Batteries for generator room
Point levers
Cassettes
Crane bases
Trees
Geoff continued to assemble the 7 blocks of 7 batteries for the generator room. These were drawn-up and cut from card using a laser cutter, including the 1mm dia filler caps. The fronts were then painted a pale green to replicate the glass containers.
Laurence finished painting the areas around his concrete crane bases and added grass flock. He then moved on to making some more cassettes for the fiddleyard, for which Stephen had bought 2 x 2.4m lengths of 25mm aluminium angle. Laurences first job was to examine and record the way the existing cassettes were made in preparation for creating some more. A lot of ad-hoc modifications were made at the time, so it will save time to have a proper set of instructions. There were a few small pieces of 12mm MDF along with some short lengths of aluminium angle left over from when the original units were made, which will be made into short cassettes.
Stephen finished off the area around the point lever at the end of the platform. Then, all of the point levers were glued in place. Rummaging through the storage boxes, he also found the various cars assembled over the years. A scene was set up showing the vehicles parked around the Manor gates as left by members/staff of the railway.
Stephen had also brought a pair of 'bare' trees made from heavy copper flex, twisted and soldered, and painted with acrylic paint mixed with plaster. This exercise was to review the general height of trees, and these worked well. The trees were taken home for foliage application.
Lunch was taken in the garden, in bright sunshine (25th October!)
ExpoNG on Saturday, so the shopping list was reviewed.
