MrWolf Posted November 16, 2020 Share Posted November 16, 2020 2 minutes ago, chuffinghell said: I don’t blame @KNP you’re the one with a post n wire fetish I'll have you know that it's a corrugated iron fetish! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Alister_G Posted November 16, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 16, 2020 33 minutes ago, MrWolf said: I'll have you know that it's a corrugated iron fetish! Mmmmm... corrugated iron... Aaaaaargll... Al. 4 1 3 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluemonkey presents.... Posted November 16, 2020 Share Posted November 16, 2020 You could compromise and tie the trees up with wire 1 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold chuffinghell Posted November 16, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted November 16, 2020 (edited) 39 minutes ago, Alister_G said: Mmmmm... corrugated iron... Aaaaaargll... Al. Edited November 16, 2020 by chuffinghell 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted November 16, 2020 Share Posted November 16, 2020 (edited) Ah, ve meet at last Herr Kapitan Flashgit !! WOOF WOOF indeed! Edited November 16, 2020 by MrWolf SNAFU 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold chuffinghell Posted November 17, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted November 17, 2020 I’ve had a look at the canal bridge this evening. Plan Made a start Imagination required, this is just to show the canal level Couldn’t resist a mock up Looks like I got my maths right regards the road height vs the tow path height I’m just doing this part for now.... .......so I can put in the bridge which will allow me to finish the walling and the road. I’ll leave out the diagonal part until I’ve done the ballasting (I don’t want to have to reach over) 13 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Alister_G Posted November 17, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 17, 2020 Umm, you are going to make the tow path higher than the surface of the canal, aren't you? Just checking... Al. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold chuffinghell Posted November 17, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted November 17, 2020 (edited) 14 hours ago, Alister_G said: Umm, you are going to make the tow path higher than the surface of the canal, aren't you? Just checking... Al. Oh yeah Thats just a 12mm MDF off cut to test the bridge fits, I’m going to use two 6mm sheets so the canal will be 6mm lower than the tow path Edited November 18, 2020 by chuffinghell 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold chuffinghell Posted November 17, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted November 17, 2020 I’m hoping 6mm is deep enough? I was hoping to put in a ‘water’ thickness of approximately 3-4mm Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted November 17, 2020 Share Posted November 17, 2020 That sounds about right. Round here when the canal is full, it's about six inches from the top of the edging stones of the towpath under the bridges. About a foot in dry weather. As you are modelling a dead calm canal surface, you may find you only need a millimetre of depth over a painted bed. 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold chuffinghell Posted November 17, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted November 17, 2020 20 minutes ago, MrWolf said: That sounds about right. Round here when the canal is full, it's about six inches from the top of the edging stones of the towpath under the bridges. About a foot in dry weather. As you are modelling a dead calm canal surface, you may find you only need a millimetre of depth over a painted bed. originally it was going to be a stream but a man made canal better suits my inability to do random 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted November 17, 2020 Share Posted November 17, 2020 I had a similar problem when building the bridges for Aston On Clun. I drew a sort of V shape where the river and mill leat met. I realised it was wrong and somebody pointed out that it didn't look like that on the map! It's looking good, good to see that you remember canals curve too! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted November 17, 2020 Share Posted November 17, 2020 (edited) At least you haven't got to reproduce this. Should be an interesting "challenge" ( read PITA. ) Also cows.... Convincing models of which I haven't really seen. Edited November 17, 2020 by MrWolf Stupid autocorrect 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold chuffinghell Posted November 18, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted November 18, 2020 (edited) Spent another hour doing a little more when I got home from work this evening. I’ve put one of the diagonal pieces in, it does effect the ‘belly to arm reach’ ratio so surfacing the road and ballasting the far corner will be more challenging (but not impossible) I’ve adjusted the frame thus..... ....as I didn’t like the sharp change in direction (if that makes sense) Edited November 18, 2020 by chuffinghell Smelling correction 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Nick C Posted November 18, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 18, 2020 (edited) 23 hours ago, Alister_G said: Umm, you are going to make the tow path higher than the surface of the canal, aren't you? Just checking... Al. Not always... Kennet navigation, Reading, Jan 2013 - not only is the canal higher than the towpath (just visibleon the left), it's higher than the lock gates too! Edited November 18, 2020 by Nick C 4 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Alister_G Posted November 18, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 18, 2020 Oops. Yes, our local river does that regularly, I have visited friends who live down in the town, and they have been kayaking in and out of the back door of their house. Al. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold chuffinghell Posted November 18, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted November 18, 2020 Looks better with the clamps removed and the ‘belly to arm reach’ ratio isn’t as bad as I thought now the clamps are off. Unfortunately I don’t own (or have access to) a table saw or mitre saw so I’ve had to resort to cutting the angles with a hand saw followed by a little sanding so please don’t zoom in to the photo 13 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted November 18, 2020 Share Posted November 18, 2020 Please remind yourself when being unduly critical of the soon to be unseen woodwork of your layout that the out of sight bits of some of the most valuable and highly ornamented antique furniture is as rough as a packing case. Often made of the same stuff too. 2 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 57xx Posted November 18, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 18, 2020 Just spent ages catching up here, you've made excellent progress Chris! 4 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Rowsley17D Posted November 19, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 19, 2020 12 hours ago, chuffinghell said: Looks better with the clamps removed and the ‘belly to arm reach’ ratio isn’t as bad as I thought now the clamps are off. Unfortunately I don’t own (or have access to) a table saw or mitre saw so I’ve had to resort to cutting the angles with a hand saw followed by a little sanding so please don’t zoom in to the photo You haven't seen the under my layout, then you wouldn't be so hard on yourself! 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold chuffinghell Posted November 19, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted November 19, 2020 Oh f...canal template Timber version, I’ve put a ‘dam’ at the end to stop the resin pouring out..... .....not that I’m anywhere near that stage yet Thats as far as I’m going with the canal at the moment as I can now look at fitting the bridge and finishing the road 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Alister_G Posted November 19, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 19, 2020 Are you going to have a set of steps from the towpath up to road level on that embankment? It just seems to be the sort of thing there might be? Al. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold chuffinghell Posted November 19, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted November 19, 2020 3 minutes ago, Alister_G said: Are you going to have a set of steps from the towpath up to road level on that embankment? It just seems to be the sort of thing there might be? Al. I hadn’t planned too but I don’t see way I couldn’t put a gap in the wall leading to some steps down to the tow path Food for thought 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Alister_G Posted November 19, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 19, 2020 No pressure... Just thought it would add interest. Al. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted November 19, 2020 Share Posted November 19, 2020 Good to see you have researched canals and left the towpath wide enough for a horse to walk freely under the bridge. The little hump backed bridges have a ramp each side to take the horse over. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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