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Like it, I take it the joins are from the limiting factor of the print length? You get a better picture of this things size on your Twitter photos. Will you be printing the doors as well?

 

Stay safe mate

 

Mike

Thanks Mike.  The joins are print length issues yeah.  The roof alone so far is over 40 hours of printing and quite a bit more to go.

 

There will be a back wall, front is open with no doors.  Unsure if there should be a side door for personel or not as it seems rather pointless.

 

Thanks for the comment, always good to hear from you. :-)

Should there be many more vertical supports between the tracks? iron posts to stop the gutters sagging.

eg   http://shedbashuk.blogspot.com/2014/11/rugby-1956-1965.html

 

Yeah the shed isn't finished yet, far from it.

 

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I suspect Rev Awdrey's illustrator had as little appreciation of civil engineering requirements as he did mechanical ones.   His North light roof appeared to face south.

Northlight roofs have north facing glazing so  direct sunlight does not enter but good daylight does.  Bit like the reverse of solar panels""

 

Well, it isn't a North Light design.  The peaks are equal.  I've seen several structures with a very similar design.

 

Edited April 12, 2020 by Knuckles

I suspect Rev Awdrey's illustrator had as little appreciation of civil engineering requirements as he did mechanical ones.   His North light roof appeared to face south.

Northlight roofs have north facing glazing so  direct sunlight does not enter but good daylight does.  Bit like the reverse of solar panels.

On 12/04/2020 at 14:37, DavidCBroad said:

I suspect Rev Awdrey's illustrator had as little appreciation of civil engineering requirements as he did mechanical ones.   His North light roof appeared to face south.

Northlight roofs have north facing glazing so  direct sunlight does not enter but good daylight does.  Bit like the reverse of solar panels.

 

The LNWR, for example, had a standard engine shed design with northlight roof, with the glazed part facing towards the shed entrance. Although some may see little difference between a Premier Line engine shed and a place of worship, while churches are often laid out with the "east" end facing east, I'm unconvinced that LNWR engine sheds were religiously laid out to face north!

4 minutes ago, Compound2632 said:

 

The LNWR, for example, had a standard engine shed design with northlight roof, with the glazed part facing towards the shed entrance. Although some may see little difference between a Premier Line engine shed and a place of worship, while churches are often laid out with the "east" end facing east, I'm unconvinced that LNWR engine sheds were religiously laid out to face north!

Its only the glazing which faces north.  The Northlight gazing can face more or less anywhere between North East and North West.  Sometimes the glazing runs along the line of the tracks, sometimes across but the shed can equally face south as north,  Its just the Railway series illustrator shows what should be south facing glazing facing north.  Oddly enough there is a railway modelling norm for the  viewing side to be from the South.   Caused by the lack of photographs looking south which show the view from the north...   

These are not North Light sheds though.  The skylights are of equal angles throughout.

2 minutes ago, Knuckles said:

These are not North Light sheds though.  The skylights are of equal angles throughout.

 

This is true, I wish you'd mentioned it sooner...

I did but kind of screwed up a quote and it looks like I posted within anothers' comment.  No idea how that happened. :-/