[Sakrison]

For anyone planning to build the model, a couple of suggestions:

It should have a chimney. The existing building has none but when it was built as a blacksmith shop, it must have had one, possibly at the peak. I'll add one before it goes on the layout.

The walls on the original building are thick. I used several thicknesses of heavy card to set the main doors back from the wall surface. I should have done the same with the large second-story doors. The windows are set close to the outer wall as on the real building.

I didn't detail the eaves. I'll add rafter ends before it goes on the layout.

Getting the internal former to fit correctly gave me fits. The result is not quite a perfect octagon. But once it's on the layout, you'd need a protractor and an attitude to recognize that. Besides, the same may be true of the original building.

Thanks for the compliments. And I'll keep updating the blog as the layout progresses.