The Strawberry Line

Hi,

    Just dropped in on this, trying to find Palight in Australia, do I really need an 8x4 sheet! the other point of note, whose is the lovely slope-sided wooden 20t mineral wagon behind the Pannier?

Cheers from Oz,

Peter C.

I'm not familiar with the prototype bridges Andrew, but there's something about the paint treatment that makes them look a little as though they've been Yorkstone clad. I'd have expected squared rubble rather than ashlar? And if ashlar, wouldn't parallel courses have been used? Perhaps the blocks as scribed might be a little 'flat' and might benefit from more relief?

Adam

Hi,

    Just dropped in on this, trying to find Palight in Australia, do I really need an 8x4 sheet! the other point of note, whose is the lovely slope-sided wooden 20t mineral wagon behind the Pannier?

Cheers from Oz,

Peter C.

Thanks Peter

The wagon is a Chivers kit but it's a trick of the camera lens, the sides aren't sloping!

As to smaller sheets? If you find any let me know!

Cheers

Andrew

I'm not familiar with the prototype bridges Andrew, but there's something about the paint treatment that makes them look a little as though they've been Yorkstone clad. I'd have expected squared rubble rather than ashlar? And if ashlar, wouldn't parallel courses have been used? Perhaps the blocks as scribed might be a little 'flat' and might benefit from more relief?

 

Adam

Mendip stone is an absolute bu66er to do. No one does a commercial sheet. Wills is too coarse. The Peco 2 mm sheet is ok but difficult to disguise the joins. The only over bridge I'm aware of on the Yatton to Wells stretch still in existence is at Winscombe so I've tried to copy it. Bits of squared rubble, dressed edges, coarsed quoins, it's all in there! You are right that it's too flat but I don't fancy the option of adding filler to individual stones to build up depth. I know someone who's done that and it took their sanity to the edge!

Then there's the colour. Much pinker towards Sandford and greyer towards Wells, reflecting no doubt the quarried source. You can see from the blog index photo that the main building had Ashlar/Sand stone too. Have lightened things a bit and it looks better.

All good fun!