truly amazing in N gauge...

Regards

Steve

[St Enodoc]

6 hours ago, acg5324 said:

Well it took longer than expected to get all the windows and doors fitted, but the Hand and Flower is coming along nicely. Take Courage sign now Red.....needs the shine taking off the letters. I’ve made a start on the other two walls.

The R seems a little higher than the others.

[acg5324]

9 hours ago, St Enodoc said:

The R seems a little higher than the others.

It is a tad John, it’s also flatter against the wall so there’s a bit of optical illusion at work.

 

Back to “work” today and tomorrow, so no progress until Sunday at the earliest.

[acg5324]

A parcel arrived yesterday with some.....more buildings!

The small block of flats will go at the north end of the station in Russell Rd. It will lose its ground floor shops and gain a brick facia. The Faller buildings will get modified to go next to 1 Addison Bridge Place, losing their flat roof profiles. The sunbathers will end up on balconies and in gardens. Its summer all year round in Kensington!

[acg5324]

A little bit of progress with the remaining two walls of the pub.

[acg5324]

First paid for haircut since March today, walked straight in and served straight away! 

 

As as a result of light headedness I spent most of the afternoon continuing with the two remaining walls of the Hand and Flower. The long wall has in excess of 200 parts.

 

Ill check and make sure I haven’t left anything off and then give it a squirt of undercoat later.

 

 

Edited December 8, 2020 by acg5324

[SouthernBlue80s]

Really impressed at the level of detail a few folks on here are now getting into n gauge layouts. And this is one of them. Look forward to seeing the progress.

[acg5324]

Collected my sound fitted class 31 from work today. Had a quick play test. Good sound quality, has a previously unknown function to me on DCC. Turn the power off and use F2 to brake complete with all the air being dumped if you hold the function down. Got some 2mm Slaters letters to do one of the name boards on the pub too.

Edited December 9, 2020 by acg5324

[grahame]

On 08/12/2020 at 18:50, acg5324 said:

First paid for haircut since March today, walked straight in and served straight away! 

 

As as a result of light headedness I spent most of the afternoon continuing with the two remaining walls of the Hand and Flower. The long wall has in excess of 200 parts.

 

Ill check and make sure I haven’t left anything off and then give it a squirt of undercoat later.

 

 

 

That's coming along nicely and getting very impressive.

 

 

[St Enodoc]

I've liked your buildings since the early days of Springfield Parkway and Tarrant Riverside, as you know, but what I admire most is the rapidity with which you make them. Great stuff.

[acg5324]

4 hours ago, St Enodoc said:

I've liked your buildings since the early days of Springfield Parkway and Tarrant Riverside, as you know, but what I admire most is the rapidity with which you make them. Great stuff.

Thanks John, not rapid enough for my liking. Thank you and Veronica for your Christmas card which landed on the 2nd December, we’ve only just opened them as Debbie has just cleared her birthday cards which was 1st December. 

 

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That's coming along nicely and getting very impressive.

 

Thanks Grahame, still a beginner compared to you.

[acg5324]

Three quite busy days at work on the run up to Christmas. Mike got Father Pigmas made for the shop window display.

[acg5324]

Finally got undercoat and a top coat on the remaining two walls of the Hand and Flower. Windows and doors to fit before attaching the walls.

[St Enodoc]

6 hours ago, acg5324 said:

Finally got undercoat and a top coat on the remaining two walls of the Hand and Flower. Windows and doors to fit before attaching the walls.

Which layout featured the Rat and Goldfish? Was it Springfield?

[acg5324]

9 hours ago, St Enodoc said:

Which layout featured the Rat and Goldfish? Was it Springfield?

Gosh that’s a blast from the past John. I think it might have been Kings Oak, don’t remember a pub on Springfield Parkway. In fact I think it was Highcombe. The pub was a resin casting, can’t remember the source, but it was a “London” style pub. Think the pub is still there on H2.

[St Enodoc]

17 minutes ago, acg5324 said:

Gosh that’s a blast from the past John. I think it might have been Kings Oak, don’t remember a pub on Springfield Parkway. In fact I think it was Highcombe. The pub was a resin casting, can’t remember the source, but it was a “London” style pub. Think the pub is still there on H2.

I think you're right now you mention it. Of course, the current Highcombe is Mk 3 I think - Mk 1 was the removable branch above the big main line layout wasn't it? Bobby might remember.

Edited December 13, 2020 by St Enodoc