Keeping things civil.
Well since running out of various bits and bobs required to keep making rolling stock I have returned to working on Avonwick.
I have been tidying up the baseboards. This has been done by giving the end boards a skin of hardboard. This has gone reasonably well and these boards now look a hugh amount better.
I have then been playing with some insulation foam that I had initially purchased to build the boards with (this was a dismal failure ) . In adding this I have also had to create the tunnel mouth and build the bridge that hides the hinges that join the board. The tunnel mouth has been built out of plasticard. The bridge was built out of card. Adding the tunnel has meant that I needed to do a bit of ballasting, oh joy! The tunnel is based on Sorley tunnel north end (This disused tunnel lies between Kingsbridge and Loddiswell). This is set a little way into a steep rocky cutting. I have slightly modified the entrance to include a bridge that in real life does not exist. This is quite a high bridge some 40' above the track level and carries a small single track road that goes between Sorley farm and Churchstow (You won't find this road on any map ). To say that this road is little used would be an understatement but as an ancient right of way, and a condition of using the land of Sorley farm to build the line on, the bridge was provided without diversion.
Churchstow road bridge looking towards the tunnel
Churchstow road bridge looking away from the tunnel
Churchstow road bridge looking away from the tunnel
General view of this part of the layout
Tunnel entrance
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