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Foster Street - Hiding Baseboard Joint - OR - Is a glass half Empty of Half Full


paulprice

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Well I don't believe it, (do not call me Victor)I have actually managed to get a little free time to work on the layout, with no interruptions.

 

As you may recall, Foster Street is made up of three baseboards, which means two baseboard joints, one at the urban end of the layout and one in the country end of the layout. One of the things I don't like about moveable layouts is the gaps between sections, so on Foster Street I decided to hide one with a road bridge.

 

The problem I have is that although I am a soldering God, its not the tidiest ever, so even more reason to hide it, there is still a little soldering to do and a little more ballasting when this is completed up to the board edges but that wont take long (its been 12 months already) :)

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So it was time to open up the tool box and get my all time favourite tool close to hand, NO NOT SUPERGLUE :) It also shows in the background yet another project I have on the go at the moment, I really must finish them.

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Before I got to work I contemplated the well know question, is the glass empty or half full, and I discovered the answer that has had people perplexed for years. ITS HALF EMPTY SO QUICKLY FILL IT UP AGAIN!!!

The first thing I did was to replicate a track crossing, using my second favourite tool, yes good old fashioned superglue.

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I then looked at the area in the goods yard near the wood merchants, and thought it needed an office, so I thought if I put the office under the bridge it might help to take the eye away from the joint, and maybe look interesting. This liquid Black stuff is brilliant for the old inventive process.

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A few minutes, well it seemed like a few minutes later and I had it glued to the bottom of the bridge, so it pops when this unit is lifted off. All this creative work has given me a monster headache, so I'm off for a lie down, until next time as ever Happy Modelling :)

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Hi Paul, nice ways to conceal the joins, very creative. That black stuff seems to work well. Here in Denmark we only have some watery light stuff - probably the best bile in the world.

 

The overbridge works very well I think, I like those taxis parked outside. More subtle than the usual bus.

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Hi Paul, nice ways to conceal the joins, very creative. That black stuff seems to work well. Here in Denmark we only have some watery light stuff - probably the best bile in the world.

 

The overbridge works very well I think, I like those taxis parked outside. More subtle than the usual bus.

Mikkel, I feel sorry for people who have to drink that horrible watery light stuff, give me a gallon on the black stuff anytime.

 

You and I will have to set up a supply network to get the stuff over to you.

 

I have a couple of busses too, I was thinking of using them as well, but I am just waiting for the paint to dry.....

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Hi Paul, I like the idea of the office under the bridge but i should imagine the light bulb consumption is pretty high in that shady position! The stores manager would probably moan about his bill for the bulbs!!!

As for the green facia board, got to be maroon ( or close to it ), can`t have a GWR grass coloured one in LMS country!!!

Always a good read.

Jim.

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Hi Paul, I like the idea of the office under the bridge but i should imagine the light bulb consumption is pretty high in that shady position! The stores manager would probably moan about his bill for the bulbs!!!

As for the green facia board, got to be maroon ( or close to it ), can`t have a GWR grass coloured one in LMS country!!!

Always a good read.

Jim.

Jim

 

You might be right about the green facia, but I'm almost ashamed to admit it but I quite like it. Like most things on the layout though it could change....

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