So this summer I have managed to build the cottage which is the focal point of the model. I thought it would be an easy little house to model but it quickly became apparent how complex it is. Without trespassing I could only photograph it from the front, but fortunately since its fantastic restoration by the Landmark Trust a lot more pictures have appeared online of different views. These combined with the pictures from the Ffestiniog archive have given me a lot more information. The Landmark Trust website even includes a floor plan. The surprising thing that I had never appreciated is that the rear of the cottage is two storeys with the back door being stepped down below the front ground level. The model has been built using card covered in scribed Das. The little rendered panel above the back door is clearly visible in several archive photos and is represented using pepper.
The porch is a distinctive feature of the cottage and was built using plasticard.
The lattice walls were made from Evergreen plasticard strips.
The front elevation of Coed y bleiddiau. The stones have been copied from the prototype where possible. So the quirky lintel above the window is correct! The walls are a warm colour, there is a lot of iron in the slates stones. The walls have wide mortar courses and this makes representing the stones tricky.
There are lots of little things that you spot when you really study a prototype, in the case of this cottage the porch is off centre and the windows are different sizes.
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