A little black AGA...

...every kitchen should have one.


I know, I am getting ahead of myself!  But when I was doing some research for the kitchen of my new Canal House I saw  this 4-oven AGA kit from Gable End Designs and I just could not help myself, I had to get it.  I love AGA cookers,  I already have a small 2-oven AGA in my first Canal House and a full sized 4-oven one in my real kitchen.

Gable End Designs sells the modern Aga's and the 1935 model in kits and ready made.  I wanted the 1935 model, but I wanted it black (even though black is not original to that model) so I ordered the kit.  I spent two days painting and doing little touch ups, but I love how it turned out:    

 This is the kit as it comes in the mail:  the cooker and top, two oven inserts, two chrome lids and four oven doors.   It comes complete with a description of how to paint the kit, which paints to use (brands, colours etc.) and how to put it together. 

 All the large parts are sprayed with car paint.  The details are added by using Humbrol paints.   I didn't have all of the colours suggested in the description, so I mixed some of my own colours, using my real AGA as a guide. 

 Some of the AGA kit parts drying on the full sized AGA lid.  I use my real AGA a lot for drying paint, it is so quick!  I was in the middle of cooking dinner when I took this photo, the hotplate on the left is in use giving off even more heat to dry the paint.

 All of the parts painted and ready for assembly.  I did have to adjust the oven doors a bit as the paint on the inside of the doors was a bit too thick to let the doors close fully.  A little sanding and filing soon fixed that though.  I painted the insides of the ovens a dull silver and dirtied the edges a bit, as the real ovens are like that as well. 

 After putting it together I added on a few extra details.  I converted the AGA to a gas fired range with the gas pipes to the right.  On the left I added a water supply so it can be used for hot water as well.  And, to comply with Dutch regulations,  I also added a flue pipe to it  ;-)

So here it is, ready for action.  I may still add some 'dirt' to the hot plate lids and oven doors to make it even more realistic, but for now it is finished!