Mile End Garage.

Excellent work on the concrete. I don't think I'd have risked trying it a second time. Block and tackle are the way to go. All barns, in country or city had them for what have you.

Thanks all.

Lookin' good, Al. I like the way the smooth concrete looks as it is, now.

Just like a real building, the maintainence never stops.

Nice work Al.

Thanks Steve.

Thanks Gary!

Sixteen months since the last update!!! 

In the last two weeks or so my building mojo has been at a 14 year low but the other night, John showed me the latest work he has done on Ruth's Place and I realised what I needed to do. So back in the box goes Rob Huff and his Chevy Cruze but the Harbour Tugboat will remain on the bench.

So to re-kickstart this, I started on the outside netty:

















The roof isn't fixed on yet as I'll need to weather it inside as well as outside and also add some 'stuff'.

I'm also hoping to place Dodgy Dennis' wife in there too.

That is brilliant Al, and the figure will really bring it to life. Its becoming a busy diorama with a lot of interesting details.

Thanks Gary.

The wood on the netty is in scale thickness BUT it all went wrong when I started on painting/weathering.

I made a thin wash of 'mucky' white for the inside with Tamiya paints thinned with cellulose thinners. That was allowed to dry thoroughly and all was looking good.

For the outside I used Vallejo Model Colour Burnt Red thinned with water and that's when it all went wrong and warped badly. Go figure.

So, I'm scratching one from basswood. Timber thickness is out of scale but won't be noticed very much once assembled.

Here are most of the component parts:

I seem to recall that packaged 'wood' accessories often left a lot to be desired especially when it came to how the wood took paint and stuff. It has to do with the cheap way they make 'press board' for the die or laser cut sheets. Back during my ship building days I'd see others working in wood using the pre-fab accessories as templates like you're doing, using better quality stock for their finished piece.

One thing to keep in mind here is that the biffy shouldn't look all fresh, finely crafted and well put together. And the 'walking path' from the door should be more 'walked on' than the rest of the path.

And maybe a wooden bucket with corn cobs in it?

I'm not aware that corn cobs were ever used in the UK Kats!!! 

Don't worry it's going to get the weathering treatment as you can see in this photo:



I created the timber joints with a pencil, which was pressed into the soft wood quite hard to give some depth:



Here's a part mock up:





At first I was simply going to have a hole in the crapper but then I made a simple round cover for it. Then I spotted one like this on the web and just had to do it.

Great work Al. 

Love Dodgy Ds wifey...

Thanks Gary.

Beautiful work on the wooden loo - that seat back/hole cover is brilliant! So if not corn cobs then regular TP? And I feel a bit of embarrassment that I'm taking such interest in an outhouse

Oh! a bog roll is a given Kat's. Or maybe some cut up newspaper pieces on a nail. Probably a newspaper too.

The roof isn't attached yet and the door is still to go on, otherwise it's all glued up and ready to start on the interior paint.

As you can see, I've added an access hatch at the front of the toilet. This type was often emptied at the rear or just as often, moved around'. LOL. Neither is an option in this case, so it has a 'can' which is accessed at the front.

The roof may stay 'planked' may get some 'Tarry Toot' (ashphalt cloth) or corrugated tin.

This is really shaping up great Al, nice work. Love the roof, and the out house is very cool.

Nice work, Al. Great to see the garage back on the bench.

Dennis' 'ole lady gonna fit between those side rails ?

Thanks Curt.... thanks Mike.

I gave the interior a thin white 'limewash' and the exterior was done with thinned Tamiya medium grey.





Next up will be a light gloss coat for the exterior, then a black wash to highlight the wood grain, followed by some Testor's Dullcote.

Top drawer modelling Al. 

My dad and his cousin would turn all the neighborhood privies upside down every Halloween.



They also were rounded up the next day to turn them right side up again.

Thanks Gary.

Well, the netty is finished for now. The roof isn't fixed on yet until Dodgy Denis' missus is installed.

In the end I decided on pieces of newspaper on a nail in the wall. The roof I covered in medical tape and weathered it to look like roofing felt, which as kids we used to call 'tarry toot' and since Denis is 'fixing up the place, I gave it a couple of patches too.

Looking at it in the photos, I think I am going to have to 'bolt on' those hinges and add the hinge pin too.

If you fix the hinges, Dodgy Dennis' wife will be able to close the door - and all we'll be able to see are her shoes!