Time to build a railway...but where?

[Peter Butler]

I took a day off yesterday... not from modelling, just from house-building.
Some etched brass nameplates arrived in the post and I cleaned, painted and burnished them.... very pleased.
Also I did some restoration work on my recently acquired cardboard models which had taken a bit of a battering at various exhibitions.
Back to my village today and managed to prepare the wall surfaces for the screed, fitted doors front and back, roof and chimney with pots......

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Now back to the street where one more building is required to place at the opposite end of 'Dirty Dicks'

[LNR]

I do work quickly I think because I am not hindered by drawings........................... No magic involved, lots of observation and basic structural common sense.

You make it all sound so simple Peter, as if it just falls off the end of the cutting board and it's ready for painting, and yet as we all look at your wonderful creations we know that a well organized and talented mind is behind it all.

I am now planning the installation of my buildings on site.... several problems here with drainage, levels, road/pavement access, visual balance and simple... 'would they really put that there?' questions.

Ah! this is the bit I've been waiting for, and you've covered some subjects drainage, levels etc. that I found very interesting in researching and doing, and I didn't have the number of buildings you have. Looking forward to insights into the Council Planning meetings.
Grant.
PS we do have one advantage, that gigantic five fingered crane able to lift whole buildings in a single bound and move them around

[Peter Butler]

Thanks Grant, nice to see you back on line.
Each day brings us a little closer to the siting of the buildings and many thoughts are going through my confused mind. The idea of just placing them in some kind of order isn't going to work without serious consideration of the way water will settle, so a gentle fall in the terrain and channelling of water flow is the first priority. I have made it more difficult for myself by building first and finding locations second, particularly with limited space available, still it will be an interesting exercise.
In the meantime I have made progress with the current build, the render has been applied to the walls and primer coats sprayed on.....

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The third structure to complete the row is now well under way, pictures soon...

[Soar Valley Light]

Hello Peter,

That is looking remarkably good. Like Grant, I look forward to seeing them in their 'natural' habitat.

Andrew

[Peter Butler]

This is the third building to make the short street scene complete. It is possibly suitable for a professional, eg. solicitor or accountant? These structures seem to attract such occupations.....

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[ge_rik]

Love that split chimney breast, Peter. Another great looking building.

Rik
PS First post on page 100 of your thread. This must be a milestone!

[Peter Butler]

First post on page 100 of your thread. This must be a milestone!

Thanks Rik but I'm not sure whether I should be correcting your spelling of millstone!

[bazzer42]

In the time it takes me to hang a door upside down another masterpiece arrives in West Wales. Accountants please says retired accountant and make'em Certified not Chartered!

[Peter Butler]

Accountants please says retired accountant and make'em Certified not Chartered!

I think you are showing a preference for accountancy over solicitor, I will try to think of a appropriate name, or perhaps you can offer something suitable?

I have just looked in our local telephone directory and found only one 'Chartered Certified' entry, every other being just chartered. What is the difference (to the layman?)

[ge_rik]

Aren't 'Certified' the crazy ones?

Rik

[ge_rik]

Aren't 'Certified' accountants the crazy ones?

Rik

[bazzer42]

Aren't 'Certified' the crazy ones?

Rik

Chartered accountants see themselves better than Certified and Certified feel they are better Cost and management accountants who probably feel they are better than Public sector accountants.

Chartered and Certified appear in local towns as they can audit limited companies with the proper practising certificate.

At the end of the day all four are chartered associations so what's the difference and who cares? A sad profession although more enjoyable when I became treasurer of the local council as you spend more time managing than accounting. Something about finance and accountancy, at the County council we had a railway society where at least 50% came from Finance., one of whom was quite a notable modern image photographer.

I started in 1976 at Barnes and Turl Certified Accountants. One of the partners was a tweed wearing lab owner who was crusty as hell, got no pleasure from seeing her reprimanded by the Association in the recent past....karma

Let's agree to never talk about Accountancy again.

[tom_tom_go]

Bet she was held 'accountable' for her conduct.

[ge_rik]

Let's agree to never talk about Accountancy again.

A shame ..... that was fascinating

Rik

[Lonsdaler]

Fleesum & Scarper?
Addit & Check?

There is a firm of solicitors in Leamington called Wright, Hassall

[Peter Butler]

I thought of..... 'Penny, Pincher and Co'..... How does that grab you?

[philipy]

I thought of..... 'Penny, Pincher and Co'..... How does that grab you?

I like that Peter. A minor point, the surname is sometimes ( often, usually?) spelt PENNEY, I think. Makes it slightly more of a pun.

[Peter Butler]

'Penney, Pincher and Co, Certified Accountants' it is then. Now I need a sign..... not 3D though, just printed I think.

[bazzer42]

Like it,

Can you add muddy paw prints on the internal stairs from a wall eyed collie that always came with Farmer X - not saying which trainee had to sweep the stairs (Broom by name)

[philipy]

Now I need a sign..... not 3D though, just printed I think.

Get it laser printed on self-adhesve vinyl, that lasts longer than inkjet print with buckets of varnish