Avonwick South Devon in 2mm (Kris' Blog)

...so Farmer Giles did put his conditions on the table

 

Good progress - assume the road bridge is removable for dismantling purposes?

...so Farmer Giles did put his conditions on the table

 

Good progress - assume the road bridge is removable for dismantling purposes?

 

Yep the bridge just lifts off to reveal the hinges.

Kris

 

Looking good - as one would expect

 

Question: Where did you get the insulation foam? It looks like 'extruded' polystyrene (or something similar) rather than the typical large bubble expanded poly; I've been looking all over for a reasonable supplier and was wondering if it came from a commonly available source?

Hi Steve

 

The foam came from Wickes link to product here. I felt that at £5 a sheet it would do just fine. I have stripped the foil of the foam, well I don't really need it for the insulation. I did find that if you pull the foil off just one side the board bends but take it off both sides and the board returns to a nice flat shape. You can get it in far larger sheets than I purchased - However I didn't need much and this size fitted nicely into the car.

Kris,Is Sorley tunnel still accessible ? There used to be an adventure farm attraction with it .Is it still open.

Kris

 

Thanks for the pointer - I've played with the Celotex board before when making a simple test track, but hadn't made the link to being able to shape it for the main scenery profile

 

I've been looking for the 'blue' or 'pink' foam with no success, so I'll have a play with some offcuts of this stuff to see how well it works

 

Thanks again and keep up the cracking good work

Kris,Is Sorley tunnel still accessible ? There used to be an adventure farm attraction with it .Is it still open.

 

Thanks for the comment Rob. Sorley tunnel world of adventures closed down about 3 years ago. At the time a couple of my friends considered purchasing the site but could not work out how it could be make viable. I think that much of the site has now been turned in to housing (it's a horrible turn out on to the "main" road from them). I don't believe that the tunnel is now accessible unless you contact the landowner and get permission, I have heard that they tend to be reasonable approachable on this though.

You can also access it on the Kingsbridge side from Coombe fishery if you ask nicely. The foam Kris has used is a standard building trade foam, produced under a variety of trade names in both 50mm and 100mm thickness, The only disadvantage about using it is the dust is horrible, so wear a dust mask for cutting and sanding it. It also joins better with no nails type glue than ordinary PVA. Its big plus is you can sand it so for Devons' rolling hills itsbetter than expanded polystyrene. Also availavble free from building site skips, particularly new builds as off cuts.