Quarter Scale Coaching Inn

 I had to take a big break on the coaching inn project to do a couple of Christmas projects, so it's only been lately that I've gotten back to this one. Which was a bit of a shame as I was *almost* done, but then again I didn't want to rush this one, given I've been working on it for years. I got the rest of the houses in and wired, and did a lot of gravel work to lay that down. Then really the last thing to do was to put in the details...lots of animals, baggage for the yard, and other items. Except for the horses, the animals are from mini-gems . The wooden trunk and gold bird cage are from Petworth Miniatures , while most trunks and barrels are either from Skytrex or S&D Models . The pump and trough are from Herdwick Landscapes . The hand cart in the yard is from Petite Properties , with a basket from Stewart Dollhouse . The stagecoach in the yard is an old Tally-Ho stagecoach and horses kit; since I already had the Matchbox stagecoach and horses out front I jus...

The good thing about getting my two Butterwick houses together and getting their floors done is that I could begin to test the furniture a little bit better. I'd made sizers out of cardstock based on the measurements of the buildings, but it turns out those were a bit too large. I didn't account for the width of the walls! What this means is that my lovely pub bar that I'd gotten for the taproom was a smidge too wide for the building, and the even lovelier settle (both from Petworth Miniatures ) was a bit too wide for where I wanted to put it. I ordered a new settle that should be narrower, and this one might still find life elsewhere in the project. Although as I also realized that splitting the floor above the pub into a formal dining room and a billiard room was not going to work, and this Petworth billiard table was also a casualty... ...I think I might just save them all and do a nice (somewhat more modern) country pub after this project! This meant I st...