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:
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