Rails to Black Rock

Well, after the absence of a year, some progress is finally underway. The baseboards have been reassembled in the garage. With the mild winter so far, the conditions aren't too damp at present. Sadly the back scene papers have bubbled up and have had to be discarded. A trawl of the internet to find the original supplier has shown that they are now produced in a water / damp proof material. Hopefully this will be more suitable as the curved back scene boards didn't lend themselves to the soak and stretch method.

I am going to focus on completing the row of houses this Christmas. Having met a resident of Borth y  gest this summer with local knowledge, I shall now refer to them as the 'pilot cottages'. These houses were where the pilots lived who brought the sailing ships into Porthmadog. This explains the distinctive bay windows giving views of the estuary and the slip way for the boats they used to row out tho the ships.

Having revisited the building this summer a few errors have been noticed. The proportion of the chimney breast is not quite right and I have reduced the size of the chimney at the top. It's a bit of a compromise, but I don't have the heart to throw away the whole elevation. I'm quite sure I am the only person who will spot the inaccuracy! The right hand bay window is also too high. I am going to remake this from scratch. With these two corrections complete I can crack on with the road side elevation and all the complex bay windows and cellar steps.