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Pale fencing for the yard

Howard Smith

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It seems ages ago since the last post, so to keep things ticking over, I thought that I might share with you a few photos of the pale fencing for the yard hut for Penmawenmawr, as can be seen in this photo taken by Dave Sallery:

 

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Made from wood (most probably chestnut), this type of fencing is more commonly known as "Cleft fencing". It simply involves driving the wooden stakes into the ground which are usually held together by twisted galvanised wire. More common around beaches, it can easily be removed for re-use:

 

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This was acheived on the model by cutting thin strips of plastic card to form the stakes, which were then slotted and glued into drilled holes in a base which shall be hidden once ballasted around. One single strand of wire was then stripped from a cable and twisted/woven in and out and around the posts, both top and bottom. The real fence was a little irregular with repairs to the wire and the odd stake broken, meaning that the model had to be as well.

 

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Hope you all like it!

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gridwatcher

Fantastic, never seen it done before either. Though have crashed into it at pace on a pushbike (when younger) and on skis at Glenshee more recently!!

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Yes I do! Very nicely done!

 

Thanks, not much to look at I know, but there are so many things like this to do on the layout.

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Fantastic, never seen it done before either.

 

Thanks, I must admit neither have I, but I'm sure somebody might have done something similar somewhere...

 

Though have crashed into it at pace on a pushbike (when younger) and on skis at Glenshee more recently!!

 

Somebody must have crashed into the fence at Pen a few times too looking at the state of it!

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