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Bristol Barrow Road- Lawrence Hill Junction Signal Box - Update 6

barrowroad

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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.

 

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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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Brass0four

Merry Christmas to you and yours, too. Unwisely, I wrote a fairly lengthy comment but touched the wrong bit of my laptops touch-sensitive pad and lost the lot. Reminds me to compose in Word, always. lol! And, must get rid of Vista! :angry: ;)

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Just gets better and better...Happy Christmas to you and yours. Look forward to seeing you in the New Year. I'll bring the Std cl5 with me.

 

kind regards

 

Mike

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Thanks B Road. I'm going to try and get to see the 'shed' this year if it's out again anywhere. ATB for 2011.

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bristolian

Thanks for the update, it's looking fabulous (as always). Seasons Greetings to you, and everyone else here.

 

Very Best Wishes,

Bob.

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