I've taken the plunge and started to render the end cottage. It's always a bit of a nervous moment when you try a new technique for the first time but the result is looking promising. I had spoken with Gordon Gravett about how he had used this method on his French narrow gauge master piece at the York show, and it seemed like the best option for use on Borth y gest's many rendered houses. The colouring is very good and if a base colour was applied first could be left unpainted on some houses. On this cottage it will be painted cream.
The street elevation has been scribed using the photo below as reference. Whilst not every stone matches exactly the general style is close. The mortar is actually raised on the prototype in a way that is very typical of the area, a contrast to the much rougher walling on the other elevations. I have chosen to scribe the stone courses as I have done on the other walls as I don't think from viewing distance it will show up (this side will never be seen by the general public from the from of the model). The road side of the houses are much more decorative and the stone work is much more formal. The proportions of the windows within the wall look slightly wrong but when you factor in the large overhanging eves it changes the proportions considerably.
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