4mm Llanfair ....

[timbowales]

Larry, thanks for the link. Interesting stuff albeit east anglian in flavour
Tim T

 

[LarryG]

Basic assembly of the waiting room and toilets is completed now...

The decoration around the Ladies toilet door is missing from the kit...

The Booking Office that goes between these two buildings will follow next. I haven't worked out which alterations to make yet....

 

[Martin Shaw]

Larry
Can I ask which glue you use to stick laser cut parts together?
Thanks
Martin

 

[LarryG]

Larry
Can I ask which glue you use to stick laser cut parts together?
Thanks
Martin

Tubes of UHU Wood glue, available from hardware stores etc. I presume it is a fast drying PVA. It shrinks on drying to a transparent finish.

 

[Martin Shaw]

Thanks Larry, I had been told to use a "Fast Grab PVA", but I couldn't really find anything that fitted. UHU sounds familiar enough.
Martin

 

[simond]

Martin,

I have used the exterior grade evostik pva (blue bottle) for all my laser cut buildings

Hth
Simon

 

[LarryG]

In order to gain access to the interior to fit glazing etc, only part of the floor is fitted, basically to prevent the walls from bowing...



Alterations during construction included shortening the length of the end waiting room and bricking-in the roadside entrance. The back of the building will be private with a small courtyard and a lean-to kitchen on the station masters house. Further work cannot proceed until the kitchen arrives....

 

[LarryG]

A laser cut hut kit arrived from Intentio, so the firs move was to extend one side so it will support a sloping roof...



The other end was made from scrap MDF...


The kitchen extention in place with a new roof and guttering...

 

[LarryG]

It is surprising how much time can be spent on little details...

 

[Phil O]

I agree, Larry, but it's the detail that makes the difference.

 

[Dave Holt]

Larry.
There appears to be a plain, gable end shaped area on the LH wing, presumably where you've moved the centre section back to make room for the outbuilding? Are you going to be able to blend it in with the brick pattern on the remainder of the walls?
Dave.

 

[paulc]

Larry.
There appears to be a plain, gable end shaped area on the LH wing, presumably where you've moved the centre section back to make room for the outbuilding? Are you going to be able to blend it in with the brick pattern on the remainder of the walls?
Dave.

Hi Dave , Larry has chopped and channeled so many of these kits that I'm sure he has a method but its funny that you and i both picked up on that section of wall .

 

[LarryG]

Larry.
There appears to be a plain, gable end shaped area on the LH wing, presumably where you've moved the centre section back to make room for the outbuilding? Are you going to be able to blend it in with the brick pattern on the remainder of the walls?
Dave.

It's covered haha....... I wasn't going to say anything, but roofing slate weathering is intended. Happened on several stations on the Cambrian section.

 

[LarryG]

The utterly drab wall tiling reminds me of growing up in the industrial town of Oldham, On top of that, the whole thing is so darned untidy in the cold light of day. So I'm not sure what to do at the moment. Some pieces of laser cut roofing produced by Intentio might come in useful if I wreck the wall while removing the paper slates...

 

[Paul Tomlinson]

The utterly drab wall tiling reminds me of growing up in the industrial town of Oldham, On top of that, the whole thing is so darned untidy in the cold light of day. So I'm not sure what to do at the moment. Some pieces of laser cut roofing produced by Intentio might come in useful if I wreck the wall while removing the paper slates...

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Larry, how about Wills' sheet, 75mm high x 130mm wide?
(or another supplier if there's a better alternative)
I'm thinking one with "overlap" relief built-in so you don't have to faff with individual strips. A possible issue is that it might look a different pattern to the pitched roof :-(

 

[timbowales]

Larry, re the “untidy” appearance, if the various bits had not been done at once surely it is better to be untidy as that is how the various builders would have done it?
Tim T

 

[LarryG]

Larry, how about Wills' sheet, 75mm high x 130mm wide?
(or another supplier if there's a better alternative)
I'm thinking one with "overlap" relief built-in so you don't have to faff with individual strips. A possible issue is that it might look a different pattern to the pitched roof :-(

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Hi, I have the Wills sheet but the problem is its thickness. The Intentio slates are on thin card so i have been busy cutting things to fit.

 

[LarryG]

Job done! The slates were chiselled off and replaced by the Intentio 'sheet'. I'm really pleased with these, and it occurs to me a large sheet of these would be very useful IMO and really speed up the process of adding roof slates. However, there might be the question of "expensive to laser cut"...

 

[LarryG]

Finished now the chimney stacks are fitted and all lead flashing...


Bargeboards will be fitted after painting...

 

[LarryG]

Another hold up. I am not sure of those chimney stacks now, as they look too low. Some 3D replacements have been ordered to go on top of the roof...

Al the fittings sprayed and matted ready for fitting...



The repaired roof after removing the two chimney stacks. Actually it is a brandnew roof...!