Another Timber Track building, but this time a conversion from a two to a four track Engine Shed.

 

I started this when I was finishing off the Coaling Stage and then it went on a bit of a back-burner while my client finalised his track plans..

 

Basically I built the first shed as per the instructions, to get it to a certain point. Again construction was very straight-forward and quick - aided by a quick drying pva wood glue (Javis Velo-set).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shed 1 sat idle till late November and the track plans were finally signed off. Then I could begin conversion work, first up I removed most of one wall, using a jig-saw..

 

 

Then cut-away the corresponding area's of shed two's wall and glued that to shed one and began building the shed out from there.

 

 

 

 

 

At this point I realised, I would have to remove the roof frames from shed one to allow better access for painting & internal working - fortunately I was able to unglue them easily.

 

 

Both sets of roof framing dry-fitted and one of the ash/ inspection pits made up for the client.

 

 

At this point I added some girders and columns to the openings. These were made from styrene H sections and rod.

 

 

Once everything had cured for a few days, I braved the cold and gave the whole shed (apart from the roof framing) a couple of coats of Halfords Grey Primer.

 

That's it for this build for now.

 

TBG