N S L R Railway Station repair
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trammayo
Interested in vintage commercial vehicle, trams, t
Hi Nico.
I only have two buildings (yet) and they are both permanently fastened down. I intend to build more and would like to go down the styrofoam road. As these would be substantially lighter than wood, I had thought of maybe a pair of internal walls (of ply) bonded to the styrofoam and linked together with a horizontal steel rod in the roof space - from which I could suspend a substantial weight (like a brick).
I would bring these buildings in during winter and the weights, as they would just be hooked over the rod, could easily be removed to make the building/s easier to transport.
Mick
I only have two buildings (yet) and they are both permanently fastened down. I intend to build more and would like to go down the styrofoam road. As these would be substantially lighter than wood, I had thought of maybe a pair of internal walls (of ply) bonded to the styrofoam and linked together with a horizontal steel rod in the roof space - from which I could suspend a substantial weight (like a brick).
I would bring these buildings in during winter and the weights, as they would just be hooked over the rod, could easily be removed to make the building/s easier to transport.
Mick
trammayo
Interested in vintage commercial vehicle, trams, t
Steve said:nico said:
I dont think he want to eat it Nico
No Nico, and not just yet Steve(had my porridge and toasted egg sandwich).
I called in at our local Builders Providers (Foxford) on Thurs for some bags of cement and enquired. Guy there didn't know what I meant (even though I used it forty years ago
). Pointed me in the direction of Kingspan and Quinn's equivalent - the latter products I had considered before I saw the article in Garden Rail and Mel's superb job with "Narrows".I've seen loads on ebay and considered getting delivered to my son's in the North but I'm not sure if they'll deliver over the water. I probably need to test the water
Have you any suggestions?
I have my drive to finish off, new points to install in my garden layout (to release Rad 1 sets for my trailer layout extensions), get the trailer out and start the mods and then, inbetween shows, start constructing some buildings! I'm also going to build a circus to go with my recently acquired circus train - which will be yet another extension to the trailer and hopefully completed for 2012.
Mick
Richie
Rio Grande Railroad , Mountain biking , Gardening
Hi Niconico said:excellentRichie said:Hi Niconico said:
Heres a few pics of my water tank been out in the garden several years now all made from wood held together with glue and nuts & bolts .
whats the diameter of the tank ,did you use drawings
bit of a thread drift
The tank is around 20cm in diameter and stands about 50cm from the ground . Had a Pola catalogue with a pic of the tank which had a figure stood next to it so from the figure i made up some drawings did the same with the station .
steven large
USA G SCALES OF 30 TO 50S THEMES.ASLO KIT BASHING
aww.try some small flat head screw will hold it together if possible?mean u screw it and cover up with wood filler and paint over?nico said:well took of the clamps today and to my disappointment the glue did not hold completely.So i have gone for the over kill
try NO MORE NAIL GLUE?
steven large
USA G SCALES OF 30 TO 50S THEMES.ASLO KIT BASHING
how it go nico?
steven large
USA G SCALES OF 30 TO 50S THEMES.ASLO KIT BASHING
thks god for tht as he c0me out happily with it..keep it posted NICO!
we are lookin forward to see it when u post update pictures..
we are lookin forward to see it when u post update pictures..
stevedenver
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while to overall proportion and placement of doors and windows is great,
to my eye your station will look more american if you
change the windows (if this isnt too much of a pain) to something more rectangular and not square- (longer vertically) and say 6-8 window panes -if this is too much -consider adding a bay window with its own angled roof for one of the windows on the track side
change the chimney-offset to one side a bit, and make it a bit taller-and even the style-the little ledge you have seems very English, Irish etc-but could possibly be the same in the eastern US
shingles ? depending on locale you wish,
and corbels in a US style -
even wainscoating?? or vertical strips to make it look like board and batten construction
colors are fine-green and white were used
as were red and white, yellow and brown etc
also i might suggest the use of US ads, to also add to the impression
other details might include a station lamp or 2 in US style, as well as benchs, a coke or cigarette mahcine, gumball machine etc
to my eye your station will look more american if you
change the windows (if this isnt too much of a pain) to something more rectangular and not square- (longer vertically) and say 6-8 window panes -if this is too much -consider adding a bay window with its own angled roof for one of the windows on the track side
change the chimney-offset to one side a bit, and make it a bit taller-and even the style-the little ledge you have seems very English, Irish etc-but could possibly be the same in the eastern US
shingles ? depending on locale you wish,
and corbels in a US style -
even wainscoating?? or vertical strips to make it look like board and batten construction
colors are fine-green and white were used
as were red and white, yellow and brown etc
also i might suggest the use of US ads, to also add to the impression
other details might include a station lamp or 2 in US style, as well as benchs, a coke or cigarette mahcine, gumball machine etc
.split again ,imay leave it now until i come back from the states,could be even longer getting opp on leg 1 st march a well we will have it sorted soonsteven large
USA G SCALES OF 30 TO 50S THEMES.ASLO KIT BASHING
oh dear so same as my harbour were screw up and britte wood!! so i have took it off and take all the wood strip off and bin it and will replaced a better one this week!!! then use garden fence stain paint as i was forget to stain it yrs ago!! lol lol
so u headed off to state??
so u headed off to state??
CoggesRailway
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Hey steve - just to state the obvious in the name of being kind to fishes - make sure you wood preserve the harbour well before you put it in place - assuming it goes on a pond with fish that is! BTW cheque should be in post tomorrow....
stevedenver
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