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Thanks for the tip Peter I will get some black next time I do a roof.the reason I used cheap tile grount/ adhesive . I used a small pot at home for a small job in my kitchen. I left the pot in my shed and it set like concrete so iv used the same stuff again it goes off very quick.this building will ...

There are a lot of thatched cottages where I live and that's spot on

Sorry this is the North avenue light railway office. As you can see the office has seen better days and is looking tired .this is the first time iv used plastcard for the slates and very pleased with how they look .I will make a jig at some point to make cutting these easyer

This is the both avenue light railway office made from plastcard and then renderd with very cheap bathroom grount

Not been on the form much as my daughter work and life in general is taking up time but started this building a few mouths ago iv finished it tonight

Chin up tom hope you find some inspiration again.its a funny time of year at the moment the nights are drawing in and it steams to be dark and wet foggy all the time well it does here in suffolk. Great opportunity to stay inside and build some buildings etc .a far few bits on my railway took some in...

Very sad news hope you can rebuild it one day always liked your line espesaly the rusty bits .

Someone who is a builder who iv done a lot of work for over the years is moving out of his old unit .I went and meet him the other evening to photograph bits and bobs he wants to sell .he has a vintage bicycle that was his dad's iv looked on eBay and googled this make of bike it appears they used to...

Looking good Peter if used SBR to seal a badly layed concrete floor it seals the floor completely. You are right thurmalight or soft blocks are not used outside in buildings as the frost gets to them and render dosent sick to them very well.thay are very rearly used inside now too they are considere...

Very good Peter how did you ge5 the paint effect

I'm defanatly up for that looking great Peter and it's going to look ever better with age/time etc

Are we going to have a grand opening Peter with beer wine etc looks seriously impressive

Looking all rather fantasic peter

The gray tractor is a fegason the green is a field marshal single cylinder diesel. Tractors come in all sizes so I reckon it looks ok .if you put a john deere model b next to a little gray fegason it would dwaf the fegason. Your tractor looks a bit like an international farmall witch are quite a big...

That's brilliant

sorry for some of the pics being bad I have a new phone and not used to it yet .the way iv done this is by mixing and layering wiping on and off lots of layers of paint .starting to get the effect I want now

bit of weathering started on the steelworks

Great pictures and videos

Thay look fantastic

If you want a job concreateing Peter il give you one very impresive a lot better than some of the jobs if seen people do what are you going to have inbetween the sections roads ?