gregh
electronics, computers and scratchbuilding
South Australian railways had some beautiful stone goods sheds with curved roofs. (Probably copied off English ones?) As my station called Sandstone needed a shed, I though a ?sandstone? one would match the station building. So out with the Hebel tools.
Hebel (Thermalite in UK) comes in blocks 600 mm (2?) x 200mm (8?) of varying thicknesses. I bought 4 blocks for about $16 ?
One 50mm block for the front wall
One 150mm block for the main body and
Two 100mm blocks for the roof.
The shed is 400mm long, so the offcuts from the 600mm blocks formed the 50mm high ?platform.?.
And they fit together like this.
I cut the curved windows with a cheap hole saw.
I scribed the stone blocks with a hacksaw blade.
The doors in the main body are just recesses about 20mm deep with styrene doors.
The curved roof was roughed out with an angle grinder ? very dusty work, so I keep the blocks wet.
I glued the 2 roof blocks together with Fullers Ultra Clear Sealant and used three, 4? nails as reinforcing.
I don?t know if Fullers products are available in the UK, but this is the BEST glue. It?s like a thick PVA white glue ? white to start and dries clear. Waterproof and paintable and cleans up with water. And the best part is it NEVER dries in the tube. I?ve had a tube open for a year and it?s still OK.
Then I covered it with corrugated cardboard, which I painted with polyurethane that I use to coat the slate floor in my bathroom. I hope it lasts outside. It?s glued to the Hebel with Fullers.
The front wall and the ?platform are concreted in the ground, but the main body block and the roof are not glued.
Colouring is cement oxide ? I use colours of black, brown and Sandstone to give different tones. Then sprayed with clear lacquer.
The 3 front windows are frosted perspex with the frames cut from 0.5mm styrene and glued on with Superglue. And here?s the almost final result. It still need the roof vent along the top.
Hebel (Thermalite in UK) comes in blocks 600 mm (2?) x 200mm (8?) of varying thicknesses. I bought 4 blocks for about $16 ?
One 50mm block for the front wall
One 150mm block for the main body and
Two 100mm blocks for the roof.
The shed is 400mm long, so the offcuts from the 600mm blocks formed the 50mm high ?platform.?.
And they fit together like this.
I cut the curved windows with a cheap hole saw.
I scribed the stone blocks with a hacksaw blade.
The doors in the main body are just recesses about 20mm deep with styrene doors.
The curved roof was roughed out with an angle grinder ? very dusty work, so I keep the blocks wet.
I glued the 2 roof blocks together with Fullers Ultra Clear Sealant and used three, 4? nails as reinforcing.
I don?t know if Fullers products are available in the UK, but this is the BEST glue. It?s like a thick PVA white glue ? white to start and dries clear. Waterproof and paintable and cleans up with water. And the best part is it NEVER dries in the tube. I?ve had a tube open for a year and it?s still OK.
Then I covered it with corrugated cardboard, which I painted with polyurethane that I use to coat the slate floor in my bathroom. I hope it lasts outside. It?s glued to the Hebel with Fullers.
The front wall and the ?platform are concreted in the ground, but the main body block and the roof are not glued.
Colouring is cement oxide ? I use colours of black, brown and Sandstone to give different tones. Then sprayed with clear lacquer.
The 3 front windows are frosted perspex with the frames cut from 0.5mm styrene and glued on with Superglue. And here?s the almost final result. It still need the roof vent along the top.
