Nick Gough Posted February 7, 2021 Author Share Posted February 7, 2021 (edited) Now with the two 'suspended' platform sections - over the cut outs: Edited March 21, 2023 by Nick Gough 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Gough Posted February 7, 2021 Author Share Posted February 7, 2021 (edited) The real cut out for the Up Main at Cholsey, around forty years after the signal box went: Edited March 21, 2023 by Nick Gough 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Gough Posted February 9, 2021 Author Share Posted February 9, 2021 (edited) Today I have been sticking empty cat food boxes together with a hot glue gun: This is to create the foundation for a small hill, for the corner of the room, next to Silly bridge: Next job is to cut and shape the boxes to form the rise of the hill and the side of the cutting here. Edited March 21, 2023 by Nick Gough 9 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted February 9, 2021 Share Posted February 9, 2021 That's an awful lot of cat food. Do you own Garfield? It's a whole lot less messy than the styrene that I have been hacking about. 1 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Gough Posted February 10, 2021 Author Share Posted February 10, 2021 8 hours ago, MrWolf said: That's an awful lot of cat food. Do you own Garfield? It's a whole lot less messy than the styrene that I have been hacking about. That's not half of the boxes I have, ready for action! Not Garfield, but we had two cats until last August and my daughter has another three! I'm not fond of polystyrene, I like these boxes because they are sturdy, easy to work, and fix together, and, of course, cheap! 6 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold chuffinghell Posted February 10, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 10, 2021 (edited) 11 hours ago, MrWolf said: That's an awful lot of cat food. Do you own Garfield? Garfield prefers lasagna and hates Mondays...........just like me Edited February 10, 2021 by chuffinghell 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Gough Posted February 10, 2021 Author Share Posted February 10, 2021 3 hours ago, chuffinghell said: Garfield prefers lasagna and hates Mondays...........just like me We usually eat home made lasagne - so that wouldn't give me many empty boxes! 5 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Gough Posted February 10, 2021 Author Share Posted February 10, 2021 (edited) The first bit of cutting done: I will need to extend the slope of the hill to meet the level 'ground' in the foreground: Edited March 21, 2023 by Nick Gough 6 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted February 10, 2021 Share Posted February 10, 2021 I like the idea here, the way that you can utilise the grid pattern of the boxes control the contours in all three axis. In fact, thanks, for giving me an idea, I'm off to hack about some bits of mounting card that I nearly threw out! 3 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold chuffinghell Posted February 10, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 10, 2021 11 minutes ago, MrWolf said: I like the idea here, the way that you can utilise the grid pattern of the boxes control the contours in all three axis Agreed, it's a very good idea. I'm still picking up stray bits of polystyrene from using it months ago 1 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted February 10, 2021 Share Posted February 10, 2021 5 minutes ago, chuffinghell said: Agreed, it's a very good idea. I'm still picking up stray bits of polystyrene from using it months ago Likewise. Even though I had a helper holding the hoover pipe right behind me. It's the manmade equivalent to a cockroach. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Gough Posted February 10, 2021 Author Share Posted February 10, 2021 (edited) A bit more butchery: Edited March 21, 2023 by Nick Gough 8 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted February 10, 2021 Share Posted February 10, 2021 Like a 3d OS map. I can visualize the shape of the landform already. 2 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Gough Posted February 10, 2021 Author Share Posted February 10, 2021 Thanks. It's a little more difficult trying to get the angles right on a curve, but of course I can always stick more bits of the cardboard back on when I get it wrong! It will get some more reinforcement, particularly where I have damaged the integrity of the boxes. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium St Enodoc Posted February 10, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 10, 2021 4 hours ago, MrWolf said: Likewise. Even though I had a helper holding the hoover pipe right behind me. It's the manmade equivalent to a cockroach. The polystyrene, the hoover pipe or the helper? 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted February 10, 2021 Share Posted February 10, 2021 29 minutes ago, St Enodoc said: The polystyrene, the hoover pipe or the helper? Let me break that down... 1. Definitely the polystyrene, our oceans are full of the stuff, which is tricky because the only way to destroy it is burn it. 2. Not the Hoover, I have killed three in the two years we have lived here. I suspect that Mr Dyson et al are getting their mechanical bits made by the same people who used to make them for Mainline Airfix and Bachmann, only cheaper still. 3. The helper I am sometimes worried about, whilst theoretically it is possible to kill her, it has been suggested that she might actually be a Terminator. (I can't think of any sane reason why she likes me) 1 1 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Gough Posted February 14, 2021 Author Share Posted February 14, 2021 (edited) After a few days being unable to progress construction I have been able to continue with hill/cutting construction today: In the lower slopes I am using some small sheets of packaging material that I rescued from recycling. These are of a honeycombed, cardboard construction: Which should just be visible in the photos. Edited March 21, 2023 by Nick Gough 7 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Gough Posted February 17, 2021 Author Share Posted February 17, 2021 (edited) That's the 'skeleton' of the hill just about finished: Next job is to attack a couple of cereal boxes with a Stanley knife and steel ruler. Edited March 21, 2023 by Nick Gough 7 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Gough Posted February 18, 2021 Author Share Posted February 18, 2021 (edited) On with some lattice work: Edited March 21, 2023 by Nick Gough 9 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 That does make a rather nice rolling landscape. I will be keeping tabs on this one! 1 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold chuffinghell Posted February 18, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 18, 2021 (edited) Very nice and neat, almost seems a shame to cover it up I'm a bit concerned about your diet of cat food and cornflakes though Edited February 18, 2021 by chuffinghell 1 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold checkrail Posted February 18, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 18, 2021 Lovely neat work there Nick. I really enjoyed those weeks (several years back now) taking the Stanley knife to beer and cereal boxes and playing with the hot glue gun! So much cleaner and easier than messing around with plaster or expanded foam. 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 At least we have got beyond the old Papier mache methods. Looking back to when I was a kid, although many people had central heating, it wasn't great and was only on for a few hours a day, you tended to play with the trains in winter and spent days wondering when the squashy mess would set. Magazines would talk about using "the usual plaster bandage..." Even if I knew where to get it, or how to find out where to get it, I couldn't afford it anyway! The lattice method may be an old one, but it has survived because it's cheap clean and simple. 3 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Gough Posted February 19, 2021 Author Share Posted February 19, 2021 18 hours ago, chuffinghell said: Very nice and neat, almost seems a shame to cover it up I'm a bit concerned about your diet of cat food and cornflakes though It's purrfectly safe and no side effects. At least I have no trouble washing behind my ears now. 1 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Gough Posted February 19, 2021 Author Share Posted February 19, 2021 18 hours ago, checkrail said: Lovely neat work there Nick. I really enjoyed those weeks (several years back now) taking the Stanley knife to beer and cereal boxes and playing with the hot glue gun! So much cleaner and easier than messing around with plaster or expanded foam. There's something therapeutic about sticking bits of cardboard together, to create a large object, without having to worry too much about accuracy. 3 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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