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It's a small touch but it makes a hell of a difference.

 

I can see I'm going to have the revisit the chimneys on my William Clarke station one of these days...

Well Dave, the transformation of the corbels is amazing, they now look to be a part of the structure and capable of doing there job.

 

The guttering looks very smart too.

Thanks both, I'm glad you like the end result. I must admit I'm much happier with it now, without this forum I'd probably have just put up with the original version and never been motivated enough to do it properly!

 

Dave

Dave,

 

The revised corbels really look right now.  The whole building looks very convincing.  I look forward to seeing the completed model.

 

Ian

I liked it better before!

 

No only joking of course, this is really an excellent example of what a difference a small change can make. And so superbly done too. 

Well, Dave, even if we can't find a real Clarke shed with the corbels, this is a very convincing building and is very much in the Clarke style.

 

Nick

Thanks for the positive comments guys, I think I'm back on the right track! I've been looking at other William Clarke sheds and the doors on some of them (Abbotsbury included) appear to be sliding types, running on tracks inside the shed. I'm assuming that the doors that would cover the tracks when closed, must slide back into some kind of recessed area, otherwise they'd foul the loading platform inside the shed. If anyone can shed any light on this, I'd be very pleased to hear from them!

 

Dave

Dave, what have you used for guttering?

Dave, what have you used for guttering?

Hi Chris, The gutters on William Clarke's buildings are box section rather than round.  I replicated the down pipes using square section Plastistrut and the gutters by gluing three lengths of Slaters microstrip to form a "U" section.  I hope this helps!  

 

I've been reading about your layout on the forum, most impressed!  Looking forward to following your progress!

 

Best wishes

 

Dave