Gas engine details
Gasifier building - doors, coke store, gasifier entrance assessment
Fence
Geoff reprinted photos of a few prototype Tangye gas engines to investigate what additional details could be added to the basic engine model. The fittings varied quite a bit, but salient items were chosen and fabricated in either brass or plasticard. These will be painted in contrasting colours so that they are more visible through the large main window.
The area around the opening for the gasifier was discussed in detail. The original model had a small pile of coke, a bucket on a chain, and a beam extending from the gasifier landing out to the coke pile. It was agreed to keep the arrangement. The next thing agreed was that the coke pile was far too small. After discussion, it was decided that coke would probably arrive via tipper wagons and should be dumped close to the existing pile position. That said, there was very little extra space, but after taking account of working space around the equipment, an enclosure of sleepers could be accommodated (see pencil line on the ground). Stephen started to assemble suitable redundant sleepers for the structure. A threshold similar to the engine room was considered, but the open floor area was retained as it looked quite feasible.
Laurence trimmed the gas holder base around the scrubber base and adjacent floor grille frame. This will be glued down and the undulating ground can then be levelled to allow the new dust finish to be evenly applied.
Laurence also started to extend the platform fence along to the board edge. Old Ratio fencing was sourced, cleaned up and prepared for use. He and Geoff prepared sections of brass plate to form the fixings into the board.
