Fix the sleeper wall timbers in place.
Make another rail framed buffer.
Paint the goods shed.
Continue applying stonework sheet/detail to the bridge.
Laurence set-to assembling the sleepers and assessing the packing required to clear the ballast and low level debris. The packer was measured, cut, shaped and pinned in place. There was a shortfall in the number of the correct length sleepers, so more were cut from ply and stained. SHould be finished next week?
Geoff made another buffer using rail, printed circuit board and timber. He's getting quite good now.
With the buffer completed, he moved on to the goods shed. He had been proposing bringing some colour into the layout and hit on the idea of painting the steelwork on the goods shed. A brief team-meeting and a rummage in the paint box determined that it would be emerald green, which actually turned out quite nice. As the green showed-up of a few inaccuracies in the roof sheets, some guttering and downpipes are now required - no bad thing!
Stephen pondered the pro's and con's with regard to completing the stonework on the bridge. By way of diversion, he first found a piece of wood in the bin, which had a nice bullnose. This soon became the wall abutting the bridge, creating a transition/infill down to track level. A few pieces of foam, roughly chopped and glued in place completed the work. Plaster and foliage will be added in due course.
Returning to the stonework sheeting, the burning question was should the coursing be horizontal all the way up (as the front sheet), or follow the line of the road? This was reviewed at lunchtime, with a tablet and Google Images searches. Whilst we found examples of both, we decided to keep the coursing level, which meant some interesting setting-out, sheet cutting and gluing.
We anticipated needing a few more sheets, but were pleasantly surprised when the job was completed with some sheet left over. Some filling of joints will be required, and a nice bullnose coping section, but it turned out quite well.
