Stokes Cottage a Feedstore and a Fergie.........

Stokes cottage is finally complete and another job on the layout comes to a close, though it appears to be bedded down it can be removed to aid layout photography, as can the feedstore beside it.  The final jobs involved fitting the rainwater goods, old buildings such as this usually had cast iron gutters and down pipes so I've attempted to model them from Evergreen sections.  The outside tap is from the Ratio 419 kit of parts and the stone trough beneath it was made from some Milliput.



A few of the York Modelmaking slates have been picked out in different shades of grey enamel and the ridge tiles were given a wash of dark earth to create a sort of weathered terracotta look.  The plaster between the half timbering was coated with Johnsons Kleer, then using an old tea strainer some talc was applied over it to give a little more texture.  Once dry the surface was toned down with a light dusting of soot weathering powders.


I've made no further progress with modifying the Fergie tractor, whilst I shall add a number plate and tax disc I'm not sure whether my model will have a vertical exhaust or not.  The Routemaster shows just how small these little tractors are.


Plenty of detail here, older versions had a Standard Vanguard petrol engine as seen here, oh for the days of simple coils, dizzy caps and points but what about that sprung seat with its water drainage holes, pure magic.


This is the area which is giving me problems due to the small size of the model, I'll get there yet!
In the meantime I've been modifying more Ratio telegraph poles and hope to have them in place this weekend along with some level crossing warning signs.

Before and after, once the posts have been cleaned up and thinned down styrene weather caps are added to their tops.