Bristol Barrow Road- Lawrence Hill Junction Signal Box - Update 6
Some pre-formed guttering arrived from Eileen's Emporium yesterday so I decided to sort out the the roof. This guttering is very good and having filed down tube for the loco shed on my Sheep Pasture layout I don't mind taking short cuts this time.
Having initally fixed the fascia board using 2.5mm x 1mm plasticard I decided it was oversize and removed it, replacing it with 2mm x 2mm brass L angle strip. This is more acceptable and nearer to scale. The top edge of each of the 4 pieces of fascia was cut at 45deg and soldered together to form a rectangle around the roof. Three sides were made up on the bench, fitted around the roof and then the final forth piece soldered into place.
The brass guttering was made up in a similar fashion before spot soldering it to the L angle. Two 0.5mm pieces of brass tube were fixed into drilled holes to give fixing points for the 2 downpipes at a later stage.
The box appears to have two stoves to keep the signalmen warm - hence there are two stovepipe chimneys in the roof. After I scaled the size from two photos I fabricated them from 2mm brass tube plus a drilled out piece of larger tube.
Finally the roof has been measured up for the tiles and my home made jig prepared for cutting the 5thou plasticard tiles......the next job.
A Merry Christmas to all readers of my blog.... I may take a break in the festivities and start the tiles.... then again......
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