RMweb Gold Rowsley17D Posted May 19, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 19, 2017 (edited) An RTR wheelbarrow.... did it come weathered? No, that was all part of Larry's attempt at modifying and detailing RTR stock as he partly outlined in post 126, he just forgot about the weathering bit. Edited May 20, 2017 by Rowsley17D Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobM Posted May 19, 2017 Share Posted May 19, 2017 (edited) Progress.....The old wheelbarrow had a service before starting. Glued on handle sheaths, put air in tyre and oiled axle. Two holes hit a rockery. Note special spade for digging small round holes..... WEB extension 4.jpg Looks like you've had an alien spacecraft land outside your shed! May I ad also as a gardener I wouldn't want your soil type either ! Bob Edited May 19, 2017 by BobM Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LBRJ Posted May 19, 2017 Share Posted May 19, 2017 Nice to see a hole digging spade used for, indeed, digging holes Using the right tool for the job is always a good idea - Then a "poor workman" cannot blame them Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
coachmann Posted May 20, 2017 Author Share Posted May 20, 2017 (edited) Nice to see a hole digging spade used for, indeed, digging holes Using the right tool for the job is always a good idea - Then a "poor workman" cannot blame them It does indeed make the digging of holes vastly easier and it is all-welded and very strong. Made in Wigan! Rail stopped play this morning though, still we cannot complain after a week of sun. Edited May 20, 2017 by coachmann 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium St Enodoc Posted May 20, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 20, 2017 It does indeed make the digging of holes vastly easier and it is all-welded and very strong. Made in Wigan! Rail stopped play this morning though, still we cannot complain after a week of sun. As it should! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Focalplane Posted May 20, 2017 Share Posted May 20, 2017 Hi, Larry Good to see your progress at Carrog. I have also been doing some scenicing (American English!) on Legge Lane. My rust paint is much lighter than yours, perhaps Canadian rust is that way as I bought the jar in Calgary? Your shed/garden concept will be adopted if only I could find a suitable property. This has been a major project the past week but so far no luck in the search. Paul 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
coachmann Posted May 20, 2017 Author Share Posted May 20, 2017 Good luck finding a suitable property for you 0 gauge plans Paul. PGH and I sank the posts in concrete this afternoon. A small amount of concrete was put in the hole for the post to stand on, as this hopefully protects the wood. Then wooden wedges were hammered around the base while ensuring with spirit-level that the post was perfectly upright. Then concrete and small chipping were added a bit at a time while adding water. 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew P Posted May 20, 2017 Share Posted May 20, 2017 Good luck finding a suitable property for you 0 gauge plans Paul. PGH and I sank the posts in concrete this afternoon. A small amount of concrete was put in the hole for the post to stand on, as this hopefully protects the wood. Then wooden wedges were hammered around the base while ensuring with spirit-level that the post was perfectly upright. Then concrete and small chipping were added a bit at a time while adding water. WEB Extension 8.jpg WEB extension 6.jpg WEB Extension 7.jpg You might just as well remove that area of Grass now Larry, and Gravel the area so you don't have to Mow or Trim around the Post's. Looks very good though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
coachmann Posted May 20, 2017 Author Share Posted May 20, 2017 (edited) You might just as well remove that area of Grass now Larry, and Gravel the area so you don't have to Mow or Trim around the Post's. I know what you mean Andy, but that would entail some more spadework, lots of it in fact to remove 3 inches of grass and soil, but down screed and then chippings. Problem then remains, what to do with all the removed soil........... I ain't got nowhere to put it anymore. The grass has never been a problem to mow within the first loop we built and it is the same 3 feet diameter, and besides ~ I like grass... Edited May 20, 2017 by coachmann 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mulgabill Posted May 21, 2017 Share Posted May 21, 2017 Good luck finding a suitable property for you 0 gauge plans Paul. PGH and I sank the posts in concrete this afternoon. A small amount of concrete was put in the hole for the post to stand on, as this hopefully protects the wood. Then wooden wedges were hammered around the base while ensuring with spirit-level that the post was perfectly upright. Then concrete and small chipping were added a bit at a time while adding water. WEB Extension 8.jpg WEB extension 6.jpg WEB Extension 7.jpg Looking good, but aren't those gradients more S&C than Llangollen? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Stubby47 Posted May 21, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 21, 2017 I was thinking more Blackpool Pleasure Beach... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gismorail Posted May 21, 2017 Share Posted May 21, 2017 Good luck finding a suitable property for you 0 gauge plans Paul. PGH and I sank the posts in concrete this afternoon. A small amount of concrete was put in the hole for the post to stand on, as this hopefully protects the wood. Then wooden wedges were hammered around the base while ensuring with spirit-level that the post was perfectly upright. Then concrete and small chipping were added a bit at a time while adding water. WEB Extension 8.jpg WEB extension 6.jpg WEB Extension 7.jpg Excellent progress Larry but I do wonder if you neighbours might be starting to worry that you are building a pagan ritual site ...... just don't start dancing between the posts would be my advice Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
coachmann Posted May 21, 2017 Author Share Posted May 21, 2017 (edited) It must have looked like a pagan dance when I was jumping on sods around the posts (no not the armchair type). Horizontal bars will be firmly attached then the posts can be shortened.... Edited May 21, 2017 by coachmann 14 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Focalplane Posted May 21, 2017 Share Posted May 21, 2017 Goodness, Larry, you have a clothes line prop just like we had at home when I was a kid! I modified it to knock apples off an adjacent Ellison's Orange tree The layout of the garden parts looks great. My own design, with 6ft radius curves, will need a larger space for 7mm. I did find a building plot last week but I don't trust the people who own it and would build a house on it for me (the on-line ad included a price for lot+maison, but now they tell me the price is for the lot only!) The proverbial barge pole. . . . Paul Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
coachmann Posted May 21, 2017 Author Share Posted May 21, 2017 (edited) French funny goings on Paul. Sounds a bit like Spain. The garden view shows how easily her indoors and 0 gauge would have come into conflict on big wash days! I had planned to work on the loop today but, after a good start, it is turning out to be a lazy-day. At least a start has been made on the platforms. I am using Peco platform edging that I reduced in height by about 3mm prior to gluing the parts together. The field on the Down side (left hand side of picture) is up to platform level after so many feet (I have a measurement somewhere!). The approach road to the goods yard is at platform level and dipped quite sharply to track level in BR days. Today it is a gradual slope formed by ballast chippings and so it look me a while to work out how things were in pre-restoration days. The signal box is there merely for positioning and will not be used on this layout.... Edited May 21, 2017 by coachmann 15 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
muddys-blues Posted May 21, 2017 Share Posted May 21, 2017 Two Step - Fast Set, that sounds a Cajun Waltz done down in the Louisiana Swamps 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Focalplane Posted May 21, 2017 Share Posted May 21, 2017 I worked with many Cajuns, great people, even better cuisine! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post coachmann Posted May 21, 2017 Author Popular Post Share Posted May 21, 2017 (edited) Finger out, got stuck in, and dunnit. Regulars to my layout threads will be aware I use "Mary's" ( pieces of timber) when the real Mary isn't available to assist me. Here's one wedged in the ground holding a block of wood in position while I went inside the shed put screws in the block (also coated with PVA)..... The mounting block has a peice of 13mm plywood attached (thickness of the baseboard) plus a piece of roofing felt (thickness of the cork) to line up with the cork underlay on the baseboard.... First two horizontals attached. It it vital to check length ways and across the two timbers with a spirit-level.... When all the horizontals were in place, I sawed a hole in the front of the shed 3" high, then screwed a peice of wood to the baseboard (seen sticking out through the hole) to give me the baseboard level.... Once again, a "Mary" was used to hold the mounting block in place.... This block was cut to a wedge shape because the horizontal cross members will meet the shed front at an acute angle.... I removed the excess from each post with a jigsaw (one remains to be done in the morning), then the lot was given a good coating of Creosote ('Creocote' actually) .... Edited May 21, 2017 by coachmann 20 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
coachmann Posted May 22, 2017 Author Share Posted May 22, 2017 (edited) The final link went in this morning plus another coat of creosote. There is an ever-so-slight gradient over the final two lengths to the shed front opening. Gradients present no problems on DCC, in fact they are a boon when 'sound-fitted' locos sense the grade automatically and increase the exhaust sound, or coast downgrade... Edited May 22, 2017 by coachmann 14 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Holt Posted May 22, 2017 Share Posted May 22, 2017 Hi Larry. I never cease to be amazed at your rate of progress - no sooner the germ of an idea but you've got it done. I'd still be thinking about thinking about it! I hope the real Mary is fine and has not been replaced by some lengths of timber! Regards, Dave. P.S. No recent progress with Delph/Holt, but at least it's still there. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
coachmann Posted May 22, 2017 Author Share Posted May 22, 2017 (edited) Hi Larry. I never cease to be amazed at your rate of progress - no sooner the germ of an idea but you've got it done. I'd still be thinking about thinking about it! I hope the real Mary is fine and has not been replaced by some lengths of timber! Regards, Dave. P.S. No recent progress with Delph/Holt, but at least it's still there. Hi Dave, so good to hear from you. I must admit I did wonder about Delpholt and I had looked around RMweb Blogs for updates. It has been an afternoon of updating my maths after seemingly cutting the wrong kind of radius in the plywood! However, it matches the original extension top radius so a lot of time was spent cogitating. And to cap it all, my trusty but rather illegal jigsaw suddenly shed its front end along with the some roller bearings, so I've now got a shiny brandnew one. It projects a fluorescent beam .... Wow 21st Century! Ah well, back to the graft..... Edited May 22, 2017 by coachmann 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post coachmann Posted May 22, 2017 Author Popular Post Share Posted May 22, 2017 (edited) I make a 'compass' out of an extruded LNWR cove roof for the previous garden loop, so it was used again today. It carries a hole at one end for a Biro and two holes at the other 8 inches apart (32" and 40"). After marking out the 13mm plywood, the primitive jigsaw promptly fell apart! Its replacement is a different animal altogether ~ I should have bought it years ago.... Good joints aren't essential but it is something I enjoy doing.... After some jiggery-pockery and head scratching because the diameter didn't match the posts, the parts were treated on their undersides.... While waiting for the plywood tops to dry in the warm sun, I made outriggers out of the left-overs.... Top screwed in place and coated with shed preservative. There is a slight camber on this loop, which I hope will assist on the 3ft radius curve.... Edited May 22, 2017 by coachmann 21 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brossard Posted May 22, 2017 Share Posted May 22, 2017 Amazing Larry how you get on with things and make sterling progress. Cracking stuff, I'm watching with great interest and enjoyment. John Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gismorail Posted May 22, 2017 Share Posted May 22, 2017 Cracking progress Larry looking very good it's amazing how much can get done when the suns shines in Wales ........ have to say it does look as though your shed has grown 'Love Handles ' but I'm sure the neighbours will be pleased that it now clear that you haven't joined a pagan cult ...... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post coachmann Posted May 23, 2017 Author Popular Post Share Posted May 23, 2017 (edited) A hot day is best for laying roofing felt as it goes soft and lies flat. I used a heavy piece of timber to weight it down while roofing felt pins were hammered home on one side. Then the felt was stretched across and nailed down on the opposite side.... Joins were covered in Roof & Gutter sealant ('cos I had some in stock!). Sealant and tacks. Also visible is one of three butt-joints.... Job done, Tunnel mouths to protect the inside of the shed will follow.... Edited May 23, 2017 by coachmann 22 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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