Dr Gerbil-Fritters Posted January 27, 2014 Share Posted January 27, 2014 The only weed in Allan's workshop goes into his pipe. Hence the out of focus pictures.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allan downes Posted January 27, 2014 Author Share Posted January 27, 2014 Allan Great modelling on the mill (as usual) and far be it for me to find fault with the master's work but I can't help noticing there appears to be a gap between the bottom of the walls and the water on both sides. Are you planning to put some weeds along there to help hide the gaps? Richard Well noticed Richard, it's known a "The Downes Gap", it's like a kinda signature so that Robinson can't nick the copyright ! I will, or intended to, plant weeds along the base of both banks - when I get round to it that is ! Cheers. Allan. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lightengine Posted January 27, 2014 Share Posted January 27, 2014 (edited) You're building out of focus again, surely an article on that technique is worth more than £8 a page! I wondered if it was out of focus or whether years of drinking colron was giving him the trembles. Mind you, having used that spray stone effect paint myself, I know exactly how far that can travel, mask, goggles, extraction fan ..................nose, mouth, ear, eyes Edited January 27, 2014 by lightengine 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lightengine Posted January 27, 2014 Share Posted January 27, 2014 Allan Great modelling on the mill (as usual) and far be it for me to find fault with the master's work but I can't help noticing there appears to be a gap between the bottom of the walls and the water on both sides. Are you planning to put some weeds along there to help hide the gaps? Richard Allan, as anyone knows you obviously left the gap on purpose. This is the expansion gap needed when building in Cornwall to either let the radon gas seep out of the granite or to help the building adjust to its footings in times of drought/flood. Allans eye for detail has captured this well. As can be seen in photo 5 in 2852 he even has a plant growing from the roof, a detail we often miss. I am looking forward to seeing the completed building. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allan downes Posted January 27, 2014 Author Share Posted January 27, 2014 Spent just a couple of hours today between nailing up the fence and rehanging the stupid gates into the stupid carport and managed to get the chimney made up to the first step, the whole boxed together and the roof built and tiled. Cheers. Allan. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allan downes Posted January 27, 2014 Author Share Posted January 27, 2014 (edited) And just for comparisons sake (I have to keep putting the picture up so's I can see what I'm supposed to be doing!) here is the real thing and what really amazes me is with all that experience you would have though the builders could have at least got it half looking like mine! Cheers. Allan. Edited January 27, 2014 by allan downes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kev_Lewis Posted January 27, 2014 Share Posted January 27, 2014 That's coming along superbly, Allan. I really do like the sag in the roof. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allan downes Posted January 28, 2014 Author Share Posted January 28, 2014 That's coming along superbly, Allan. I really do like the sag in the roof. Thanks Kev, the wife calls it a wonky roof ! Actually, it's quite a pain to tile because as you near the top you can't really follow the ruled lines and have to follow the roof wherever it dips and rises. - but it's worth it. Cheers. Allan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allan downes Posted January 28, 2014 Author Share Posted January 28, 2014 Just to give you all a break from bxxxxy Tintagel here's an old pic I found on the web and planted it on here. Cheers Allan. 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C&WR Posted January 28, 2014 Share Posted January 28, 2014 Funny looking windmill, can't see the sails. Suppose the mills of God grind slowly, yet they grind exceeding small... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kev_Lewis Posted January 28, 2014 Share Posted January 28, 2014 Thanks Kev, the wife calls it a wonky roof ! Actually, it's quite a pain to tile because as you near the top you can't really follow the ruled lines and have to follow the roof wherever it dips and rises. - but it's worth it. Cheers. Allan. It's definitely worth the effort. Really gives the building some character. There must of been a point in history when everyone used bamboo canes for ridge boards because loads of old buildings have wonky roofs! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allan downes Posted January 28, 2014 Author Share Posted January 28, 2014 It's definitely worth the effort. Really gives the building some character. There must of been a point in history when everyone used bamboo canes for ridge boards because loads of old buildings have wonky roofs! I once had a cottage, the oldest in Barnetby-Le-Wold actually, that had actual trees for both ridge boards and purlins. Anyway, when I pulled the lathe and plaster ceilings down up in the bedrooms, a telegraph pole fell out of the loft ! So I sold it to Robinson... Cheers. Allan. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gerbil-Fritters Posted January 28, 2014 Share Posted January 28, 2014 £8 a foot? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allan downes Posted January 28, 2014 Author Share Posted January 28, 2014 Almost finished, tomorrow I should say. Cheers. Allan. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allan downes Posted January 29, 2014 Author Share Posted January 29, 2014 Would you believe that it's taken me from 10 this morning to an hour ago to build those damn chimneys?!! Anyway, just a few more details and it will be ready for it's base - more flat grass from the truly wonderfull Noch Grassmaster !!! Cheers. Allan. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mullie Posted January 29, 2014 Share Posted January 29, 2014 Not too keen on the back scene in photo 2, Not sure it is to the right scale! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaz Posted January 29, 2014 Share Posted January 29, 2014 (edited) As Allan just complimented this elsewhere... I though that would be enough of an excuse to post it here (again it's not a building...but I built it from scratch) Edited January 29, 2014 by Jaz 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iain Popplewell Posted January 30, 2014 Share Posted January 30, 2014 (edited) Conversation in house to rear." Blxxdy Hxll you know that weirdo who lives across the road.He's only out in his garden now taking blxxdy pictures of a dolls house on top of his blxxdy bird table!! " Seriously though Allan I suspect you're quite pleased with the way this one is turning out.I love it. Note to Jaz. I know that Allan doesn't do trees (well not if he can help it), why don't you send him a couple of yours to plant in front of his post office.The winning combination of your masterful trees and Allans postoffice will be so dazzling that no-one will notice the crappy flat Noch grass. PS.Jaz I really do like your tree.Brilliant stuff.You're right to be pleased with it.Loved the roots. Edited January 30, 2014 by iainp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allan downes Posted January 30, 2014 Author Share Posted January 30, 2014 (edited) The people accross the road Iain don't even know what time of the day it is let alone what day of the week! A woman once passing, or at least as she was being dragged along by a massive Jack Russel, did remark once " I say, I do like your bird table, where did you get it from " - Wicks, I replied, it's got their name on it! Re Jaz's tree, yes it would really set things off with a magnificent specimen like that on ANY of my models!!! - She's most definately Queen Of The Trees ! Cheers. Allan Edited January 30, 2014 by allan downes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C&WR Posted January 30, 2014 Share Posted January 30, 2014 (edited) Conversation in house to rear." Blxxdy Hxll you know that weirdo who lives across the road.He's only out in his garden now taking blxxdy pictures of a dolls house on top of his blxxdy bird table!! " Nearly had similar at home the other week. I wanted to get a picture of a model locomotive in sunlight with sky behind one Saturday morning and the only place to put it was on the fence over to the neighbours' place which being about 6' 6" tall was just right bearing in mind the angle of the sun & so on. I had forgotten the neighbours have a very pretty buxom blonde lodger who is prone to popping out of her ground floor bedroom in her nightie to have a cigarette in the garden. At least, that is what I will tell the Magistrate... Edited January 30, 2014 by C&WR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allan downes Posted January 30, 2014 Author Share Posted January 30, 2014 Now THAT'S the kid of post I like to read CWR !! Way back in my wilder youth back in Bedford, I had my own window cleaning round and this particular confused and sexually starved house wife would know exactly when I would be arriving with ladder, swabs and buckets and conveneiently arrange to leave her bedroom curtains open, morning, afternoon, made no difference, where she would be just standing there in her underwear and starting to get dressed then as I knocked on her door for the money, she would always say, as if she only meant it as a joke " Well deary, here it is but there are better ways to pay you know, wink, wink " In the end I only did her house - 10 times a day.... Cheers. Allan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Trevellan Posted January 30, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 30, 2014 From what I recall of Allan's methods from the Model Town interview, I wonder how a nosy neighbour would interpret copious use of white powder and tins of solvent-based products . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C&WR Posted January 30, 2014 Share Posted January 30, 2014 My story is all true except the Magistrate bit, Allan. I was also too early for the nightie-clad cigarette-smoking BBL to have made an appearance, but did worry just afterwards what it might have looked like... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allan downes Posted January 31, 2014 Author Share Posted January 31, 2014 Right, I deleted that last lot of pics in the hope that these might be better, but I've kept the text. Started the groundwork today. Everything's still wet hence the yukey green grass which will darken considerably when dry. So now I'm waiting for more Noch stuff which is on order because, and like everything else with these wretched suppliers, they haven't ever got what they advertise in stock - in fact I don't think they carry anything, they wait for the orders to come in then order it from the manufacturers. So meanwhile, here's some really terrible shots of progress to date taken inside cos it's raining stair rods outside ! Cheers. Allan 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Ian Smeeton Posted January 31, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 31, 2014 (edited) Hi Allan, A cheeky question, but did you choose the wallpaper? Regards Ian Edit: Typo Edited January 31, 2014 by Landlord Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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