Wall copings
Fencing
Loco testing
Geoff carried on with the end wall, although now inspired by some photos of Hampton Court perimeter walls obtained by Stephen using Google Streetview (see bottom of this post)
The core of the triangular coping is formed from hardwood, run through a bandsaw. The triangle was carefully sized to suit brick courses, first cut into square sections and then into triangles using a vee block clamped to the guide. The brick strips were cut from stretcher-bond plastic sheet. Two over-sailing courses of stretcher-bond were glued onto the face of the wall and the assembled coping glued on top.
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| Square section of hardwood in vee block to enable cutting into triangles |
The coping turned out wonderfully. The red plastic colour is representative of engineering bricks so we'll probably just apply mortar colouring and argue they've been recently replaced. The 'stone' cappings will now be raised up on brick over-sailing courses.
Stephen made-up the plywood bases for the main gate piers. Whilst Geoff is keen to model the curved buttresses on one of the HC photos, Stephen, (taking the easy way out) prefers a simpler, stepped affair. To be continued . . .
Laurence continued with his work on the platform crossover, making the brass supports for the fence. These have been glued to the plastic Peco fence sections and will be fitted next time.
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| Peco fencing with brass stiffeners/mounting spikes |
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| Crow steps from the Roper Gate, Canterbury |
