steve4rosegrove

WOW

Heard the bad news from Hywel last night.  Bad luck, hope it mends quickly.  BR Cl 2 looking good, like all your locos.

Some tenders etc. did get bashed around a bit, but probably not quite like that.  Anyway you have already made good progress with the repairs and the decision (probably the right one) made.  Good luck with finishing it off.

Steve

And, perfect for Rose Grove  :0)

I'm surprised by this question - a bit like the old length of a piece of string!  You need to find a picture, at least, of a similar size of GCR shed you want to model.  A drawing from, say, the NRM would be better.  However, just from photos of an ex-L&YR shed, you could try 6-8' for the outside pits and 3-4' for the inside ones.  Think about access for the shed workers with the doors closed.
A bit of research can be more fun than you might think.  :0)

Doh, just seen the next post!,

Steve

A piercing saw?  It looks as if the hole(s) will go to the bottom of the wall so the box can be dropped on.  Perhaps the bottom row(s) of masonry will be fixed to the baseboard, to complete the wall when the box is in place.

Lovely work, just like your locis.

Cheers,

Steve

I always stuff some expanded polystyrene down the wiring holes as it stops unwanted stuff falling through.  I rip an over-sized lump off old packaging and push in with fine tweezers.

Your work looking nice, as always.

Cheers,

Steve

Hi Robin, the first type looks like most of those found at Rose Grove. I suspect that they were installed when the shed yard was re-modelled in the mid thirties by the LMS and are of a lighter weight / cheaper than the older LNWR & L&Y etc. standard designs. We managed to find enough photographs to enable a reasonably accurate drawing to be made, and Pete Bettany of the Leamington & Warwick MRS made a couple of jigs to enable the front and rear 'legs' to be formed from softened steel rail. However it looks like they are too late for you as you have managed to form them from that bending tool!

I think that the old Studiolith firm made a similar bending device many years ago.

Cheers,

Steve

Hi Rob,

 

I've taken a couple of pics of the NYMR wheel drop for you.

 

See you Friday for another fun packed weekend!

 

Paul

There aren't any photographs of a wheel drop at Rose Grove, as it was never installed! It was shown on a plan view, along with foundations for an extension to the South side, which also was never built.

Enjoying seeing progress on a shed layout.

Steve