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Various shed and water tank progress


ullypug

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Evening all

Now I've stocked up on Evergreen I've been able to make some progress on Clevedon.

The Engine Shed has gained a roof, made from a base layer of clear plasticard with car siding laminated to the insides and cartridge paper glued to the outside. The roof lights were then fitted with individually cut glazing bars from 0.5 mm square section. The roof lights were sealed in the later years with something and it's this laddered finish I'm trying to replicate (all except the front roof light which was not staggered). The photo explains all.

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Then I've cut louvres in the front elevation which I forgot to cut before. Doh! You can see the smoke trough (just) and some of the under-roof detail.

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The carriage sheds are another exercise in Evergreen car siding. Nothing's fixed down yet, hence the tape. The main reason for the trial assembly was to see if the coaches actually fitted into all of the roads without clashing with the structure. Eventually, the legs will fit into sockets of dowel glued into the baseboard but you get the idea for now. So far so good!

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I've also made some more progress on the water tanks, with legs and bases added. I've also found a suitable upvc pipe for the water softening plant (the cylinder inbetween the tanks) and I'm experimenting with layers of 5 thou which will take rivet details embossed with a ball point pen.

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All in all it's going well!

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Some beautiful modelling there with close attention to detail.

 

Cheers,

 

Mark

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Nice to see that the model already has the correct Col. Stephens air to it - every building looks like it's a lean-to on another. Re: riveting overlays in plastic - won't a ball point be a bit large? I've used compass points and spare pinpoint axles before now - with the latter, the point can be taken off a smidge by rubbing it on an oilstone.

 

Adam

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