RMweb Gold chuffinghell Posted December 12, 2019 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted December 12, 2019 8 minutes ago, RedGemAlchemist said: This is exactly the point I was making. Both Wills and Peco kits are designed specifically for people to be able to do stuff like this. Wills also produce sheets of pre-patterned plasticard for doing this as well, and I use them all extensively. Successfully making what I've drawn is another matter 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Harlequin Posted December 12, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 12, 2019 Super kit-bashing but I'm worried about the roof pitches being different. That would be highly unusual in a building designed and constructed in one phase and it might look odd. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedGemAlchemist Posted December 12, 2019 Share Posted December 12, 2019 2 minutes ago, Harlequin said: That would be highly unusual in a building designed and constructed in one phase and it might look odd. Depends if it was built in one phase. Maybe some of the other bits were added on later. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Alister_G Posted December 12, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 12, 2019 (edited) 2 hours ago, chuffinghell said: I've done a quick 3D sketch taking the dimensions from the kit of parts Looking at the inset picture, it does show how the different rooflines would occur. The position of the chimney stack worries me though, it appears to be in a strange place on the roof, very near too, but not on, a gable end. If you think about it, where would the fireplace be? Just floating in the middle of the room? A chimney will nearly always be associated with an internal or external wall in a building, but what's shown there would mean having an internal wall thick enough to support a chimney breast about 3 foot from the end of the building, which doesn't seem likely. Al Edited December 12, 2019 by Alister_G 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold chuffinghell Posted December 12, 2019 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted December 12, 2019 @Alister_G the inset was just an example pinched off the interweb @Harlequin I’ll have to see if I can adjust it to the same pitch maybe? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold chuffinghell Posted December 12, 2019 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted December 12, 2019 (edited) Well I’ve had a go Rear country station wall Station house side wall Married together, I now pronounce you..... Should look ok once glued together and filled where necessary. A quick mock-up (excuse the mess) I might just get away with it Edited December 12, 2019 by chuffinghell 11 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold chuffinghell Posted December 12, 2019 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted December 12, 2019 I know the canopy will cover the joint but if a jobs worth doing..... 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium St Enodoc Posted December 12, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 12, 2019 21 minutes ago, chuffinghell said: if a jobs worth doing..... ...it's worth doing twice. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlfaZagato Posted December 12, 2019 Share Posted December 12, 2019 To be fair, you do yourself no harm in cutting the joint along the courses like that. Extra surface area for the cement is rarely a bad thing. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold chuffinghell Posted December 12, 2019 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted December 12, 2019 Looks much better now glued together, I used a plastic weld and pressed the parts firmly together that seems to have closed up the gaps nicely I’ve put a little piece of styrene across the join at the back for extra reinforcement 10 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Alister_G Posted December 12, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 12, 2019 Great job, well worth the effort - you can hardly see it. Al 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold chuffinghell Posted December 13, 2019 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted December 13, 2019 13 hours ago, Alister_G said: Great job, well worth the effort - you can hardly see it. Al Thanks Al Admittedly it has turned out better than expected If you look close enough you can see the join but from a 'normal' viewing distance its invisible.......plus the canopy will cover it anyway I'm not planning on doing much this side of Christmas due to my promise of keeping the room tidy 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold chuffinghell Posted December 13, 2019 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted December 13, 2019 Made a start on the station master's house Had to trim a further 1mm off the gable end of black plasticard as I didn’t realise until a dry assembly that the roof has a 1mm rebate at the front At 46mm deep I’ve just about managed to save the small side window 46mm deep only leaves about 21mm to the edge of the platform but that’s the best I can do scales at approximately 5ft 3” (so 3mm or 9” shy of the 6ft I was aiming for) The middle section will cover the holes in the opposite side Apologies for the long winded post, I could have just said I’ve made the station master’s house 12 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Alister_G Posted December 13, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 13, 2019 Nice work, and don't apologise, we like lots of pictures Al. 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold chuffinghell Posted December 13, 2019 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted December 13, 2019 I’ve decided to make each section individually each with sides and a back before gluing the sections together for 1) extra strength and rigidity & 2) to support the roof I’m not going to bother putting internal partitions in as the would be almost impossible to see Cutting the intersecting roof sections will be challenging/interesting being a compound mitre. I may have to practice on some card and once I’ve got it right I’ll use those as templates maybe? 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Alister_G Posted December 13, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 13, 2019 8 minutes ago, chuffinghell said: Cutting the intersecting roof sections will be challenging/interesting being a compound mitre. I may have to practice on some card and once I’ve got it right I’ll use those as templates maybe? When I did the Grindleford Café I had a similar problem, and that's exactly what I did - got through loads of card... Al 6 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold chuffinghell Posted December 13, 2019 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted December 13, 2019 1 minute ago, Alister_G said: When I did the Grindleford Café I had a similar problem, and that's exactly what I did - got through loads of card... Al oooh I like that, what did you use for the ‘flashing’ where the roof sections intersected Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Alister_G Posted December 13, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 13, 2019 2 minutes ago, chuffinghell said: oooh I like that, what did you use for the ‘flashing’ where the roof sections intersected I used strips of 10thou styrene sheet. I got it wrong though, and put the flashing over the tiles and I couldn't be arsed to cut away the tiles to put it underneath, so I left it... It's fine from five feet away... Al. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold chuffinghell Posted December 13, 2019 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted December 13, 2019 1 minute ago, Alister_G said: I used strips of 10thou styrene sheet. I got it wrong though, and put the flashing over the tiles and I couldn't be arsed to cut away the tiles to put it underneath, so I left it... It's fine from five feet away... Al. I didn’t realise it goes underneath there goes my thoughts of using it to hide any miss-cutting 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Alister_G Posted December 13, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 13, 2019 6 minutes ago, chuffinghell said: I didn’t realise it goes underneath No, at the time I was building the model, I didn't either... I should have realised, this is the real building the model is based on: Al. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold chuffinghell Posted December 13, 2019 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted December 13, 2019 I was going to ask if something like this was a ‘modern’ thing 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Alister_G Posted December 13, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 13, 2019 No, that's how it should be. The lead is often quite wide - up to eighteen inches or more - so that the water doesn't find its way to the edge and cause a leak. Al. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold chuffinghell Posted December 13, 2019 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted December 13, 2019 13 minutes ago, Alister_G said: No, that's how it should be. The lead is often quite wide - up to eighteen inches or more - so that the water doesn't find its way to the edge and cause a leak. Al. Cool, I won’t have to worry about a massive gap 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold chuffinghell Posted December 14, 2019 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted December 14, 2019 It’s coming together 7 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew P Posted December 14, 2019 Share Posted December 14, 2019 I'd say that was much more than just coming together Chris, bloomin amaziiiiiiiiiiiing mate. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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