Rails to Black Rock

The roof presented a real challenge. This is the first time I have got as far as modelling a roof in 5.5mm scale. The slates were made with water colour paper strips. The slates on this building are far from a uniform colour and were built up with dozens of layers of individual colours. There is a lot of purple and blue in the colour and the roof contrasts sharply with the ochre and umber colours of the walls.

Most the techniques used come from my trusty copy of Cottage Modelling for Pendon. The main difference is that I prefer to use artists acrylics rather than water colours.