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5. The Carriage Shop - Concrete Progress

Bob Reid

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Works started at last in firming up the baseboard. The trackwork is "customised" Peco Code 75 - customised by having the outer edges of the sleepers cut back to the edge of the chairs. All of the rails within the carriage shops were flush and level with the road surfaces necessitating in the case of the model, bringing the level of the baseboard up to the that of the rail. This was done by using a layer of 3.5mm cork, followed by a layer/s of fine surface filler. Cutting back the chairs allowed the cork to be brought within a few mill of the rail edge and reducing the amount of filler required to bridge the gap. The four foot was filled using strips of card.

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Prior to the trackwork being laid, all of the (Peco) pits were installed on both sides of the traverser. The traverser pit itself was framed in 10mm x 10mm 'L' section aluminium strip - mainly to ensure that the long edges of the pit remain parallel to each other. Final after the trackwork was laid, droppers for power were installed on each road (though these have not been covered over at this stage)

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Also positioned were the main roof pillars. These are to be constructed using brass sections with some yet to be made resin tops however in the interim to make laying out of the structures etc. temporary plastic tubes have been slotted into the baseboard holes.Also added (in the form of a thin plywood box)! is the presently undecorated lift shaft. Glasgow Works had a huge expanse of underground storage, built below the carriage & carriage list shops;

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During the late 60s modernisation of the works, lifts were added for bringing the materials up to where they were needed, the one being modelled of course was located in the carriage shop.

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Finally a view with some stock in place! Problem now for me is resisting the urge to both lengthen and widen the boards. Oh for another 2m!

Bob. (p.s. No prizes for spotting the Diag 97 RMB.....)!

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Flood

Coming along nicely Bob.

 

I'm sure you could find room for anothe 2m if you really wanted to!

 

Are you going to have some working winches by the traverser and what else was used to haul the stock into the shop in the first place?

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Already looking the part even in this basic form. Looking forward to seeing a Griddle car in there...! ;)

 

Dave.

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boogaloo

Marvellous, something I have never seen modelled before. There's just something about big sheds that impress. :good_mini:

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Bob Reid
Coming along nicely Bob.

 

I'm sure you could find room for anothe 2m if you really wanted to!

 

Are you going to have some working winches by the traverser and what else was used to haul the stock into the shop in the first place?

Thanks Graham - No doubt you found the space an issue even with Kirkhill at 24ft long. No I'm happy in the knowledge that this first 5ft x 2ft board is underway and whatever comes after it and gets tacked onto the end is a good time away!

 

Motive Power for moving the vehicles about within the carriage shops was entirely down to the two traverser mounted electric winches and the ground mounted capstans - they were surprisingly powerful if a little hairy in operation! As to modelling them, I was hoping to avoid the 'hand-of-God' attaching cables for winches, so there'll need to be a couple of powered Mark 1s! and the like for moving about.

 

Vehicles were also shoved into the shops and hauled back out again at the entrance/exit roads using a Unilok shunter (see here) - a feeble looking thing, but quite capable nonetheless. The German built shunters (now produced in Ireland) were heavily ballasted and operated single ended - when the driver wanted to swap ends he lowered a central jack raising the vehicle off the ground, got out and turned it round by hand. When they needed it out they way they just lowered the road wheels and drove it off!

 

Bob

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Bob Reid
Already looking the part even in this basic form. Looking forward to seeing a Griddle car in there...! ;)

 

 

Dave.

 

Is that a Griddle Car or three Dave? I fitted a vent-axia roof extractor fan to 1106 and replaced bodylights in the part restored 1100 for the NRM, so I'll need two at least - oh and were you not looking for one tongue.gif to go with the 439 class wink.gif....

 

Bob

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Marvellous, something I have never seen modelled before. There's just something about big sheds that impress. :good_mini:

 

Thanks Boogaloo - wish it was bigger, as it'll soon become crowded enough as it is - and that'll be without any vehicles in place!

 

Bob

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Hi Bob

 

This is a great model - there's something about looking into railway sheds isn't there? Eagerly awaiting the next installment.

 

Regards

 

Mike

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