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A bit more work on the roof


hayfield

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As the roof grows the structure stiffens up (thankfully)I have enough roof pannels to complete 3 out of the 5 tripple spans. I have also started the capping on both the roof tops and brickwork over the entrances. I will carry on with the foofs until I use up the pannels. I will then order some more along woth some 1mm microstrip to make the north lights with.

 

I will fit again the barge boards to hide the join where the roof meets the walls. Before fitting the downpipes I will see if a brick pelmet looks any good at the bottom of the walls. I will need to build the chimneys/ smoke jacks. I will try the ones in the kit to see what they look like

 

I will also try and contact Wills to see if they will sell me some extra sprues for the capping and the smoke jacks if they have the look I am after, I have the capping they sell with the chimney/roof packs and will see if it matches first.

 

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I am still wondering about the inspection pits, I guess in the end I will put them in but it will be a pain cutting through the 9mm MDF. I will use brick sheets at each entrance for the floor covering, however as it will be dark inside the shed I will use plain plasticard further in then blend the two together.

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Err, might I suggest that you make the smoke jacks from square section tube from Evergreen or plaststrut[sp?]. It would be a lot easier then dealing with the bits Wills supply for these peices...

Anyway I like the way this is going, the first thing I thought, when I saw this kit years ago, was that ''at least half that roof should be glazed'' :)

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Turkey

 

Thanks for the tip, I have not built any yet but the moldings do not seem to be up the the quality of the other parts. I need to buy 4 more sprues as said for the capping, Hope Wills are able to supply.

 

These smoke jacks seem to be a bit small ? I will have a look at a few of my books to see if there are any designs/options.

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