Right, after the first attempt at making the hinges to go at the bottom of the door, I had to abandon this first effort and start again in the other side...! Best laid plans and all that. The first side will be glued back in place. Basically to spare you all the sad details, I tried to make the hinges from very thin-walled brass tube with bits of wire soldered to them; so far so good. Then I foolishly thought I could drill holes at an angle into the sides and glue them in. Where this excellent t
This blog will chart the progress of making the water tower for Monk's Gate. It is a combined water tower and engine shed similar to the one that was at Olney. Construction of the base follows conventional methods of a ply/mdf box. One face, end and inside opposite face will be seen so this cuts down the amount of brickwork to scribe into Das modelling clay! I'm not sure how construction of the panels for the water tank itself will pan out.
These first two photos show the position and progr
So, this is the first entry in my new blog. I have decided to create this blog to run along side my forum subject 'Midland in London' (although it's in Birmingham - long story!). I hope to be able to chart the progress of various projects in the on-going build of Monk's Gate and have chosen this little 3-Plank open to start with. I bought the model already built from EBay. The standard of build was quite low but this suited me fine as there is to be a bit of butchering going on. The plan is to b
