The Restroom

Just finished off both the waiting rooms glazing details, as far as I can go at the moment. May need to come back to those later on.
Getting to the second structure on the Garsdale/Hawes platform that should have been an easy build but for one thing, I made the top window lintels the same as the Waiting Rooms. This was an oversight, as I didn’t check my original drawing against a photo of the prototype that shows a squared lintel instead of the rounded top corners.

So after a mid build correction we have perhaps the most necessary building at Garsdale Junction from a visitors point of view.
Some of my photos came out grainy for some reason but you can see the result.
All the Station buildings tile roofs are constructed from foam board with the tiles made from cardboard strips glued to the foam board.

Now if anyone can tell me how to prevent shrinkage from PVA glue bowing the roof structure it would be appreciated, as I may have to re think how to construct the terrace railway workers cottages roofs as they are greater in area and the problem could be amplified. Extra roof bracing I guess could help.

I may revisit the roof and tiling on all my buildings, as I’m not entirely satisfied with them. In particular the size of the ridge tile capping. The other is the width uniformity of the slate tiles. The camera is an excellent tool for critiquing one’s workmanship. I only wish it wasn’t mine!

I devised a tile template of sorts that has helped me to maintain better accuracy after cutting out a lot of tile strips. I did come across various computer generated tile patterns, I don’t know what you guys pay for printer ink in the UK, but here in NZ it’s an astronomical price (the printers are almost cheaper than a set of inks!). At the moment a good lead pencil and ruler will suit me just fine.