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Bristol Barrow Road - Signal Box - Concrete Base and Roof Slates

barrowroad

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Following my recent posting I received two constructive comments from RMwebbers.

 

I forgot the box stands on a concrete plinth and that there should be steel RSJ's to support the 2 central pillars above the lead out slot. This has now been rectified by adding a layer of 60thou plasticard around the base with the top edge champered. I have just made the pair of transverse 'I' beams to go under central pillars - not fixed yet so not in the attached photos. Thanks for your comments Keith.

 

Another piece of 60thou now forms a sub base to give support to the steps.

 

The last set of photos showed some of the roof slates were not lying flat and had lifted at their leading edge. I have now added further glue under the errant slates [not tiles] in order to rectify the problem.

Thanks to Mark for all your constructive comments.

 

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barrowroad

It looks great! Will the ground be built up around the base of the steps?

 

The layout has a base of 5mm thick black foam and this will be cut to the footprint of the box so that it will drop into it. The area around and under the steps will be infilled with foam before final detailing is added.

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